Maybe you overindulged during the holidays. You might still be trying to Bloody Mary your way through a New Year’s Eve hangover or gulping down liquid lawn trimmings as part of some sort of cleanse. Sorry. Here are some of the delights that await you when you return to the pleasures of eating. (You’ll be […]
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill is the managing editor of the North Coast Journal. She won the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s 2020 Best Food Writing Award and the 2019 California News Publisher's Association award for Best Writing.
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Tri-tip Tumult
Many mourn the closure of Porter Street Barbecue in Arcata. The anger stage of our collective grief focused on the local attorney who has become the Voldemort of Humboldt County. Are we ready to celebrate the remaining Eureka branch of Porter Street (605 Broadway)? Blind Justice can still smell the smoke funneling up from the […]
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Recycle Your Tree
That tree looking a little dry? You’ve already returned those novelty socks, so recycle your tree before it turns into a sparkly fire hazard. Take Humboldt Waste Management’s advice — pluck off all your ornaments and let the folks listed below take the tree off your hands. From Humboldt Waste Management’s press release: Arcata Free […]
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Party Planner
Start chilling the bubbly for New Year’s Eve. Dressed up or down, it’s a big night on which you are constitutionally guaranteed to get to first base with somebody at the stroke of midnight. But before you plan your assault on the party circuit, sort out a designated driver. And let’s talk about designated drivers […]
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Go Pig or Go Home
The Kahlua Pig Fries at Banana Hut are not an appetizer unless you dine with a small regiment ($8.99). The platter of french fries smothered in pulled slow-roasted pork with gravy, melted cheese and green onions is the sort of dish that could only come from a culture that once worshipped volcanoes. You will need […]
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Films of Christmas Past
Everybody has a favorite Christmas movie. What’s flashing in your mind right now — Jimmy Stewart? A leg-shaped lamp? Will Ferrell in tights? See Scrooge, the granddaddy of them all on the big screen at the North Coast Repertory Theatre on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ($5). The 1934 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol […]
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Competition Gets Ugly
The ugly sweater party might seem like it’s here to stay, but that’s what everybody thought about fondue parties and roller limbo. Tastes change, as evidenced by the fact that people once wore (and, in remote pockets of the country, still wear) these woven holiday atrocities in earnest. If you have a legitimately hideous sweater, […]
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Convoy
Do you still have the urge to pump your arm at passing big rigs to hear those horns? Of course you do. You’re a red-blooded American. So dust off the lawn chair, fill the thermos with something hot and bundle up the kids for the lighted truck and tractor parades this week. Fortuna’s Main Street […]
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Blah, Humbug
Did Black Friday break you? Are you getting a little Grinchy around the edges? Maybe you need to regroup and get into the spirit of the season. You can’t swing a Tickle Me Elmo without hitting a Toys for Tots donation bin. (Don’t actually swing one — the Marines don’t have time for your shenanigans.) […]
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Mushrooms at Moonstone
It happens. You finally go out for a fancy meal on the town and you freeze up — what to order? The special? The signature dish? Good God, what if someone at the table orders something better than what you’re having? If you find yourself in a panic (or just disoriented by the view) at […]
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Stage Left
Hang on to your ideologies, people — Naomi Klein is coming. The bestselling author, anti-globalization activist and all-around international liberal powerhouse is guaranteed to take your coffeehouse and dinner table debates to the next level. If you’ve read her articles in The Nation or seen footage of her speaking to the masses at the Occupy […]
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Light ‘Em Up
Living among the redwoods, it’s not often we’re impressed by a “big” Christmas tree. (Yes, Rockefeller Center, your tree is very big. Yawn.) But a tree lighting is another thing altogether. If you’ve ever wrestled with a tangle of lights or risked electrical shock while struggling to fix a strand that just won’t turn on, […]