In the hallway of Arcata’s Foodworks Culinary Center, a soft pat, pat, pat comes from the open doorway of Pupuseria San Miguel (100 Ericson Court, Unit 110). Inside the small kitchen, past the ersatz counter and behind a prep table covered with containers of masa, cheese and beans, Jorgelina Granados is passing a ball of […]
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Eat Your (Radish) Greens
Food waste — uneaten food (raw or cooked) and food preparation scraps from households, restaurants and grocery stores — is a problem. As food production requires energy and water and draws nutrients from the land, when the food is wasted, all those resources are wasted, too. Preventing food waste is within our reach. Awareness is […]
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Parents Nutrition Center’s Shame-free WIC Shopping
It began with some old-fashioned check-out line rudeness. Jessica Rebholtz says she was using her WIC card to buy groceries, including infant formula she needed due to some lactation issues, when the woman behind her in line made a comment about how long her transaction was going to take and having to wait behind “these […]
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Jewell Distillery’s Gin Journey
Here is a hill I’m willing to die on: Gin is underrated. I’m not sure what it is about this gorgeous, finessed, stand-alone booze that has folks convinced it only belongs in the roaring ’20s or that they would prefer a vodka martini, but I’m here to vehemently tell you that these people are wrong. […]
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Bacon in the Wind
With the chilly wind and soft sunlight spreading over the first week of March, l thought to myself, “What a good time to cure some lap yuk!” While lap yuk, or Chinese bacon, is made from pork belly, there are many types of cured meat from different regions in China, such as pork shoulder, chicken, […]
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Rise of the Cannabis Mocktail
Two long years ago, the pandemic ushered in an era of uncertainty. In the beginning, housebound folks in isolation and essential workers alike flocked to the only certain pleasures we had: food and drink. The powers that be eased restrictions and soon, alcohol to-go was pouring out from those restaurants able to stay open and […]
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Eureka’s Appetite for Fast-food Chains
The peeling exterior of Annie’s Cambodian belies its bustling interior, decorated with paintings and carved wooden statues, and warm with the smell of dishes cooked with lemon grass, anise and kaffir lime leaves that have won it a steady following. It’s a customer base used to seeing Chin and Annie Chau, as well as their […]
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What’s Good: Eureka’s Pile High Deli and Il Forno in Garberville
Piling on Given the changing lineup of eateries lining Broadway in Eureka — with fast food and chain restaurants crowding the corridor — it’s a wonder there were no pile-ups as drivers craned their necks at the new sign for Pile High Deli replacing the old one for Hole in the Wall (1331 Broadway). *Cue […]
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Mike’s Drive Up to Shut Down
Lunchtime is usually busy at Mike’s Drive Up, the low, unassuming wood and brick hamburger joint on Broadway and Seventh Street in Eureka. But today, patrons stand elbow to elbow with their backs to the front windows, holding scraps of hand numbered paper as they wait for their chili dogs, garlic fries and milkshakes. Some […]
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Fat Anne’s and Manzanilla Pop Up and Hit the Road
Tevyn Fisher had only been serving breakfast, lunch and dinner at Fat Anne’s Bakery & Bistro for three months at her then new Ferndale location when lockdown hit. She shifted to takeout family dinners of fried chicken and seafood boils, which were popular, and happily transitioned back to dine-in, both in the dining room and […]
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A Safe Harbour for Coffee Lovers
In addition to a brewery tasting room and a solid rotation of food trucks, Myrtletown can now add an adorably hip coffee and wine bar to its list of rad new additions. Harbour Coffee and Wine (1651 Myrtle Ave., Suite B, Eureka) had its soft opening in early December and since then has settled into […]
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Looking Out for Each Other
A little after 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, the curb of Alice Birney Elementary School in Eureka is lined with boxes of food: sweet rice, fish sauce, leeks, eggs and tied bags of greens. Sacks of rice are piled on a pallet and cases of Mama noodles stack up shoulder high by the fence. A […]