Does a baby really need candy? Of course not. So what’s wrong with taking it? Go ahead and order off the kids’ menu. Little Devils You know that deviled egg recipe your aunt is so stingy with? Nobody wants it anymore. Instead we’ll be trying to recreate the one at Humboldt Smokehouse (310 Fifth St., […]
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Pull Over
Trinity River Farm hugs Highway 96 about 2 1/2 miles north of Willow Creek. Its farm stand welcomes visitors with a “Honk for Service” sign out front. The late May sun shone brightly in the cloudless sky when I visited, but the temperature was kept to a pleasant level by a breeze that gently swayed […]
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Pop Roast
Even amid sea changes in family and gender roles, with parents sharing more equally in childrearing and wage-earning duties, Father’s Day continues to kind of suck rocks. More and more dads are changing diapers and making dinner, so where are the brunches and spa days? Where is the birthstone-encrusted man jewelry? One mother I know, […]
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Dressed to Grill
I’m not an established Grill Person. I don’t watch shows or buy cookbooks about grilling. That said, I am even less of a Washing Pans Person, so when I received a spanking-new Broil Mate, I was overjoyed. Can we just all mentally insert a blurb about how lovely and appropriate grilling is in summer months? […]
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Team Cilantro
Cilantro is the Adam Sandler of the herb world: You love it or you hate it. Apparently, whether it tastes like the joyful rush of summer or something you’d use to get engine oil off your hands is at least partly genetic. One hopes that, along with curing cancer, scientists will one day find a […]
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Fresh Meat
The Journal’s new Menu of Menus, our annual listing of places to nibble, nosh, taste wine and sample brews, is plated and served up on newsstands. (This edition also features Linda Stansberry’s inspiring egg, cheese and carb odyssey, “Morning, Noon and Night.”) And since last summer, the roster of restaurants in Humboldt has changed like […]
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Pucker Up
Just as the weather turns warm and citrus cocktails and desserts beckon, a triumvirate of forces — bad weather, crop disease and drug cartels — have created a lime shortage and skyrocketing prices. Bartenders, chefs and home cooks alike stand in the aisles, green fruit in hand, wondering if the old lemon can do the […]
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Viva Color!
Last year was my Year of Tarragon. I was incapable of making any savory dish without it, whining and beatings by friends notwithstanding. This year, Jada is All About Paprika. My father has been screaming about paprika for years — he has even dried and ground his own with peppers purchased at the farmers market. […]
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Cue Explosion
Not everything is about subtlety. As moving and understated as the narrative gaze in a French film may be, once in a while you want a blockbuster. It’s the same with food, and this month we threw on the 3-D glasses and indulged in the gastronomical equivalent of an action movie marathon. Pie Hard Pie […]
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Life is Like a Box of Produce
“What’s in the box?” I wonder, my excitement escalating as I get ready to open it. One week, the first Sun Gold cherry tomatoes of the season beam at me from their basket. Another week, the first sweet peppers show up glowing like lamps. Every week, the assortment of fresh produce in the community-supported agriculture […]
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It’s Alive and Growing
The row of jewel-colored shots lined up on the bar in front of me reminds me of sour candies when I first see and smell them. My array of infused beverages includes lavender lemon, turmeric ginger, tangy blueberry and a Mary flavor with hints of hot peppers, garlic, thyme and fenugreek. It’s accompanied by locally […]
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Living in Humboldt County is a culinary bacchanal in many ways. The quality of produce available here is easy to forget until you visit almost anywhere else in the country, where local organic salad mixes and Hokkaido squash are difficult to come by. Our homegrown pork and beef are hard to beat — have you tried […]