Behold salsa: fresh, piquant and colorful, savior of bland dishes, the lone healthy food on the game-day buffet. And salsa contains multitudes — spicy, fruity; just think where an adventurous chef and a curious child might go with it. Better yet, find out. At noon on Saturday, follow the sound of crunching chips and veggies […]
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Pie vs. Brownie
Have cupcakes had their moment? Is it time for another dessert to step up to the plate? Got a tip about the Very Berry pie at Ferndale Pie Company (543 Main St., Ferndale), specifically the crumb-topped one. (If you have a lead on a favorite dish in Humboldt, now would be a good time for […]
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How You Like Them Apples?
The Apple Harvest Festival in Fortuna pays weekend-long tribute to the humble, versatile, universally loved apple. Right now, someone is objecting and saying he or she hates apples. Wrong. You’re forgetting apple pie, apple-smoked bacon, caramel apples, apple fritters, apple martinis (oh, don’t turn your nose up — we saw you in the ’90s), green […]
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Truffle Kerfuffle
Well, not really, but it’s fun to say. Brace yourselves, people: Venlo has a new owner. Jonah Ginsburg, a real estate agent at Mikki Moves, saw the listing in the office and decided to buy the Old Town chocolate shop. He says he’s not a chocolatier, but he’s learning. And he’s got help. Manager Ken […]
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No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Stuffed pizza tends to let you down while doubling your carbs. This is partly because the bubbly exposed cheese doesn’t happen and the sauce stays too wet. The Brooklyn at Paul’s Live from New York (604 F St. Eureka) does not fall into this trap, mainly because it is — shhhh! — not really a […]
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A Moveable Feast
Tragically, the lure of delicately battered fish and chips might keep one from trying the mashed potato cone ($5) at the Lighthouse Grill. There you are at the edge of the sea, salt air, outdoor seating — can you really order a land-locked menu item? Yes. Yes, you can. This is not some state fair […]
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Dig in
The best thing about the local food movement is how it lends political, nay, moral weight to indulging in the pleasures of eating. Get ready for some righteous noshing, because September is Local Food Month! All over Humboldt this month, everybody and their local farmer is putting on some sort of event to help us […]
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Gravy Train
The V & N Burger Bar in Arcata gets instant street cred for only serving chicken fried steak for breakfast ($9.25). It’s the best part of fried chicken — the crispy, salty crust! — on something like a thin Salisbury steak. What cut of beef exactly? It’s early — stop asking so many questions. Thick, […]
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Honey Cone
If you’re not going to treat yourself to an ice cream cone when it’s warm like this, you just don’t want to be happy. I went into Living the Dream Ice Cream looking for Dirty Monkey (chocolate, banana and peanut butter) but discovered instead orange blossom honey. It is the ideal end of summer flavor […]
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Puff Piece
Previously, I had scoffed at cheese puffs (crab or otherwise) as something only a novice would order at an Asian restaurant. When my pregnant friend raved about the little golden triangles, I dismissed it as a hormonal craving. That said, I have tasted the puffs at Annie’s Cambodian Cuisine, and lo, they are good. Crispy, […]
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By a Nose
It’s comforting to know that if we were ever completely cut off from the rest of the world, we’d still have good wine up in these parts. The results are in for the wine competition at the Humboldt County Fair, and local grapes are representing. A panel of seven judges picked the winning bottles out […]
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Funnel of Love
The fair is back, and with it the deep-fried carny cuisine we love. Oh, don’t look like that. All over the world, people of different cultures and creeds are united by a universal love of fried dough. Purists insist on powdered sugar only on their funnel cakes, or else a little cinnamon sugar. Really, it’s […]