How an immigrant veteran brought
Chinese food — and people — back to Eureka
(June 13, 2019)
On a Monday afternoon, Mary Chin sits in the back corner booth of Chin's Café, her coiffed silver hair bright against the orange vinyl. It's been two weeks since...
And a plate of sugar snap peas with pancetta and almonds
(June 6, 2019)
Spring has always meant peas throughout my life, both in Italy and in California. What has changed over time is my attitude, going from "oh, no!" to "yeah!" The peas...
(May 30, 2019)
Jmiaa El Hessni comes out from the kitchen with a plate piled with nine types of cookies and sets them down on the small coffee table. She explains, in a...
(May 23, 2019)
If you smell smoke in Blue Lake this week, stay calm. Barbecue guru and James Beard and Julia Child award winner Steven Raichlen will be over at the Sapphire Room...
The quest to eat at (almost) every restaurant in Humboldt
(May 16, 2019)
Ken Burton and Cindy Moyer are on a mission. Again. For the second time, they are making their way through an alphabetical list of restaurants in Humboldt County — the...
(May 9, 2019)
If you're strolling Eureka's boardwalk around 8:30 a.m., the sea air might be tinged with the sweet, buttery smell of snickerdoodles baking in the countertop oven at Living the Dream...
(May 2, 2019)
Chinese comfort food The "Secret Menu" at Szechuan Garden (753 18th St., Arcata) might be more accurately titled the Student Menu. Owner Nina Zhao, a native of Shenyang in Northern...
(April 25, 2019)
Spring has (finally) sprung in Humboldt. Every year the parting of the clouds and blooming of the daffodils gets me inspired to wear obnoxious vintage floral prints, Marie Kondo...
(April 11, 2019)
Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) is a member of the species Brassica oleracea, which includes a number of familiar vegetables, like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, collard greens, kale, kohlrabi...
(April 4, 2019)
Greek lemon chicken soup is luscious, bright with citrus and soothing. It's perfect for a cold or a cold night, which are still plentiful in Humboldt in April. If...
(March 28, 2019)
As a college student in 1990, I bartended at Peko's Bar in the Sunset District around 19th Avenue in San Francisco. One cold night, a customer brought me the famous...
Humboldt Chocolate and Emerald Family Farms team up for edibles
(March 21, 2019)
The idea of chocolate edibles isn't new but in an area that's marketed itself as the cannabis capital of California, making a point to stay local is significant —...
Local restaurants weigh the cost
of delivery services
(March 14, 2019)
When, at already-in-your-pajamas o'clock, with Netflix alerting you the next episode will start in seven seconds, you realize you must have a bacon cheeseburger or a poké bowl, throwing...
Paul Giuntoli continues the family business at Warren Creek Farms
(February 28, 2019)
Anyone who has shopped at the Saturday Arcata Farmers Market likely knows Paul Giuntoli's face. Before he and his wife Carla scaled back from intensive production to focus on...
(February 21, 2019)
Crab it while you can Domoic acid and low weights have led to enough crab-less Christmases to keep us from taking Dungeness for granted. Crack 'em while we've got 'em, folks....
