Although it was late autumn, the afternoon sun was still hot in Willow Creek. I brought my friends along to McIntosh Farm for our first chestnut gathering. Since we had no experience with the spiny husks, we only brought latex gloves. Luckily our host provided us some thick garden gloves. Stomping, pulling, picking and avoiding […]
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Comfort Zone
Entering the vermillion and yellow interior of Ethiopian International Café (210 Fourth St., Eureka) is like being wrapped in a flag at a soccer match. On a recent rainy afternoon, following a tip about the restaurant’s outpost at the Arcata Farmers Market, we grabbed a random-couch-adjacent window table at the brick and mortar location and […]
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How to Eat Somewhere New
When a new place opens, the common wisdom is that you should try it in a couple of months when it’s worked out the kinks. Are you made of stone? There’s a whole unexplored menu to peruse and sample. What if there’s something you’ve never eaten before? Once you finally break down and pull up a […]
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Barbecue Update: Chicken Bomb
Word came in over the wire that Wild Oaks Grill had its notorious Chicken Bombs earlier this week ($10). Those are chicken breasts stuffed with hot sausage, pepperoni or shrimp, along with cream cheese and jalapeno peppers, then wrapped in smoky bacon and barbecued. Take a moment there. They’re not always available, which is probably […]
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The Big, Green Monster
A reader wrote in with a tip about the wet burrito at Tasty Tacos (3943 Walnut St, Eureka), saying the green sauce and the marinated chicken are amazing ($9). What the tipster didn’t mention is the enormity of the thing, which the menu calls the biggest burrito in town. When it arrives, smothered in a […]
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Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
I only ever see the plumes of smoke shooting up from the behemoth of a barbecue stand at the Eureka Veterans Hall when I’ve already eaten. So when we drove by last week on the way to lunch, I hollered at my colleague to pull over, which she did, Transporter style. Bracing. There are no […]