As the effects of President Donald Trump’s waves of tariffs roll back to our shores, stocks have taken a deep dive, while American consumers and businesses prepare for increased prices on goods both imported and domestic. Retaliatory tariffs set by other governments, such as China and Canada, loom over those who sell overseas, as well. […]
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Chef Rochelle Burgess Says Hello
Rochelle Burgess has worked in some big-name chefs’ kitchens in New York City and Brooklyn, including those of Daniel Boulud, Francois Payard, Tom Collichio and Dale Talde. But asking about the studio kitchen of the TV cooking competition Chopped will get you a groan and a laugh. If you manage to dig up her 2017 […]
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Yurok Tribe Strikes ‘Unparalleled Partnership’ to Distribute Beer to SoCal Casino
The Yurok Tribe has struck a deal that it is casting as revitalizing a pre-colonization trade system adapted for the 21st century. Under the deal, the tribe’s Mad River Brewing Co. — one of the first tribally owned breweries in the country — will distribute its beer to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians’ […]
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Mad River Brewing Co.’s New Native Swag
In October, when the Yurok Tribe bought the Mad River Brewing Co., it became one of only a handful of breweries owned and run by a Native American tribe. Now, with the unveiling of the brewery’s new logo, the statement of Native ownership is right on the label. According to a press release from Mad […]
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On Tap
Ah summer, when us coastal elites celebrate several hours of partial afternoon clearing by staggering around in a sweaty haze. Heading inland to our innumerable, magical swimming hole is, of course, a Humboldt County custom that must be observed annually. (Before I go any further, I must urge every single person reading this to be […]
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Drinks On The Waterfront
The unassuming bar, located at the corner of Commercial and Waterfront streets south of Old Town Eureka, is tucked between commercial fish packing plants, facing away from an unremarkable part of Humboldt Bay. But despite the name, you’re not here for the view. Step inside and you’re welcomed to a cozy space that feels like […]
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Hum Plate Round-up
Hotsy totsy School cafeteria lunches don’t have their bad reputation for nothing. Those of a certain age remember when ketchup was declared a vegetable and meatless Fridays meant frozen fish sticks or pale, Styrofoam-y squares of pizza. Still, did you secretly revel in those fish sticks and their accompanying tartar sauce packets? Was there shameful […]
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Hotsy Totsy
School cafeteria lunches don’t have their bad reputation for nothing. Those of a certain age remember when ketchup was declared a vegetable and meatless Fridays meant frozen fish sticks or pale, Styrofoam-y squares of pizza. Still, did you secretly revel in those fish sticks and their accompanying tartar sauce packets? Was there shameful pleasure to […]
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Humboldt on Tap
I learned early on I don’t like drinking games. Competitive quaffing of the quantitative kind is rightfully the territory of stereotypes named Bluto. There are no winners. Drinking while playing games — be it poker, Settlers of Catan or softball — is noble but precarious if there’s money on the line. Perhaps the only good […]