We’re looking back at Humboldt mill workers’ fight for higher wages against the timber barons amid the Great Depression. It’s a wild tale of picket lines, tear gas, violence police escalation and hung juries that ends with three people killed and a framed Tommy gun at the Eureka Police Department that’s still a bit of […]
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Simple Summer Salad
In my most recent article, featuring a side dish made with zucchini, tomatoes and carrots (“Summer on the Plate,” Aug. 5), I wrote that ripe tomatoes mark the official beginning of summer for me and I scoop up old favorites and unfamiliar varieties whenever I see them at the farmers market. My love story with […]
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Summer on the Plate
I did it again: In the spring, blinded by dreams of zucchini and their golden blossoms, I planted two seedlings in my raised bed (the land of experiments, I call it). As I write, I have harvested two small zucchini from one plant. And my dream is destined to end there. Fortunately, the zucchini harvest […]
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Tomato and Egg Stir-fry
When my editor suggested I write about the tomato and egg stir-fry dish I’d posted on social media, I thought, “There aren’t any unique stories (or secrets) behind this iconic dish.” Although this is a dish that’s popular across China, it’s simple and almost too plain to talk about. Then I thought about how life […]
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Harvesting Your Haul
It’s the end of August and harvest season is upon us, time to gather all those goodies from the Corona garden you planted back in May. Aug. 8 was, according to the National Day Calendar, “Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day.” Keep the spirit going. In some more rural areas, you can even […]
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Add Melon
Great news: Melon season is in full swing. The list of melon varieties I encountered during recent visits to the Arcata farmers market and the North Coast Co-op is 16 names long, some lovely, like Swan Lake or Snow Leopard, others intriguing, like Toad Skin. We are fortunate a number of farmers grow melons in […]