Recipes for Summer

Chef Yess B, of Yess’s Curbside Diner, offers this summer recipe. Her food truck offers farm-to-curb meals regularly at lunch in Red Bluff and at events throughout the Norths tate. You could find this choice on the truck’s board if you stop by in summer. Sara Calvosa OlsonSara Calvosa Olson is a Karuk writer living […]
Pennsylvania Dutch Strudel Cake

Chef Yess B, of Yess’s Curbside Diner, offers this summer recipe. Her food truck offers farm-to-curb meals regularly at lunch in Red Bluff and at events throughout the Norths tate. You could find this choice on the truck’s board if you stop by in summer. Sara Calvosa OlsonSara Calvosa Olson is a Karuk writer living […]
Summer Squash or Young Zucchini Bake

Chef Yess B, of Yess’s Curbside Diner, offers this summer recipe. Her food truck offers farm-to-curb meals regularly at lunch in Red Bluff and at events throughout the Norths tate. You could find this choice on the truck’s board if you stop by in summer. Sara Calvosa OlsonSara Calvosa Olson is a Karuk writer living […]
MOUNTAIN HOMEOPATHY – MOUNTAIN WINTU HERBS

Ted Dawson’s Mountain Wintu Herbs Honors Plants and Customs Indigenous healing traditions often embrace an entire ecosystem, encompassing a wide range of holistic treatments, interlacing a multitude of beliefs and customs. Bringing his own cultural remedies to market for the consumption of the general North State population is Ted Dawson, of the Nor Rel Muk […]
DANDELION BREAD

This is a great way to introduce kids to wildcrafting. Send them out to collect a bowl of dandelion flowers. Be sure the area hasn’t been sprayed with pesticides. Rinse the flowers under cold running water; this will make them close up a bit, the easier to remove the petals. Pinch the blossoms where they […]
MIMI GRACE CAFÉ

In need of sustenance after a long, hot day in Redding I popped into Mimi Grace Café for some lunch and to re-charge my coffee batteries. It’s the kind of place you go when you want to eat something that hits all your notes but doesn’t leave you feeling bad about your life choices. Sure, […]
IT’S ON TO PLAN B AT TURKEY TAIL FARM AS FARMERS BUILD A NEW VISION FROM SCRATCH

When Samantha Zangrilli and Cheetah Tchudi saw smoke plumes rising into the sky, they didn’t immediately worry— until the sheriff came by to let them know they had two hours to evacuate. They spent the first hour trying to start an old school bus, hoping that due to its size they’d be able to transport […]
DRUMS, NOT BEES, FOR NOW AT WOFCHUCK HONEY COMPANY

“The cars were full of drums,” said Mike Wofchuck, percussionist and beekeeper, about his family’s evacuation from Paradise during the Camp Fire. “I threw a couple of bags of things into my wife’s car. . . . We didn’t think we weren’t coming back.” Wofchuck’s honey is a familiar, iconic staple in and around Chico. […]
WILD HOPS MAKE GOOD STORY . . . when the story makes a better beer

STORY BY SARA CALVOSA OLSON | PHOTOS BY DAN BEVERIDGE Dan Beveridge was contemplating the power of a good beer story on his way home from the Brew & Blues Festival in Mammoth Lakes on a hot summer day. He’d been asked to pour the California Lager from Anchor Brewing Co. at the festival and […]
Heroes on Aisle 7

LOCAL HERO AWARDS HEROES ON AISLE 7 STORY AND PHOTOS BY SARA CALVOSA Locals know it, and visitors to Mount Shasta City can’t help but notice the market’s stunning mural as they drive south on Mt. Shasta Boulevard. Twenty years ago, on the Winter Solstice in 1993, Berryvale Grocery opened in its current location. […]