Local chef Russell Middleton cut his culinary teeth working with notable Sacramento chefs such as Submerge coverboy Brad Cecchi, Oliver Ridgeway and others. He’s recently returned to the City of Trees after a stint in Los Angeles in order to start Peridot. This moveable feast, as it were, will hold…
La Crosta Pizza Bar had officially been open two weeks, and word had gotten around about the delicious crust Penelope the Pizza Oven was spitting out. On a Friday night not long after, the place was completely packed with at least a 30-minute wait. The new pizza joint is a…
On Friday, Nov. 16, Ace of Spades (1417 R St.) will host Sacramento’s premier spicey event: the River City Chili Cook-Off! This event will feature unlimited tastings of chili made by some of Northern California’s top restaurants, caterers and chefs. While pleasing the taste buds of visitors from near and…
Canon, arguably the most talked about new restaurant in Sacramento, celebrates its one-year anniversary this week. The philosophy of Canon is to use top quality, seasonal ingredients to create unique dishes and cocktails. Some late summer/early fall examples include confit tomatoes with smoked provolone and basil, and a pistachio-infused rye…
Chris Barnum-Dann, chef-owner at Midtown’s Localis (derived from the Latin, meaning “belonging to a place”) takes his locally sourced, farm-fresh and seasonal cuisine seriously—so much so that Eater named it one of “California’s 38 Essential Restaurants.” While the menu at Localis rotates with the seasons, Barnum-Dann is looking to a…
There’s never been an Oktoberfest of this magnitude in Midtown. The upcoming street party, thrown by the folks of Der Biergarten, took three years to negotiate and promises to be one hell of a good time. Ins and outs are encouraged so as to allow attendees to patronize neighboring restaurants….
Greg Baughman points to a copper cylinder that towers high above his head. Through tiny windows in the cylinder, you can see liquids thrashing about and excitedly bubbling. “Something violent but beautiful happens in there,” he says. Baughman is referring to the 160-gallon side-mounted column still that he built himself…
Enjoy some of the best wines that the Sacramento region has to offer with food and wine pioneers Darrell Corti (credited food expert and owner of Corti Brothers) and David Berkley (Corti Brothers’ wine merchant, David Berkley Fine Wines and Specialty Foods). Not only will you get to enjoy tasty…
Pearl Milk Tea originated in Taiwan in the 1980s and soon spread like wildfire throughout the world, probably because it’s just so damn delightful. You may know this beverage as bubble tea, or boba, which features balls of tapioca with a texture like that first chew of bubble gum, but…
Admit it: You’ve always wondered why the Barn (985 Riverfront St.), West Sac’s art installation-slash-event venue is called that, especially since it doesn’t look like one. While the name may never be clear, it will at least be more thematic now that West Sac Urban Farming has opened up their…
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