Reno’s fish stories
True tales of seafood markets. ’Tis the season of traditions: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and fish. Fish? In many countries, eating fish at Christmas is a beloved custom. Italy’s Feast of […]
Staying power
Recipes for success at longtime local restaurants. This is a story about successful restaurants that have endured through changing tastes, changing economics, and even a pandemic. Our region is rich […]
Changing Tastes
Vintage menus offer blueprint to popular dishes of yore. This column always requires detective work, but this one took the art of deduction to a new level. Inspired by local […]
Gourmet Dude-Ranch Cook
Edith Crook was a legend in her own time. Edith Crook was a legend in her own time and remains so today. She was a remarkable woman who took on […]
Slot History
Fruits, bars, and the Liberty Belle, oh my! Did you ever wonder why slot machines, the quintessential symbol of Nevada, feature fruits and bars? If you, like me, write about […]
A Victorian Melodrama
The Comstock’s first coffee roaster. The story has all the makings of a melodrama: kidnapping, seduction, mistaken identity, murder, hanging, coffee. Coffee, you wonder? How does this perennially popular drink […]
It’s in the Sauce
A look back at the Wigwam Coffee Shop and its acclaimed apple pie. Reputations have been built on “secret sauce” — as evidenced by the creamy mixture in the McDonald’s […]
Meals on Wheels
Drive-in restaurants roll into Northern Nevada. Drive-in, drive-through, curbside pickup — common terms as restaurants have struggled to meet the demands associated with coronavirus. But it was the 1940s and […]
Hitting the Sweet Spot
Forty years with the Dainty Cake Shoppe. Maybe the only thing Americans like more than a good success story is a good slice of homemade cake. For four decades, Reno […]
Derailed Eatery
A V&T train becomes a diner. What happens when you cross Jules Verne, Steampunk, and food? It sounds like a Burning Man installation, but it also describes a diner that […]