Essay: The war on saturated fat was never based on good science
By Nina Teicholz For over half a century, Americans have been urged to shy away from saturated fats, found mainly in animal products. Paradoxically, decades…
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New report by DoorDash suggests Sacramento’s restaurants have been resilient in 2025’s confused, frustrating economy
One of the biggest tech-commerce platforms for food delivery just released data suggesting that Sacramento’s dining hubs have proved unusually buoyant against growing fiscal headwinds,…
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Charity dinner raises funds to support women in food and farm connection to schools Help farmers (current and future), feed kids healthy food (while teaching…
The Crawfish & Catfish Festival relocates to Rancho Cordova as a free block party this Saturday, Sept. 27
Southern roots run strong for many expats who moved to our river city from the low country of the Carolinas or the Cajun and Creole…
Bayanihan Festival in Elk Grove celebrates area Filipino culture on October 12
By Justine Chahal The third annual Bayanihan Festival, held as a celebration of Filipino culture, will occur during the day on Sunday, Oct. 12 at…
Sabbatical: Whiskey-makers showing the true way of ‘raw craft’ in the Delta
Scrappy, upstart farm distillery on Victoria Island is landing major awards By Scott Thomas Anderson June 25th wasn’t just a gorgeous summer afternoon in the California…
Historic Sacramento restaurant Jim-Denny’s closes after an emotional last service
Wednesday marked the last day in the restaurant’s nearly 85 years of business By Jacob Peterson Jim Denny’s, a staple of the downtown Sacramento scene…
Sacramento’s AAPI Night Market brings culture and community to the Capitol
By Chris Woodard Every May, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is celebrated. And for four years now, Sacramento has celebrated with a culture-rich…
Meet mentor and food blogger Alex Blaise, also known as SacBoyEats
The MESA director and food influencer is making an impact beyond the classroom By Ana Sophia Vazquez At Sacramento State, Alex Blaise is more than…
Tapa the World and a story of resilience: The power of community investment in Sacramento’s small businesses
By Greg Micek In downtown Sacramento, where small businesses compete with national chains and ever-changing consumer trends, one long-standing restaurant has managed to thrive thanks…
Ringing in Lunar New Year in Woodland at the oldest Chinese restaurant in the country
By Scott Thomas Anderson As Lunar New Year celebrations erupt across the valley, there is a small diner on Woodland’s Main Street that survives as…
Tickets on sale now for 2024 Village Feast
Didn’t score tickets to the Tower Bridge Dinner? No problem; you can still get into the farm-to-fork spirit at a big communal gathering of food…
Hops of Wrath: 1913’s bloody Wheatland Hop Riot eventually led to better conditions for workers
By David A. Kulczyk The summer of 1913 was one of the hottest summers in California history. On July 10, the thermometer hit 134 degrees…
The city of yesterday. The city of tomorrow.
By Scott Thomas Anderson Sometimes my fellow Gen X-ers lament Sacramento losing the uniquely eccentric vibe that defined it in the 1990s and early 2000s,…
Our land of light, sound and soul
By Scott Thomas Anderson California remains the world’s fifth-largest economy and one of the most culturally diverse places on earth. Our north side of the…
Finding your cyber sabbatical through the wine, vines and views of ‘The El Dorado 8′
By Scott Thomas Anderson Les Heinsen keeps his hand on the wheel of a Kubota RTV, his eyes casting ahead at the bronze blanket of…
No, the Isleton Crawdad Festival is not leaving Isleton
Some confusion has engulfed the internet about where the most-historic crawdad festival in the West is happening this summer; and despite conflicting reports, the action…