How the region’s ports can pour the winter away
When the wind’s fierce and the rain’s cold, those are the perfect evenings for the most devilish kind of wine indulgence. Western Iberia’s vino tradition…
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Sunday Farmers’ Market on the move
Visitors to Sacramento’s X Street Farmers’ Market face a longer commute beginning in March as the Sunday staple temporarily moves to the parking lot of Arden Faire mall as construction on Route 50 uproots the weekly event for up to ten months.
Planet V: Mardi Gras at Revolution Wines
Whatever mental associations Mardi Gras conjures—religious observances or rowdy partying in the streets—it’s called “Fat Tuesday” for a reason. The day’s Christian roots call for…
Planet V: 2020 comfort food and hope for 2021
Vegan food can be delicious, and frequent exposure to compassionately-produced meals is likely the best conversion technique available.
LowBrau settles labor suit amid pandemic lockdown for restaurants
The Midtown beer hall and East Sacramento’s Mimosa House were each sued last year Two Sacramento restaurants are fending off separate labor lawsuits as California’s…
Planet V: Buy an omni dessert
Sacramento has flourished in the past decades, with restaurants offering vegan food—desserts, even —that are not just edible but crave-worthy.
Closing time?
Editor’s note: California’s struggling restaurants appeal to diners for support, while suing governments over fees California’s struggling restaurants have two major efforts on their menu…
Planet V: Celebrating veganism contact-free
However you choose to enjoy October’s vegan bounty, recognize that it’s a tough time for restaurants in general, let alone those adding menu items in slim times. Show gratitude, TIP WELL and TIP OFTEN.
Opening Easy Diner in uneasy times
The owners of Bambi Vegan Tacos food truck prepare to open the Easy Diner on I Street as other Sacramento restaurants close during pandemic Dozens…
Pushkin’s-bred Babes opens on J Street
It may have taken Babes eight months to open, but it’s been well worth the wait.
Planet V Review: Vegan Deadly Sins
Every Yelp review is the same: “I opened [insert food delivery app of choice] looking for something new, and Vegan Deadly Sins popped up. I had no idea it existed!”
Planet V: Microwave tamales miss the mark
Alpha Foods attempts to bridge the gap between comfort food and portability with its line of microwaveable frozen tamales.
From Tupperware, with love
And so I bake. I bake as an excuse to leave the house, if only briefly. If my friends are home, we’ll talk through screen doors, catch up a bit. If they’re working, or if their health doesn’t allow it, I’ll send a text in advance so the food doesn’t languish in Sacramento’s summer heat. However the food gets delivered, I’ve made a real, human connection with someone I love in a time when I—we—need it so much.
From chef to table
When he and his wife both lost their restaurant jobs as the coronavirus pandemic shut down businesses, JD Snead says he started cooking for his…
In bad taste?
Burger Patch, Sacramento’s king of vegan fast food, has been a philanthropic force since opening last year. Its “Patch Match” program has donated a portion…
The fruits of their labor
Midtown Association splits with Unseen Heroes, a Black-owned events company that operated Midtown Farmers Market for more than 5 years On any given Saturday morning,…
Justice doesn’t have to be fiction
Oblivion Comics & Coffee stands with protestors despite damage “How can we sell comics with words like ‘Justice’ or ‘Freedom’ on the covers if we…