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Mountain food
Posted 9/8/2010 - Every August, I pack up my saddle, cowboy bedroll, chef’s knife and my vacation hours and head to a pack station high in the eastern Sierra Nevada between Mammoth and Bishop. A couple days later I’m out on trail, usually riding somewhere in the national...

Apple time!
Posted 9/7/2010 - Remember that snow on the foothills back in May? That cold spell delayed the apple harvest in El Dorado County about 10 days, but the ranches of the Apple Hill Growers Association are now open for visitors. Gravensteins are already ripe and the first...

Is gulf seafood safe to eat?
Posted 9/3/2010 - Fishing has resumed in the Gulf of Mexico, but the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill that began in April has dampened consumer appetites for seafood.  Consumers have concerns about the effect of the oil spill on gulf seafood, and some are eating less...

Make your vegetable garden gorgeous
Posted 9/1/2010 - Vegetable and fruit gardens are taking over American backyards and that is a really good thing. However, many gardeners are forgetting that their backyard should also be a place to enjoy in other ways and hence the food garden really should be a thing of...