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Tahoe/Truckee biomass meeting next week to discuss potential health impacts
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:22pmTRUCKEE, Calif. - A grant awarded to Placer County will be used to help residents learn about the health impact of the proposed biomass energy facility off Highway 89 on Cabin Creek Road, officials...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Scones to warm your heart and soul
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 6:00amIt's March, the month of St. Patrick's Day, when Daylight Saving Time begins, and the first day of spring. Speaking of these three events and our fresh Sierra snow makes me think fresh, homemade he...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Tasty tacos with a vegan twist
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 6:00amWelcome to the taco - a Mexican food created with a corn or flour tortilla folded around a pile of filling. A taco can be concocted with or without meat, poultry and seafood. But a vegetarian taco ...
Lake Tahoe planning agency announces 2011 Best in The Basin award winners
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 12:43pmRecognized for stewardship and care taken in the building and construction of developments around Lake Tahoe, the 22nd annual Best in the Basin awards were announced Tuesday by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
The TRPA, which sets policy for development around Lake Tahoe, will recognize the winners, listed below, during the 2011 Best in the Basin awards presentation during the meeting of its Governing Board on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in Stateline. Go here for the agenda.
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin:Chillin' with Cherry Cheesecake Cuties
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:49amCherries have been on my mind because of Presidents Day (George Washington and the cherry tree story is one to cherish). My plan was to make a homemade cherry pie. Then, I got images of a cherry...
Fishing report through Feb. 21
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 4:10amHere is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon. This report is through Feb. 21.
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Sweet muffins for your sweet heart
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 6:00amIt's February, the month of Valentine's Day, Heart Health, and warm muffins. Living on the South Shore this year feels odd without the workout of shoveling piles of snow. But that doesn't mean i...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Take a mini vacation with home-style fish and chips
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 6:00amDuring pre-Callie's Cabin days, I was a busy author but I admit that I was going through an anti-cooking phase. I didn't like to cook or bake. I'm talking during the beginning of The Great Reces...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Going nuts for brownies
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:00amThe other night I had a bad dream (maybe it was due to the extra slice of veggie pizza). I went back to my home in the San Francisco Bay Area and paid a visit to an ex-boyfriend. It gets worse. I e...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Snowy Winter Trail Mix
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 11:17amThis week as I prepare for rain and snow in the Sierra (remember, I forecasted we'd get a few significant winter snowstorms in), thoughts of baking and cooking aren't on my mind. Instead, memories ...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Snowy Winter Trail Mix
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 11:17amThis week as I prepare for rain and snow in the Sierra (remember, I forecasted we'd get a few significant winter snowstorms in), thoughts of baking and cooking aren't on my mind. Instead, memories ...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Homemade stir-fry Tahoe-style
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 10:09amEvery winter at Tahoe I begin fantasizing about relocating to other states and countries. Today, it was Hawaii. It's not because we've been hit by super snowstorms teamed with shoveling powder a...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Homemade stir-fry Tahoe-style
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 10:09amEvery winter at Tahoe I begin fantasizing about relocating to other states and countries. Today, it was Hawaii. It's not because we've been hit by super snowstorms teamed with shoveling powder a...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: New Year's Lucky Scones
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 6:00amNew Year's good-luck foods fascinate me. This time around I am craving sweet edibles that are believed to promise a sweeter life. Sweets in the shape of coins also are symbolic of providing good...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Sweet Surprises for Santa
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/24/2011 - 6:00amThis Christmas season I wanted to make something different for Santa Claus. I toyed with the holiday classics including chocolate fondue, ice cream cake, and fruitcake. But the thing is, while thes...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Sweet Surprises for Santa
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/24/2011 - 6:00amThis Christmas season I wanted to make something different for Santa Claus. I toyed with the holiday classics including chocolate fondue, ice cream cake, and fruitcake. But the thing is, while thes...
Nevada State Parks celebrates 2012 with free New Year's Day guided hikes
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 11:30amBy Bob Conrad
The Nevada Division of State Parks is sponsoring free, guided hikes in seven state parks on New Year’s Day as part of America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative.
First Day Hikes offer individuals and families an opportunity to begin the New Year rejuvenating and connecting with the outdoors by taking a healthy hike on January 1, 2012 at a state park close to home.
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Chillin' with eggnog custard
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 9:30amEggnog is a holiday favorite. Welcome to a traditional dairy-based drink that is a welcomed guest during Christmas season and the New Year. It's a mix of milk, sugar, eggs, spices and sometimes liq...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Cuddle up with sweet butter cookies
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 6:27pmButter cookies are a simple but elegant cookie that you can find abroad. Last year during holiday season I purchased Danish butter cookies, the ready-made, cheap but pretty kind in those blue round...
Outdoors with Don Q: Some personal memories from the year 2011
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/07/2011 - 2:00am
By Don Quilici
As I look forward to the year of 2012 with high expectations, hopes and dreams, this is a good time to reflect back on some selected personal memories from the rapidly ending year of 2011. Here are my top memories:
What's Cookin at Callie's Cabin: Warm up to honey banana bundt bread
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 5:30pmThe past week has been lesson after lesson about change and facing novelty. Perhaps that's why I chose to bake banana bread. Banana bread is like a pair of old jeans and a sweater that are warm and...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: The skinny on turkey day fixings and leftovers
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 10:27amLast year Thanksgiving was a time when I spent the day cooking a big bird or little game hens, cornbread dressing, homemade cranberry sauce, mixed vegetables, and pumpkin pie. But this year I de...
Annual Holiday in History - LT Historical Museum
Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 7:00pm
Join us at the Lake Tahoe Historical Museum on Friday, December 2, 12:00pm to 8:00pm. Share hot apple cider, homemade cookies and a Victorian style Christmas tree in the museum. Tour our 1930s log cabin decorated for the season. Find good buys in our bookstore and on our white elephant table.
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Fruit-nut scones with sweet surprise(s)
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 6:46pmEver notice that when you make plans or have an expectation that sometimes things just don't turn out the way you saw it in your vision? Well, that happened to me on Wednesday. After the dog walk a...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Wake up to Autumn apple turnovers
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 6:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Welcome to my world of sweet and savory apple turnovers. These old-fashioned finger food pastries are a flaky feast whipped up by dropping a fruit filling on dough, tu...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Mountain comfort fall fruit salad
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 11:29amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - I admit it. I've been fantasizing about making comfort foods including pecan pie, chocolate cake, oatmeal cookies and cheesy pizza. The thing is, in the fall we can start...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin?: The big pumpkin chill
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 6:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - As a kid I remember it didn't bother me when, in tale of Cinderella, the fairy godmother turns a pumpkin into a carriage, but it later morphs to a pumpkin. I must have...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin? Rice pudding to the rescue
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 11:50amI love cranberries. They are sweet and tart, and fresh berries are available on the South Shore before Thanksgiving. That's the good news. The downside is, my past week still has bittersweet aft...
Fishing report through Oct. 26
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 9:18amHere is this week's fishing report through Oct. 26 for Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon.
What's Cookin at Callie's Cabin: Cinnamon rolls on the hill
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 9:52amWelcome to my world of must-have cinnamon rolls and buns. Simply put, these round gems are a sweet pastry complete with dough, butter, cinnamon, sugar, and raisins. It's a treat for both adults and...
What's Cookin at Callie's Cabin: Falling for sweet fudge
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 12:33pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - I've had birthday foods on my mind all week long. My choices varied from pumpkin cheesecake, blackberry pie and chocolate mousse. Then, I decided (being a Libra, the s...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin? A winning home sweet honey cake
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 10:13amOn Sept. 28 through the 30th is the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. The two sweet superfoods of autumn are believed to bring sweet dreams for the oncoming year. I'm Catholic, but I thought, "If ...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin? A winning home sweet honey cake
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 10:13amOn Sept. 28 through the 30th is the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. The two sweet superfoods of autumn are believed to bring sweet dreams for the oncoming year. I'm Catholic, but I thought, "If ...
Camp Richardson at Lake Tahoe celebrates festivals, fall colors and fine dining
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 3:50pm
NEWS RELEASE — Camp Richardson Historic Resort & Marina, Lake Tahoe’s favorite family resort, is gearing down for an anticipated season of fall colors, crisp mountain air, special events, activities, dining with a view and lakefront lodging value.
Located on Tahoe’s south shore, Camp Richardson is an outdoor enthusiast’s mecca. The fall season offers warm days and sweater-wearing nights that allow guests to take in hiking, biking, live music and beach time without the larger summer crowds.
What's cookin' at Callie's Cabin?: Cozy up to fall stir-fry pasta
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 10:03amWelcome to the world of pasta - the ultimate comfort food. It is versatile, healthy and easy to whip up. While sauces like pesto and marinara have their pros and cons, turning to a sauce-less pa...
What's cookin' at Callie's Cabin?: Cozy up to fall stir-fry pasta
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 10:03amWelcome to the world of pasta - the ultimate comfort food. It is versatile, healthy and easy to whip up. While sauces like pesto and marinara have their pros and cons, turning to a sauce-less pa...
Two Tahoe museums recognize Smithsonian Museum Day
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 3:04am
Museum Day is an annual event sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine. On Saturday, Sept. 24, two Lake Tahoe area museums will join hundreds more across the country, opening their doors and providing free admission.
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin?: Harvest full moon custard
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/16/2011 - 11:04amOn Sept. 12, the day of the September Harvest Full Moon, it inspired me. Actually I was going to cook up a pre-Autumn Stir Fry or Apple-Walnut Bundt Cake. But then, I listened to Neil Young's cl...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Late summer pancakes that'll wow you
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 2:00pmWelcome to pancakes or hotcakes, a worldwide favorite food that goes way, way back in time around the globe. Fast forward to me working on deadline during Labor Day weekend to finish a book befo...
Tahoe bear needs driving lessons, wrecks car
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:58pmThe Pleasanton man's car had been parked in the driveway of his west Lake Tahoe cabin. After wedging itself inside the car, the bear became stuck. Frustrated, hungry and mad, it kicked, scratched,...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin? The malted milkshake mountain adventure
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/26/2011 - 9:00pmI miss our South Shore Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors store. Ice cream flavors, classic coffee to strawberry cheesecake, often had me at the name. I'd walk back and forth peering in at dozens of large c...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Dog days of summer salad
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 10:10amI admit it. I love rabbit food. Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and nuts are on my daily menu. But when the late days of summer roll around and finishing up the seasonal work and anticipating ...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Meet Orange Julius on the hill
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 11:00amDuring the warm days I fell into a smoothie kick. I did raspberry and strawberry. But these fruity drinks only spawned memories of the classic orange smooth and frothy Orange Julius that you get...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin | Escape with tropical mountain muffins
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 2:00pmA few years ago, I had a big affair with small muffins. After my swim at our hotel resorts, I'd often buy a bag of Starbucks bran muffins and a cup of java. It was pre-Great Recession days: The ...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: A sandwich picnic, local-style
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 3:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - In the summertime, no-cook sandwiches play a role in my life. My favorite ones are cheese, tuna and turkey. During the past days while feeling the happy vibe of tourists ...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin | Winning mountain fries and shake
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/22/2011 - 4:24pm"I'll have French fries and a milkshake, please."I've used these words countless times on the South Shore. Fries at Freshies to KFC, and numerous restaurants have served me crispy fries. And I've o...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin | Tahoe bundt cake is sweet
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 2:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - This morning, I made my first bundt cake. I've always seen food photos of bundt cake - a versatile shape of pan that lends to all seasons - not just wintertime. I chos...
