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Michael Thiemann, chef at Ella Dining Room & Bar, likes young Nantes carrots pan-roasted with cumin. If your carrots come with tops, use the tops for pesto.Oven-roasted carrots with orange and cumin Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 12 min...

Strawberry salsaStrawberry salsa Yields 1 1/2 cups of salsa Amber K. Stott, author of the "Awake at the Whisk" food blog, says, "When tomatoes aren't in season, yet you're craving salsa, why not try fruit? Here's an easy seasonal recipe u...

Chef Oliver Ridgeway at the Grange restaurant in Sacramento , mixes a springtime trio of lava beans, artichokes and green garlic.Spring fava beans with artichokes and green garlic Serves 6-8 "You can serve this as a side, or as a feature ...

Coconut rice pudding with caramelized pineapple Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 1 hour 50 minutes Serves 4 This pudding is made with coconut milk, which imbues it with a tropical taste and a tantalizing fragrance. The pineapple...

Sliders made with beets? Blogger UnChu Littlefield roasts them, sprinkles them with bacon and serves them sliced on soft rolls.Roasted beet and bacon sliders with garlic aioli and fresh pepper Makes 4 to 5 sliders Here's a twist on mini-b...

Conductor Michael Morgan leads the Sacramento Philharmonic in a dress rehearsal at the Mondavi Center for the Arts at UC Davis in March 2006.The Sacramento Philharmonic reached its goal of raising $150,000 by a self-imposed May 15 deadline, pers...

An photograph of CSUS student Arlene Sasse remains attached to a light pole at the entrance to the university in Sacramento. Sasse was killed on her bicycle in the early morning hours of April 1, 2011 in a collision with …

al·fres·co   adverb 1. out-of-doors; in the open air: to dine alfresco.adjective 2. outdoor: an alfresco café.  Eating outdoors is a grand idea if the conditions are right - not too hot, not too cold, not too windy, not t...

Have you ever been drawn to a place and then fallen head over heels with it once you finally made it there? New Orleans was like that for me. A huge romantic, for me this city seemed to have everything that could be desired in a place: gorgeous archite...

The latest buzz in the online dating world is that Match.com is going to introduce singles events offline, in real life. Here's the problem with that...singles events still have a stigma to them. People already feel enough pressure to land a mate, ...