Food & Wine

Mountain air gives Placer-grown mandarin oranges marvelous taste

By Chris Macias - Updated: Wednesday, November 18 2009 - 8:51 am

Mandarins hang like bright orange ornaments in these orchards, but by year's end, the trees will be bare again. The growing season is short and the public's appetite voracious for this signature Placer commodity.

Tasting Room: A place that really drives home its point

By Chris Macias - Updated: Wednesday, November 18 2009 - 8:54 am

A new car smell surrounds Driven Cellars. Actually, make that an old car smell.

The Good Life: Duck cook-off shows Sacramento's culinary sophistication

By Rick Kushman - Published: Wednesday, November 18 2009 - 12:00 am

The dining room at Grange restaurant one night last week had an electricity to it, partly because it often does, but even more because it was a special, duck-filled evening.

Readers offer recipes, memories from family Thanksgivings

Bee staff - Published: Wednesday, November 18 2009 - 12:00 am

We asked readers to share their favorite Thanksgiving recipes and memories, and about a dozen of you responded.

Bee Recipes

Recipe: Cranberry-glazed butternut squash - 8:04pm
Recipe: Mediterranean spaghetti squash (vegetarian) - 8:09pm
Recipe: Slushy mandarin orange smoothie - 8:51am
Readers offer recipes, memories from family Thanksgivings - 7:06pm
Recipe: Cranberry pear frangipani pie - 8:05pm

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Authentic Thai food finds a haven in south Sacramento

By Blair Anthony Robertson - Updated: 11:06 am

I will not be insulting the formidable husband-and-wife team of Adisak and Supatra Vacharasovan if I use shorthand language to describe their restaurant: It's a dive.

Webber's Center Court restaurant closes abruptly

By Bill Lindelof - Published: Wednesday, November 18 2009 - 12:00 am

The game is apparently over – at least for now – for Center Court With C-Webb, the sports-themed restaurant opened three years ago by former Sacramento Kings basketball star Chris Webber.

Sofia's mostly Italian cuisine could deepen its flavor

By Blair Anthony Robinson - Published: Sunday, November 15 2009 - 12:00 am