September 28, 2021 | Ed Fletcher
Camden Spit & Larder and Beast & Bounty earned “Plate” awards, while Nixtaco and Yue Huang join Canon and Frank Fat’s with prestigious “Bib Gourmand” honors.
California State Of MindEpisode 38
September 3, 2021
California is known for innovation, but some say more is needed to address its drought-ridden future – especially when it comes to the state’s agriculture industry. California’s Food and Ag Secretary Karen Ross shares some ideas.
August 14, 2021
Paragrary opened his first Sacramento restaurant, The ParaPow Palace, in 1969. Since then, he started a number of businesses in the city — including Centro Cocina Mexicana, R15, Cafe Bernardo and his namesake Paragary's.
August 2, 2021
In 2022, the state will begin enforcing a proposition that requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves. Only 4% of national hog operations now comply with the new rules.
July 20, 2021
When classrooms reopen for the fall term, all of the state's 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family's income.
June 3, 2021
Even as the state prepares to lift coronavirus restrictions on June 15, some changes such as outdoor dining and to-go drinks will likely remain in many California cities. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced pandemic extensions through Dec. 31.
April 29, 2021
For some Sacramento chefs and bakers, selling delicious fare has not only been a way to make ends meet during the pandemic, but also a way to reach new people and offer a taste of who they are through unique menus.
April 22, 2021 | Randol White
Experts from around the nation will convene to discuss the laws around beer on Friday as part of an event held by the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. The result will be possibly the first-ever law review focused on beer.
January 15, 2021
Nothing says Minnesota like beer. And pie. Both play prominently in J. Ryan Stradal’s latest novel, “The Lager Queen of Minnesota.” Two sisters and a granddaughter find their way through the brewing industry with equal parts laughter and tragedy.
September 2, 2020 | Sammy Caiola
As COVID-19 makes it harder for low-income Sacramentans to put meals on the table, a group of mothers is trying to make healthy food more accessible.
Food and Sustainability NEWS
December 4, 2021
NPR's Scott Simon details how many of Brazil's açaí berries are harvested: by children.
December 2, 2021
The strike was one of several recent labor actions in the U.S. Workers everywhere from John Deere to McDonald's to the mining company Warrior Met Coal have walked off the job this year.
November 26, 2021
The renown chef and public television star, who died in 2004, spoke to Fresh Air in 1989 about the food she ate as a child in Pasadena, Calif. Child is the subject of the new documentary, Julia.
November 26, 2021
Tucci has always connected to his roots through food, so he was devastated when cancer treatment put him on a feeding tube. He's now cancer-free, with a new memoir. Originally broadcast Oct. 5, 2021.
November 25, 2021
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mayukh Sen about his new book, Taste Makers. It tells the stories of seven immigrant women who shaped the way America eats.
