Davis Life Magazine

I have something to confess.  I’m only minimally ashamed about my bizarre snacking habit—Liz Lemon of the popular NBC program calls it “working on her night cheese.”  After a grueling day of work, particularly in colder seasons, there’s nothing like coming home, making toasts on the cast iron and having a delicious 1:00 a.m. dinner [...]

You hear the complaints all over town – “Not another Thai restaurant.” Well I couldn’t disagree more. I love that we have variety. All of the restaurants prepare the foods in different ways. I have favorite dishes at all of the Thai restaurants and love having choices in ambiance and locations. It’s really like saying [...]

It’s just starting to feel like spring, but I’m still in the mood for soup. One night last week, I had plans to make lentil soup, but changed my mind at the last minute after reading this recipe. I ended up modifying many of the elements, deciding that one head of broccoli was never going [...]

It’s Beer Week!  That three-word sentence really ought to be enough to get you excited, but if not, a few more words of explanation might do the trick.  This is the 2nd Annual Beer Week for Sacramento, and while the organizers may over-state the importance of Sacramento brewing history (who can blame them, it’s beer week!), [...]

So many of my fondest memories of the last few years are attached to types of produce—I guess one could say that the changing varietals and seasonality of produce has been the rhythm of my life.  When I think of asparagus, I remember how I used to hoard the profusion of rubber bands that came [...]