A Seat at the Bar: A Southern Food Surprise in … Roseville?
Chef Q brings California modern comfort food to his restaurant Q1227
The Seat at the Bar diner explores a restaurant visited by
luminaries including Snoop Dogg, Ryan Coogler and the
Timberwolves in an unlikely location — a busy shopping
mall.
New UC Davis Research Center Will Help Central Valley Provide Food Sustainably
The Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation will explore the future of food
Agricultural research is about to get supercharged at UC Davis, thanks to a $50 million donation from the co-owners of one of the biggest names in almonds, The Wonderful Company.
Food Banks Brace for ‘Perfect Storm’ of Food Insecurity Heading Into the Holidays
SNAP food benefits are back, but anxieties linger
The record-breaking government shutdown and suspension of SNAP food benefits led what one food bank director says is the worst food insecurity crisis she has seen.
Sacramento’s Cocktail Scene Evolves at the Ten Ten Room
New owner Jason Lockard and bartender Tanner Doyle blend creativity, history and neighborhood ease at the reborn Ten Ten Room
The low-profile downtown Sacramento cocktail bar is making a comeback.
These Local Chefs Make Authentic California Paella
Capital Region chefs are giving the Spanish dish a fresh identity with local ingredients and a celebratory vibe
The four paella entrepreneurs Comstock’s spoke with said they
broke with tradition to accommodate local preferences and dietary
restrictions, but they still employ traditional techniques to
maintain authentic flavors.
This Collaboration Between Farmers, Water Officials and Environmentalists Is Saving Wildlife
The Floodplain Forward Coalition helps farmers help salmon while protecting water supplies
Water policy in California is defined by fighting. Plans to fix the system languish for decades, and if they’re implemented, they end up in court for many more years. The Floodplain Forward Coalition has broken out of that paradigm.
9 New Food Items for the Ninth Year of the Golden 1 Center
Chicken and waffles and bao buns are among the offerings unveiled as the Sacramento Kings kick off their 2025-26 season
There will be nine new entries to represent the ninth year of the Golden 1 Center, including a chicken-and-waffle sandwich, porchetta fries and bao buns. And once again, the Kings and their food partner Legends Hospitality made the effort to have the ingredients locally sourced.
Step Inside Sacramento’s Most Immersive Tiki Worlds
Bars like Shipwrecked and Hawthorne’s Hideout fuse fantasy, craftsmanship and cocktails for total escapism
The first sight through the door is something like an aquatic gargoyle with long fingers, smiling fangs and the scaly tail of a mercreature from the lowest depths.
The Power of Plums
Family business spotlight: The Taylor sisters turned their family’s heritage farm into a prestigious skincare line
Jacqueline, Allison and Elaine Taylor traveled with their father to Asia as he expanded Taylor Brothers Farms’ organic prune business. All this family immersion laid the groundwork for when they decided to branch out and form their own plum-related company Le Prunier.
From Small Prune Farm to Global Enterprise
Family business spotlight: Taylor Brothers Farms in Yuba City is the world’s largest organic dried prune producer
When Earl Gorman Taylor planted his first plum tree on the 70 acres he bought in Sutter County in 1916, he could never imagine that his grandson Richard would one day turn it into a global empire. That’s exactly what Taylor Brothers Farms is now — the world’s largest producer and global distributor of organic prunes and prune products.