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Event: Pan Seared Wild California Halibut with Summer Flavors at Steel Magnolia Kitchen, Tue, Aug 31 6:00p


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Published July 30, 2010 at 5:35 a.m.

Join me for an evening dedicated to some truly amazing fish. Brand Little, of Wild Little Fish Company will be the source of this amazing fish, some of the highest quality fish I have ever laid my eyes on! Atop that, it is super fresh, as he is also the fish monger!   For this class the guests will be treated to this ultra luxurious fish, paired with the freshest of summer ingredients from local farmers. The class will focus on the following techniques and ideas: Selecting fresh fish; where to

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Good eats abound at jazz festival


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Published May 31, 2010 at 5:28 p.m.

Loyal attendees of the Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee love the diverse music and upbeat crowd, of course. But perhaps of nearly equal importance to them are their favorite foods and drinks, which they depend on year after year ... So let's address first what we bet will be the most pressing question about the food scene at this year's festival: Will there be grilled oysters? ... Due to circumstances, the No. 1 favorite Jubilee food came close to being taken off the menu last year when the

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Winning streaks on line in baseball playoffs


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:02 a.m.

Monster winning streaks take center stage today as high school baseball playoff teams look to bear down on championships ... In the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I North playoffs at American River College, Elk Grove, winner of 18 consecutive games, meets Pleasant Grove, winner of 13 in a row, at 7 p.m ... At 4 p.m., Franklin of Elk Grove looks to end Jesuit's 15-game winning streak ... In D-II play, Oak Ridge rolls into Sacramento City College with an area-best 25-game winning streak. It plays

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Use of 'Asian American' wanes


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Brianna Haas, 6, prepares to go onstage with the Halau O Keikiali'i hula dance group from Elk Grove at Sunday's Pacific Rim Street Fest at Downtown Plaza and Old Sacramento. More than 15 Asian cultures were represented at the event ... Is the term "Asian American" fading into history, like "Oriental" before it? ... As Sacramento's growing Asian immigrant communities celebrated Sunday's Pacific Rim Street Fest, a growing number note that Asian American isn't a race and said they choose to

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Lincoln welcomes highway bypass but worries about downtown


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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A Caltrans worker assists in the construction of a bridge over Markham Ravine for the Lincoln Bypass. The bypass is expected to reduce traffic on G Street in the historic downtown from 31,000 to 18,000 vehicles daily ... Downtown Lincoln's historic main street boasts picturesque brick buildings, quaint shops and one gnarly traffic jam ... Thousands of commuters and truckers rumble through each day on old Highway 65, kicking up dust and noise and generally making G Street – as it's known in

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It's not your imagination: Coldest Nor Cal weather in a half century


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Published May 23, 2010 at 1:55 p.m.

Northern California matched or broke cold records from Redding to Stockton this weekend, the National Weather Service reported today ... And more cold - and likely rain - is on its way ... In fact, Sacramento is facing the coldest spell for this late in the season in more than a half century ... Imagine this: The weather service says temperatures may not hit 90 degrees by the first week week in June ... "We're actually watching a record set in 1971," said meteorologist Drew Peterson said. "We're

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Andy Nguyen Restaurant is a vegetarian's paradise


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Published May 23, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Tempura pepper flake okra with dipping sauce ... All over this town, there are very fine restaurants where you can nibble on young pigeons cooked rare, chew on thin sheets of wonderfully seasoned raw beef or gnaw at ribs smoked and charred over five hours and slathered in tangy sauce. Lamb chops, wild boar, venison, quail, duck, turkey, salmon, halibut, chicken, turkey, bone marrow and steak after thick, juicy steak ... Oh, the horror of it all! ... If you have eaten any or all of the above, you

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Marco's Pizza chain is coming to Sacramento


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Published May 20, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Marco's Pizza says its California expansion will be spearheaded by Anil Yadav, who owns 155 Jack in the Box and 26 Denny's restaurants in California and Texas ... An Ohio-based pizza restaurant chain said Wednesday that it is planning a 170-outlet push into California, with multiple restaurants in the Sacramento area ... Marco's Pizza, headquartered in Toledo, currently has only two restaurants in the Golden State – in Ceres and Livermore – but wants to add sites stretching from Simi Valley

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Dining review: Esquire Grill no longer exciting


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Published May 16, 2010 at 2:56 p.m.
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The Esquire Grill on K Street, a quick stroll from the state Capitol, is often packed with eager patrons ... "Oh boy, big crowd tonight," I said to the cheery fellow who greeted us at Esquire Grill. "Um, I was guessing it would be slow on a Monday." ... "This is actually not uncommon," he replied. "We have two big groups. One is Californians for affordable student housing, and the other is the invertebrate – not the vertebrate – pesticide folks." ... I tried not to look star-struck as he led

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Gunther's Ice Cream parlor serves up 70th birthday party


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Published May 14, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Sarah Namestka, 20 months, enjoys her first visit to Gunther's Ice Cream with grandfather Don Namestka, 78. The ice cream parlor celebrates the 70th anniversary of its founding Saturday with a party featuring its first employee ... There are memories here, from the mint chocolate chip ice cream to the words scratched into worn wooden booths to the neon Jugglin' Joe flashing above the tiny corner shop ... On a sun-soaked, made-for-ice cream May day, Jenifer Namestka and daughter Sarah of El

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