“If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn’t organic produce just be called ‘produce’ and make the pesticide-laden stuff take the burden of an adjective?” — Ymber Delecto Placerville Natural Foods Cooperative Some time ago I stopped by…
Hoosegow – Placerville
“Chili represents your three stages of matter: solid, liquid and eventually gas.” — From the TV show “Roseanne” (1992) Hoosegow It had been a very long time since I had visited the Hoosegow, 2884 Ray Lawyer Drive in Placerville, in…
Tijuana Taqueria – Placerville
“As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine. Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It’s time to start making soup again.” — Leslie Newman Tijuana Taqueria…
Burger Barn – Pollock Pines
Happy Veteran’s Day. If you would like to do something nice for our military, ask the President to bring them home, not just those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, all of them. Our young men and women are not the…
The Merry Woods – Pollock Pines
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Merry Woods I first heard about…
Book Review: ‘History of a Place Called Rescue’ – Teie and Carpenter
Title: “History of a Place Called Rescue” Authors: William C. Teie and Francis M. Carpenter Publisher: Deer Valley Press, Rescue, deervalleypress.com, November 2011 Price: $75; flex-binding, 11 x 8.5 inches, 380 pages, four-color. (pre-publication price $52.50 plus tax and shipping.…