AltWeeklies Wire
Like Them Applesnew
Getting to the core of the Northern California craft cider boom.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
12-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: hard cider, craft cider
Rotten in the Statenew
In the right hands, moldy, rotten grapes riddled with Botrytis can produce delectable results.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
09-07-2012 |
Food+Drink
Delta Bluesnew
Can salmon survive California's 'Peripheral Canal'?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
07-09-2012 |
Environment
Eggs-actlynew
A new bill before Congress would ensure accurate labeling practices for commercial and free-range eggs.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
03-31-2012 |
Health
Fall of the Redwood Empirenew
Clearcutting for vineyards is nothing new in wine country. Can it be stopped?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
12-12-2011 |
Environment
Greeting Society's Collapse with a Smile and a Shovelnew
Transition was launched when one Rob Hopkins recognized that modern Western society cannot continue at its current pace of life as fast access to oil begins to dwindle. Global warming and economic meltdown are the two other principle drivers of the Transition movement, but in an ideal "Transition Town," society would be ready for such changes.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
06-22-2009 |
Environment
Black Gold: West Coast Trufflesnew
With European truffles on the decline, a new breed of truffle hunters and growers comes to the fore on the West Coast.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
12-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Figs Find Their Natural Mate: Beernew
Avery Brewing Company's Fifteen and Schmaltz Brewing Company's Rejewvenator ("the Chosen Beer"), each brewed this spring with dried California Mission figs.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
07-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
I, Winepodnew
For just $6,000, you too can make like winemaker in the privacy of your own home! Just purchase this little robot.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
07-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Olive You Know May Not Be Truenew
Increasingly subject to fraudulent oversea practices, extra-virgin olive oil is yet another product that's best to buy close to home.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
07-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Newest Buzz on Colony Collapse Disordernew
Why bees thrive in the city, promote life on earth and deserve a guerrilla movement.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
06-27-2008 |
Environment
Good Dead Grape: Organic Wines Make a Comebacknew
Yeast, juice and humans: Ancient winemaking techniques roar back to life in organic wines.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
06-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
Farmed Fish Debatenew
Restaurateurs take a pledge to only serve wild salmon as the farmed vs. wild fish debate heats up. Sea lice, anyone?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
06-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: farmed salmon, wild salmon
Monocropping Leads the Way to a Global Food Crisisnew
The global agriculture market is busy cooking up a recipe for disaster. World grain production is on the rise, but this cheap oversupply has put millions of farmers in developing nations out of work. Equally problematic, policy makers are increasingly directing edible calories toward biofuels and animal feed. Meanwhile, impoverished humans starve. Is home gardening an actual answer?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
05-30-2008 |
Environment
Imperial Barroomnew
What has an alcohol by volume level of 24 and costs $140 a bottle? Imperial beer, of course.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
05-09-2008 |
Food+Drink
