Willow Creek Thai in Eureka Willow Creek has long drawn campers, hikers, rafters and Bigfoot hunters. And if, when you pull off the cartoonishly winding, cliff-hugging State Route 299, you can u...
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/eat-drink/whats-good-thai-doughnuts-and-a-rooftop-view-29689328
Before Mary Ann Hytken found space to hold classes and establish the local nonprofit English Express, she says, she made do in Mexican markets. "I had a little folding chair and table, and I wou...
Thanks to months rich in rainfall, everywhere I look is green: our yard, pastures, parks. My plate is also green, partly because I eat a large green salad every day ("Take Time for Salad," March...
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/eat-drink/a-green-dish-for-earth-day-or-any-day-29501559
Stocking shelves and the ocean with seaweed and kelp While at then Humboldt State University, Torre Polizzi and Leslie Booher were part of a team surveying seaweed along the North Coast, documen...
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/eat-drink/sunken-seaweeds-dual-mission-29444344
On the Jamwagon Bandwagon You can't miss the bright blue Jamwagon food truck with its red lettering announcing pitas, gyros, hummus, falafel and fries (1631 Central Ave., McKinleyville; updates ...
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/eat-drink/whats-good-burgers-malasadas-and-shawarma-29382355
Pangnou Vang's face is mostly hidden under the bill of her ballcap as she works, angling the blade of her long, wooden handled knife horizontally along a block of salmon belly. The fingers of he...
The evolution of a concept can yield such an interesting timeline. Cannabis starts to become legalized in many states and suddenly we have a new beverage option hitting the shelves. Cannabidiol ...
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/eat-drink/the-elizabeth-dawn-and-cbd-mocktails-rising-29200810
Cut in sturdy rectangles and topped with waves of whipped cream, Adela Rodriguez's tres leches cake takes a full day soaking in whole, condensed and evaporated milks. It's a bit firmer than usua...
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/eat-drink/meeting-in-the-middle-at-aromas-cafe-29144306
Taqueria Martinez hosts Indian pop-up The bright flags staked around the Taqueria Martinez truck parked beside A&L Feed at 2314 Central Ave. in McKinleyville advertise tacos and burritos. So doe...
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/eat-drink/mexican-and-masala-29086369
It's that time of year again. Sometimes referred to as "false spring" here in Humboldt. Don't be fooled, friends. Narcissistic spring has not arrived yet. We are still hanging out with that old ...
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/eat-drink/magical-cozy-winter-cafes-29029206
"You don't think you're going to make much of a sweat working at a museum but moving things around really gets you there," says Josh Buck, executive director-curator of the Clarke Historical Mus...