Before you eat it, you should know how to pronounce it. Pho, the national dish of Vietnam, sounds like “fuh”. It is borrowed from “feu”, the word for fire used by the French colonial rulers of Vietnam. Pho Augusta, 4045 Jimmie Dyess Pkwy., is an excellent restaurant to take your taste buds on an Asian […]
What was once a normal garden consisting of just a patch of grass and an old-fashioned patio has been transformed into a mini rainforest. We sent reporter Chantal Weller to Dover to meet the brothers who made this possible… Not knowing exactly what I was about to see, I knocked on Chris Bowers’ door. And […]
With reports from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta-Journal brings you a list of the best-selling titles in independent bookstores in Northern and Southern California for the week ending August 4, 2024. Two books with strong female protagonists are on the bestseller list this week. In Sarah Manguso’s new novel LiarJane meets John – a […]
