Looking for a quick summer salad that’s filling and healthy …. Heirloom tomatoes, feta , English cucumber, green onion, kalamata olives and a bit of mint hits the spot every time. Chop all of your ingredients … Wisk a simple dressing of olive oil, balsamic, kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper and you have lunch [...]
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Thinking of doing a quick day trip and not sure where to go? Come up to Healdsburg for the Jazz festival. The Healdsburg Jazz festival is one of the best small jazz festivals in the country. It is spread out over different venues with different types of jazz artists. Like Jazz with your dinner? No [...]
The black iris is amazing in that at sometimes it appears black while at others it appears a rich purple. I first became entranced in this flower a few years back when I was going through a dark stage. My garden was full of pink and red but I wanted something deeper and richer. One of the [...]
When I was young my friend had a field that was filled with sweet peas. As children, we would wander through the field gathering bouquets of sweet peas. There were always a ton of them in a variety of colors. There are over 250 varieties of sweet peas and they self pollinate. Easy to get [...]
I love the Healdsburg Farmers market. It is truly one of my favorite places. They have the BEST flowers! There are few things I love more than flowers. Introducing the fully bloomed Peony if you have never seen one before. They start out tightly wound and then unfurl into a beautiful spectacle of a flower. [...]
The first start of any great meal is the wine. Some people start with the food but I prefer the wine. I wanted Cabernet and since it was a SaturdayI had to dig through the “cellar” to see what was getting near its time. I am trying to do this once a week now. For wine lovers [...]
I have been obsessed with cheese for about 5 years. To the extent that every dinner out starts and ends with a cheese plate. For the true cheese lover the below are two of the restaurants I feel have true cheese experiences for the cheese lover 1) Willi’s Wine Bar, Santa Rosa. Local small production [...]
I like to have a good dinner party. Most of the time though my guests would prefer if I did not cook. Cocktails, wine, dessert, cheese I have proven skills in that arena. Cooking for 10….not so much. So how do you have a great dinner party without cooking? Order takeout? Hire a chef? Although [...]
My favorite wine this week is La Crema’s 2007 Anderson Valley, Pinot Noir. La Crema is famous for their Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir but what many people do not know is that La Crema makes small batches of appelation designated Pinot Noirs from other areas. These wines are designed to showcase the best attributes of [...]
I love brittle. Rich, buttery, scrumptious brittle. Add mixed nuts and I am in heaven as is anyway who tries this great recipe. Keep in mind buying at a store any form of handmade brittle is pretty pricey. Making it at home is very inexpensive and it can be a great treat to have on a large [...]
