My little sister recently announced she no longer will eat any red meat or chicken. For a family of rabid foodies that is akin to saying she is moving to Africa. We are meat lovers. I have tried to reason with her and she is pretty convinced that when she eats at my house I will [...]
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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 [...]
There is nothing like a rose. A nice fat garden rose. Scents can range from a true rose scent to a violet or citrus smell. No other flower has such a color or fragrance range. No other flowers elicits such love as a rose. According to fossils the rose is 35 million years old. [...]
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 [...]
It is sunny and warm which means it is a white wine week. It is crucial to have a solid by the pool wine for this type of weather. Thus the wine selection of the week Kendall Jackson, Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay Notes of green and red apples, peach, and nice sweet oak. A solid everyday [...]
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 [...]
Tilapia is the 5th most consumed fish in the world. It has low levels of mercury, low carbohydrates, low calories and low sodium while still serving a healthy dose of protein. A one ounce serviong has 36 calories, 7 grams of protein, 0 carbs and one gram of fat. Better yet it can taste very [...]
Today in wine country we all suffered a great loss. Jess Jackson, pioneer of Kendall Jackson as well as multiple other fantastic wine brands passed away at the age of 81. To me he was the Walt Disney of the wine country. No idea was every too big and no boundaries existed. He redefined California [...]
