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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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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
