20 yummy things to be thankful for

Praise the food and pass the gravy — Food Editor Kristin Jorgensen’s gives thanks this year for:

1. Velvety, perfectly prepared lattes and swoon-inducing pastries — including gluten free choices — from Crisp Bake Shop.
2. The girl and the fig’s ever-changing, but always to-die-for, duck confit.
3. Heavenly bourbon cocktails in the most atmospheric of settings at Rossi’s.
4. My much-needed Southern food addiction filled at least weekly, thank you to the Fremont Diner.
5. Not only insanely delicious corn and flour tortillas made right in front of your eyes at our own little tortilla factory, but now being able to tuck into the areas most gorgeous little tacos and chile-slicked, belly warming bowls of Posole at Jalisco.
6. The delicate, tender, beautiful Paul’s Produce lettuces, you will never, ever eat grocery store lettuces again.
7. Mike the [bejkr] and his heavenly breads.
8. Any of the super skillfully prepared, gloriously presented, wood oven roasted seasonal vegetables from Glen Ellen Star.
9. Bacon waffle. Seriously. At the Sunflower Caffe. While you’re there, you might as well sip on a Monster Mimosa.
10. Sipping perfect Blue Bottle lattes surrounded by local gourmet goodies at Sonoma’s Best.
11. Complete and total happiness on a plate, when the monstrous Wolfe Ranch quail are on the menu at Cafe La Haye.
12. All the deliciousness of Napa being just right over the hill.
13. The awfully obliging, and cute, meat and seafood counter guys at Sonoma Market.
14. The Patch. Particularly their gorgeous heirloom tomatoes. Oh! And their beans. And peppers. And red onions. All right, every beautiful piece of produce from the Patch.
15. The most unlikely spot to find some of Sonoma’s most incredibly fresh, seasonal fare: Murphy’s Irish Pub.
16. Rainy nights tucked into the ridiculously cozy banquette at the Taste of the Himalayas sharing little copper pots of spicy Tikka Masala and cold, crisp glasses of Gundlach Bundschu Gewurz.
17. The olive oily, yeasty, lemony, herby goodness of Della Fattoria’s Meyer lemon rosemary bread. Well, heck, any of Della Fattoria’s crazy-good breads.
18. The best kept secret breakfast in town, the “happy dance” inducing, hangover curing, chilaquiles, soft scrambled eggs, and avocado at El Molino Central.
19. Not only local wine and beer, but now local Bourbon, Hooker’s House, thanks to Sonoma’s booziest, cutest, couple: Amy and Fred Groth.
20. Sonoma’s modest group of passionate small farms and the tireless group that farm them.