HOT SONOMA FOOD NEWS: CAFE LA HAYE OPENS FOR LUNCH. New owner Jose Lopeznunez offers a lunch menu with everything a la carte including Full Circle bread, soup, a mixed green salad of pickled beets and onions, oranges, watermelon radish, and blue cheese ($16) or... Continue
Poppy open in Glen Ellen After months of remodeling, repainting, restyling and recreating their finest memories of France and its food, Sondra Bernstein and John Toulze hosted four “friends and family” practice dinners last week. Their actual opening date of Poppy was Wednesday, May 21.... Continue
Pemba Sherpa has proudly opened Farmhouse Sonoma where Palms Grille, and a previous Denny’s, used to be at the corner of Highway 12 and Verano Ave. We have all watched the transformation of the exterior from decaying to sparkling white with total remodel and hip... Continue
Eat Nutria – not? No, Nutria is not an artificial sweetener, or a new meal delivery company. It is a rodent species, called Nutria. Apparently, these rodents, known as Swamp Rats and a gustatory delicacy in Louisiana, are eating native plants and crops, burrowing through... Continue
Restaurants We Shouldn’t Forget Last issue of the Sun I offered a memory of restaurants that some of us knew and miss to this day. Most of us who are able to go out for meals often narrow our selection down to two or three... Continue
Café LaHaye and Saul Gropman “Such a gentleman leaves his beloved restaurant like a gentleman, with total consideration for the people who will pick up the spatula/torch, and for his kindness and fairness to some of the longest serving staff in Sonoma Valley, which says... Continue
Thanks so much to the many people who have mentioned to me that they are glad I am “back.” It is truly inspiring to hear people are reading. We made it through Thanksgiving, and now we’re back to regular programming, meaning my column as you... Continue
While many people may be depressed by national election results, and others are jumping for joy, either way, we can always find something to be thankful for. Living in Sonoma Valley comes first to my mind. Eating Thanksgiving – Out, In or Free Don’t forget... Continue
Welcome back to my column, friends and readers, and I consider you to be both. It’s great to be back where Jerry and I started our Sonoma journalism careers, he writing history and I writing food and wine gossip, and many of us love both.... Continue