Ceres Community Project is a nonprofit serving Sonoma and Marin counties with healing meals designed to support families facing a health challenge like cancer, prepared with love by teen volunteers who learn to cook and eat for health, gain job skills and give back to... Continue

The Italian Cooking Lesson series continues at the Sonoma Community Center on Saturday, April 15. Chef Maria Capdevielle leads the hands-on demo “Italian Regional Cooking: A Taste of Veneto,” with crostini with salt cod puree, risotto with pancetta and peas, and strawberry tiramisu. $85, $76... Continue

Sonoma Springs Brewing Company will soon release three of its locally-made beers in 16oz cans for wholesale and retail customers: award-winning Kolsch, Subliminal Gold IPA, and HazyCali North East inspired IPA. “This is something we’ve been working towards for years,” said Derek Drennan, managing partner. “We’ve been wanting to... Continue

How hot are the Inferno Chicken Wings at Sonoma's B&V Whiskey Bar and Grille? You have to sign a waiver before eating them. Surviving, let alone enjoying, the specialty dish is the“Inferno Wing Challenge" on Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m.  For $12, explains front man Codi Binkley,... Continue

The Rotary Club of Glen Ellen-Kenwood’s annual dinner and auction at the Deerfield Ranch Winery in Kenwood, dubbed Crab in the Cave, is Saturday, March 25.  All proceeds will go to Rotary-sponsored programs at local Sonoma Valley schools, community projects, as well as international clean... Continue

  Seventeen wineries throughout the Heart of Sonoma Valley – a 10-mile stretch from Glen Ellen, through Kenwood and parts west – throw a communal party March 18-19 with  annual Savor Sonoma weekend. Members of the Heart of Sonoma Valley Association will showcase the 2016 vintage from... Continue

It figures that the brewmaster at Sonoma Springs Brewing Company is always thinking of different ways to pair beer and food. But beer and chocolate? Absolutely, says Tim Goeppinger, when the brew is his Doppelbock, dubbed Smooth Operator. “This style is very food-friendly and sometimes... Continue

Jill Nussinow has been teaching plant-based, whole foods cooking for so long (nearly 30 years at Santa Rosa Junior College beyond) she’s earned the trademarked title “The Veggie Queen.” She’ authored four cookboks, including “The New Fast Food” and “Vegan Under Pressure” in which she... Continue

[caption id="attachment_76749" align="aligncenter" width="420"] In the commercial kitchen at the Teen Center, Lovin' Oven Coordinator Kenzie Finch, center, Ethan Hansen and Jose Solorzano get ready for the Chili Bowl Express on February 25. Recipe below.[/caption] The meal is farm-to-table and the bowls are kiln-to-kitchen. For... Continue