[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

By Margie Forrest/Sonoma Sun -- So you want to know the truth about sugar? How much is okay? How much is too much? Is it bad for you? Here’s the truth: all carbohydrates that we eat get broken down into some form of sugar, either fructose... Continue

From food writer Pat Nourse of Gourmet Traveler, here are the best cookbooks of 2016 -- from Australia. The list.   Continue

A Napa Valley Cabernet tops Wine Spectator's Top 100 of 2016. Continue

TIPS Tri-Tip, owners of the Tri-Tip Trolley, announced today their plans to open a brick and mortar restaurant -- called Tips Roadside --at the former Vineyard’s Inn location at the corner of Highway 12 and Adobe Canyon Rd. Owners Andrew and Susie Pryfogle signed a... Continue

Executive chef of St. Francis Winery, voted “#1 Restaurant in America” by OpenTable diners in 2015 and named to OpenTable’s “100 Best Restaurants for Foodies in America” list in 2016. A California Culinary Academy grad, has 16 years of experience in the industry, including two... Continue

Sojourn Cellars, with its 2104 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast Gap's Crown Vineyard, ranked #35 on the “Wine Spectator” Top 100 of 2106. It was the only Sonoma Valley winery to make the kist It was also the only domestic Pinot Noir to make the list of... Continue

Rain or shine, the place for seasonal produce and just-picked ingredients for a sustainable (as in, lots of leftovers) seasonal meal is the Friday Morning Farmers Market in Sonoma. Upcoming dates are December 9, 16 (produce basket drawing), 23 and 30. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.... Continue