The sour truth about sugar

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

Top cookbooks from down under

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

Wine Spectator’s Top 100

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

Tri-Tip Trolley owners to open sit-down restaurant in Kenwood

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

Sonoma Valley Chef files: Bryan Jones

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

Sonoma winery cracks ‘Wine Spectator’ top 100

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

Now, forager

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

Sunflower Caffé team buys Breakaway Café

Bob Rice, owner of the Breakaway Café, will retire and sell the popular restaurant, to the owners of another Sonoma hot spot, Sunflower Caffé. "After over 20 years of working with people, they become like family,” said Rice. “I wanted to make sure that whoever... Continue

Michele Anna Jordan talks turkey — and not for Thanksgiving

"Why did you write a book about meatballs?" a man asked at last weekend's Extra Virgin Festival at B. R. Cohn Winery, where I was featuring the new edition of “The Good Cook's Book of Oil & Vinegar.” Pausing before I answered, I wondered if... Continue

Community-wide crew readies for annual Free Thanksgiving Dinner

Led by an all-volunteer crew, the Sonoma Community Center’s Free Thanksgiving Dinner has been a tradition for more than five decades, and once again local businesses, service clubs and volunteers have come together to feed nearly 500 people on November 24. Longtime Sonoma Community Center... Continue

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