[caption id="attachment_57113" align="aligncenter" width="379"] Look for these signs at local businesses to see who is participating in Freedom Week (Sweet Scoop's Facebook)[/caption] Freedom Week Sonoma is September 6-12 and celebrates active military, veterans, and first responders. It's a local version of Freedom Day USA, where,... Continue

It's back! Sonoma Valley's Food + News Bites! If you have food or booze news to report, email Sarah at [email protected] (priority given to charity events!). NEWS [caption id="attachment_56846" align="aligncenter" width="125"] Winemaker Greg Kitchens of Don Sebastiani & Sons[/caption] Congrats to winemaker Greg Kitchens' of... Continue

[caption id="attachment_56774" align="aligncenter" width="367"] My first veggie burger awaits me at Amy's Drive Thru[/caption] Until I went to Amy's Drive Thru, I had never had a veggie burger. Despite having many vegan and vegetarian friends, I've avoided veggie burgers. Stories of cardboard textured mass produced... Continue

Rejoice! "Wine o'clock" and "beer o'clock" have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. The Dictionary defines "wine o'clock" as "an appropriate time of the day for starting to drink wine." Other foodie/boozie related words that were added, include: Awesomesauce: extremely good, excellent Cakeage: a... Continue

Turns out the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has quite strict terms on what one can call "mayonnaise." This month, the FDA sent a warning letter to Hampton Creek, the San Francisco based food company, to tell them to stop promoting  Just Mayo, their vegan... Continue

Prepare to gross out Sonoma Valley: ground beef from conventionally raised cows is twice as likely to "contain dangerous superbugs resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics used to treat illness in human" than sustainability produced ground beef. This unsettling data comes from Consumer... Continue

[caption id="attachment_56178" align="aligncenter" width="420"] A beautiful cheese plate at the Epicurean Connection complete with edible nasturtium[/caption] Upon a recent visit to the Epicurean Connection, nasturtium was served with our cheese plate. I was so distracted by the tasty Sonoma County cheeses served on the plate... Continue

[caption id="attachment_55772" align="aligncenter" width="237"] Love the new foodie stamps from USPS!![/caption] I'm a stamp geek. I grew up flipping through my dad's stamp collection that he created as a kid, which led me to create my own as a young adult. One of my favorite... Continue

[caption id="attachment_13111" align="aligncenter" width="293"] It takes 93 gallons to grow one pumpkin - at least in the mass food production world. [/caption] The California drought is still in full-effect and we're also in the heart of growing season. The bounty at farmers' markets is growing... Continue