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Beyond Pizza: Red Grape’s artisanal Italian fare

February 5, 2015
For years, the Red Grape has served great New Haven-style pizza and the best tomato soup in town, satisfying Sonomans and tourists at an affordable price. During a recent dinner at the Grape, I was stopped in my foodie tracks by a new menu addition:... Continue

All Organic – All the Time: The Divewalk Cafe

February 5, 2015
You can’t miss it: a big yellow and white tent in the warehouse/office complex at the intersection of Petaluma Avenue and Riverside Drive. An arrow-shaped hand painted wooden sign hangs on a fence and points towards the tent with “open” painted in big black letters.... Continue

Let Love Rule: Valentine’s Day in Sonoma Valley

February 5, 2015
  There are two kinds of people in this world: those who celebrate Valentine’s Day and plan to have a fancy dinner with their beloved and those who mutter “Hallmark Holiday” under their breath and are 8 out of 10 times single. All right, I... Continue

Worth the Drive: Nomad Series at spoonbar, Healdsburg

January 23, 2015
[caption id="attachment_46704" align="alignright" width="200"] Sashimi with warmed rice, nori, fermented chili, and herbs from spoonbar’s Asian Nomad Dinner.[/caption] Suggestions that are worth the drive outside of Sonoma Valley. Last year, Chef Louis Maldonado introduced spoonbar’s Nomad Dinner, a series of Monday-Tuesday dinners that bring diners... Continue

2015 Award Season has begun

January 23, 2015
Food and drink award season has started. Just like Hollywood, we have our own best of - ranging from international wine competitions to the James Beard Awards to homegrown Sonoma Valley Best of 2014, as sponsored by the Sun. Here are some of the highlights... Continue

Food + Drink bites

January 23, 2015
Sonoma says farewell to Chef Andrew Wilson, who has left the Carneros Bistro & Wine Bar to become Executive Chef at Charlie Palmer’s legendary Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg. Chef Joshua Murray takes over as Executive Chef at Carneros. Gloria Ferrer is getting a facelift -... Continue

Delicious gifting

December 11, 2014
Often, a present is opened, consumed or played with, enjoyed briefly and then quickly forgotten.  If you hope to give a gift that will remain in your friends and family’s memories for years, give the gift of an experience.  A gift certificate for a cooking... Continue

A delicious, thankful Thanksgiving

December 2, 2014
On this holiday that is completely centered on the idea of being thankful for the things each of us have in our lives, we’re meant to stop and take a moment to remember those things.  I even believe that most of our traditions, no matter... Continue

Cider: the quintessential autumn sipper

October 30, 2014
  It might be something about the crunchy rust-colored leaves littering the yard, the nostalgic scent of wood smoke drifting in the crisp autumn air, something about the memories of childhood hay rides and picking apples in my aunt’s North Carolina orchard, but during the... Continue
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