Nick, from Harvest Moon Café, is a true believer in the wonderment of fresh figs; a true believer in all things fresh and beautiful, it seems. His crew gets almost all of its produce locally this time of year, but especially figs. They’re coming from... Continue
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Summer is officially gone and, I am a bit ashamed to admit, I am glad. The things we ate, that we did this summer… I have had enough. I ate my weight in tomatoes; tomatoes dripping their clear, sweet juices atop grilled bread, crushed tomatoes... Continue
My ever-faithful dining partner, the always wonderfully hungry Mr. B, has a thing for Margharita pizzas. He swears you can size up just how authentic, how tasty, how molto benne a pizza place is going to be based solely on the first bite. I think... Continue
The in-between season. Summer, it certainly is not, yet not quite fall, either. It is the time of year where I reminisce about the summer which is quickly fleeting, sad that long sunny days, picnics, dinners outdoors, and the vegetables of summer are all but... Continue
Whew, it sure has been warm out. Summer seems to be leaving us only while kicking and screaming. By late afternoon, the hot-hot Sonoma sun toasts the top of my head, I feel as I might self-combust. I can only lay, bobbing in the pool... Continue
Have you ever had one of those days where no matter where you ate, what you ate, it just wasn’t very good? That each meal became more disappointing than the last? Maybe it is just me, and possibly I am a bit too dramatic when... Continue
One of the very best parts about living in Sonoma is that downtown Napa is just a quick jaunt over the hill, a mere fifteen minutes away. It seems that each time I buzz through downtown, usually on my way to slurp some oysters or... Continue
One of my earliest memories of my grandmother was of her gripping the handle of her gigantic cast iron skillet, almost as big as she was, and flipping a batch of corn bread high into the air with that easy way Southerners have of doing... Continue
My last ditch, month-long guide, crusade if you will, of what you must do to soak up every juicy morsel of what is left of this amazing Sonoma summer. 1. Make “summer sauce.” There is not a summer day where a large Mason jar of... Continue
Continuing the theme of shamelessly throwing myself into summer before it sadly comes to an end, I declared a recent Sunday to be filled with nothing more than cruising Wine Country backroads with the top down, golden sunshine on our faces, finding yummy things to... Continue