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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , Raves & Reviews , New Products , America I'm one of those geeky gardener-cooks who tries hard to close the loop: I grow veggies and herbs, compost the scraps, and throw it back into the garden to make even better veggies Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , America , Europe , France , Wine of the Week With the exception of White Zinfandel, Merlot may be the most-maligned wine in a couple of decades. In the 2004 movie Sideways , Miles, the main character and Pinot Noir lover, Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , Trends , America A few weeks ago I listed my 2009 wine predictions , including one under "wishful thinking" about box wine, PET bottles, and lighter, alternative forms of packaging becoming mainstream. Now it seems we're Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , Trends , New Products , America I posted recently about investing in wine futures vs. the stock market; now a Napa wine company has tied them together. Here's how it works: you pre-buy a bottle of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , New Products , America , Festivals , Celebrations Wine lovers all over the country have reason to celebrate tomorrow: December 5, 1933, marked the end of the 13-year Prohibition on alcohol in the U.S. (Of course the resulting Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , Fall , Wine of the Week We turn to another classic for this week's Wine of the Week. Chardonnay, probably the world's most famous wine grape, is like the Gumby of wine, versatile beyond imagination. It's a grape that can Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , New Zealand , America , Europe , France , Wine of the Week The weather has been unseasonably warm this month in my neck of the woods, but it's finally starting to cool off. I'm ready to go apple picking and bite into fresh, Read More...
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Filed under: Dessert , West Coast , Fast Food I was born in Hollywood and lived in Los Angeles until a few a months before my ninth birthday. However, until this last Saturday, it had been more than 13 years since I stepped foot in Southern California. Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , Business Have you ever wanted something so badly you could just...taste it? In my case, the tasting won't be possible, I'm afraid. You've probably heard of those swanky little boutique wineries in the Napa Valley that Read More...
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Filed under: Snacks , West Coast , Restaurants , Pork , America , Comfort Food , Meat , Fast Food , Local Eating , Bread I like to think that I generally have good taste. I try to avoid wearing stripes with plaids, am careful to pair robust red wines Read More...
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Filed under: West Coast , Baking , Artisan Foods Exactly one week from today, I'll be in San Francisco taking a class in artisan bread making at the San Francisco Baking Institute . I'm so excited that I'm positively giddy. I've been planning this trip Read More...
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Filed under: West Coast , Vegetables , On the Blogs I never thought I'd see the day when I had something in common with President Bush, but here it is. Apparently we both love asparagus. Who knew? On the German leg of his European tour last week, President Read More...
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Filed under: West Coast , Pork , America , Meat , Artisan Foods Married ...with Dinner visits the Fatted Calf Charcuterie in Napa. Via: Married ...with Dinner I'm posting images of sausage counters the world over each weeknight (and occasionally weekend) Read More...
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Filed under: Wine , West Coast , Business , France The vintner who put California on the wine map, Robert Mondavi, has died at the age of 94 , says a spokesperson for the Robert Mondavi winery. Mr. Mondavi died Friday (May 16) at his home in Yountville, Read More...
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Filed under: West Coast , Vegetables , Fruit , Newspapers , Lists , America , in sixty seconds , Local Eating This week, the Los Angeles Times Food section focuses on Farmers' Markets: Southern California farmers are nearing retirement age, so the next Read More...
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