Wake Up with Some of Napa’s Best Breakfasts
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Napa Restaurants
Perhaps you’re still recovering from a mammoth Mother’s Day breakfast. The kitchen may still be in shambles from the kids doing their best to whip up an eye-opening feast. Now, it’s time to turn to the experts, the restaurant professionals in Napa who know their way around an eggbeater and pastry oven, and have their [...]
Snatch Up Your Savings on Sonoma Wine Country Weekend
Posted on 03. May, 2012 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Charity events, Food & Wine, Healdsburg Events, Sonoma Activities, Sonoma County Events, Sonoma Events, Special Wine Events
There’s a reason that every event at the annual Sonoma Wine Country Weekend sells out so quickly. For the three non-stop days of food, wine and reveling at spectacular venues across Sonoma County, thousands of guests come from around the country and even around the world to celebrate winemaker dinners, lunches, winery barbecues, a grand [...]
Make an Entire Day of Mother’s Day
Posted on 24. Apr, 2012 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Holidays, Sonoma restaurants
Mother’s Day is on Sunday, May 13, and it will be here before you know it. What are you going to do to celebrate the occasion this year? Mom may tell you “she doesn’t need a thing, don’t go to any fuss,” but of course you know she’s secretly hoping you put on a show. [...]
ZuZu Restaurant Has Lots to Celebrate in Napa
Posted on 15. Apr, 2012 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Napa Restaurants
The last thing anyone wants to wonder about when they’re enjoying a great meal in a restaurant is whether an earthquake might rattle the dishes. But this is California, after all, and let’s face it, such things have been known to happen. Thanks to the just completed renovation of ZuZu in Napa, however, we don’t [...]
Ramekins Offers Retreats Including Private Dinner at French Laundry
Posted on 05. Apr, 2012 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Napa Restaurants, Napa wineries, New in California Wine Country, New in the Wine Country, Sonoma Activities, Sonoma County restaurants, Sonoma County wineries, Sonoma Hotels, Sonoma restaurants, Sonoma wineries, Wine Country Hotels
Rather than wax poetic about how mouthwatering the new Culinary Retreats are from Ramekins in Sonoma, let’s just let the itinerary do that talking, shall we? Here’s one way your week could line up when you participate in the recently unveiled opportunities for insider access to the heart of California’s culinary Mecca (that’s Sonoma/Napa, of [...]
Surprise, Sonoma Has Some of the World’s Best Food
Posted on 27. Mar, 2012 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine
I’ve been attending a lot of food and wine festivals since the beginning of the year, and as expected, locavore eating continues to make the headlines as more and more diners explore regional specialties. Yet not to brag, the more festivals I visit around the country (I’m just back from Canada, Arizona, Fiji and Zihuantanejo), [...]
A Delicious Slice of Life: 6th Annual Artisan Cheese Festival This Weekend
Posted on 21. Mar, 2012 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Sonoma Activities, Sonoma County Events, Sonoma Events
As always, the farm tours are a hot ticket for Sonoma’s Artisan Cheese Festival. For this year’s 6th Annual Artisan Cheese Festival running March 23 through 25, nearly all the visits to creameries and ranches are already sold out. So sorry, it’s too late to get in on the fun of “Tour A: Sheep, Cows [...]
Follow the New Easier-to-Find Sonoma Cheese Map
Posted on 14. Mar, 2012 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Sonoma Activities, Sonoma County Events, Sonoma Events
Sonoma types love their cheese. Whether you live here or visit, searching out famous cheeses like Bellwether and Laura Chenel can be a delicious passion. And fortunately for explorers, Cheesetrail.org has made the quest so much easier, with the recent addition of an online version of its popular Cheese Trail map. The printed version was [...]
Marin is now home to El Huarache Loco
Posted on 06. Mar, 2012 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Marin
You could jump a plane to Mexico City to fill your cravings for authentic street food like tlacoyito, a handmade blue corn masa cake stuffed with ricotta-like requesón cheese and topped in cilantro, crema, queso fresco and onions. The flavors are so remarkable, they’re absolutely worth flying for. Or, you could visit the Marin County [...]
Historic Wineries in Napa Valley
Posted on 27. Feb, 2012 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Napa wineries, Wine Tours
One of the best things about visiting Napa Valley is its wealth of magnificent wineries. Yet one of the challenges about visiting Napa Valley is its spectacular collection of wineries. Where to begin? How to choose? Why not start where Napa itself did? Here are some wineries that have put the Valley on the map. [...]
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