Celebrate Easter Brunch with Some-Bunny You Love

Posted on 11. Apr, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Holidays

Most families have an Easter tradition. It might include hiding eggs around the yard (organic, from free-range chickens, hand-dyed with all natural stains made from fruits and berries you foraged from your own organic garden, of course). It might include a home cooked meal (who are we kidding, no less than a feast will do, [...]

10 Best Wine Bars in Sonoma

Posted on 15. Nov, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine

1. Cellars of Sonoma It’s billed as a tasting room, but it’s really a fashionable bar and retail store, set on busy Fourth Street off Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square. Crowds pack in for this boutique collective of small labels (generally less than 2,500-case production) filling the eight seats at the bar, and the eight chairs [...]

Wine Country Weekend Wrap-Up

Posted on 07. Sep, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Sonoma County Events, Sonoma Events

Don’t walk around a vineyard with soup in your purse. Basil and lavender make extraordinary gelato. If Francis Ford Coppola invites you to visit his private resorts in Italy and Belize, it may be an offer you can’t refuse. These are just a few things discovered at Wine Country Weekend, the three-day extravaganza of all [...]

You Say Tomato – Harvest Festivals Take Root in Bay Area

Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Sonoma County Events

Summer may have come late this year, but there’s proof positive that it’s finally here. The Bay area is awash in tomato festivals, with numerous heirloom harvest celebrations taking place across the North Bay in September. Crazy weather, yes? It’s been the coldest summer on record since 1975, and tomatoes simply didn’t get the heat [...]

Wine Country Weekend Winds Up – Hurry for Tickets

Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Sonoma County Events

From down-home Hopmonk Tavern, to uptown Cyrus Restaurant. From funky legendary Joseph Swan, to high-end classic Jordan. With more than 150 wineries pouring thousands of wines, and over 60 local chefs whipping up divine pairings, you never know who you might see under the culinary tents on the sprawling grassy meadows at Healdsburg’s MacMurray Ranch [...]