Savor These Delicious Prix Fixe Dinner Specials in Sonoma

Posted on 10. Oct, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Sonoma County restaurants, Sonoma restaurants

“Prix fixe” is French for “fixed price,” and it also usually means a great bargain for a multi-course meal, paired, if you choose, with wine. The only catch? Deals can be so good that reservations are a must. RUSTIC, Francis’s Favorites, Geyserville, Tuesdays from 5 to 9 p.m. If you haven’t heard of a tavola, [...]

More Food & Wine to Celebrate with New Food Festivals

Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Charity events, Food & Wine, Napa Valley events, Sonoma County Events, Sonoma County wineries, Sonoma Events

One of the best things about living in the food and wine capital of the west (that’s the North Bay, folks) is the array of opportunities to celebrate it. Parties, special events and full-out festivals abound, year-round. Add two more to the list for 2011. Flavor! Napa Valley – This ambitious, four-day food and wine [...]

Fill up on Fancy Fare: Sonoma County Restaurant Week Feb. 21-27

Posted on 21. Feb, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Healdsburg Events, Sonoma County Events, Sonoma County restaurants, Sonoma Events, Sonoma restaurants

Seven days of non-stop eating at bargain prices. Basically, that’s the beauty of Sonoma County Restaurant Week. And if its inaugural year was popular, this event’s second celebration is doubly so. In 2010, some four dozen of Sonoma’s top eateries banded together, with each restaurant offering a three-course prix-fixe menu at rock-bottom prices. In 2011, [...]

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 [...]