Everything is Better with Bacon

I know this looks like a lot of ingredients for a tiny crostini but you should have most of these laying around and if you don't have th...

Two weeks before my freshman year of high school (circa the 90's for anyone that is curious) I moved from California to the great city o...

Pho (pronounced 'fuh') is a classic Vietnamese rice noodle soup that is delightful, especially on a foggy night like the one we we...

Now we all know that I am not a fish person but look at this dish! Who doesn't love any kind of flavored or textured butters? Can'...

PlumpJack is a food, wine and hospitality group based in San Francisco that has locations in Squaw Valley and Napa Valley as well. Their hu...

Last night my sister took me to the preview party for Slow Food Nation in San Francisco. There we met famed chef and slow food pioneer Ali...

Summer may be coming to an end but Fig Season has just begun. That's good news for us all, especially my little sister. When you eat a ...

I've made some great friends since I started working at Duckhorn this summer. My time is winding down and so is my friend Jen's so...

I don't know what you are doing this Labor Day Weekend but I plan on attending Slow Food Nation in San Francisco, one of the largest c...

When Duckhorn had its employee dinner this summer, they had a local caterer whip up a mean outdoor clambake. It really was heaven and a gre...

This recipe was published as an Olympic Lunch, hence the title. My husband, Kevin, loooves anchovies and olives so this was right up his al...

Last year, Napa debuted its Oxbow Market. This wonderful place reminds me very much of Chelsea Market in NYC but with an extensive wine b...

To be honest, I screwed this recipe up. I haven't grilled a lot of turkey burgers in my day and since they are lean they do not extract ...

OK Brand new post, brand new person on this fabulous website that I have been reeling in the benefits but not giving back...not good. I'...

Boboli pizza crust is nothing special. You can find it anywhere. Actually, the brand even makes its own pasta sauces and more generic offer...

Those with high cholesterol beware of the Torta. It takes no prisoners... It's good to be back in the land of good Mexican food. Napa Va...

While Drew was in town, we picked up a copy of the Judgement of Paris . This is the story of the famous blind tasting conducted just outside...

There are few things better than a steamed artichoke. I grew up on these. They were my father's favorite. And when you serve these yummy...

We went to San Francisco for the day to apartment search and stayed with my sister and her husband at their new house in the Haight. As muc...

When I crave some home cooking I crave many of my Aunt Kristi's staple recipes, especially her twist on Silver Palate's Summer Pasta...