Author: biteclub

QOW: Best Desserts

Favorite Sonoma County treats for your sweet tooth

Just Three: Tomatoes, Chilis, and Parsley

As I've already confessed elsewhere and at length, I'm a pretty lousy gardener, but - as with most things in life - luck trumps skill, and Lady Luck planted a big, wet snog on my tomatoes this year. Seriously, to judge by my Green Zebras, she might even have slipped them some tongue.

AV Chardonnay Calls BS on ABC (Part 2 of 3)

I may live in the Russian River Valley – indisputably, home court to any number of world-class Chardonnay winemakers – but I’m here to tell you that, if well-made, sexpot Chards are your thing, then you need to get your Chard-guzzling booty over to the Alexander Valley, and stat. You won’t find nearly the selection […]

AV Chardonnay Calls BS on ABC (Part 1 of 3)

Google "ABC Anything But Chardonnay" and you'll get something on the order of 19,000 hits in the first few tenths of a second. The oldest reference I could be bothered to find dates to 1995 in a column by Frank Prial for the NY Times, but as recently as 2008, someone actually took the time to write a book with the same dated and misguided tag line, so

Heirloom Tomato Fest Tix

Win tix to the tomato event of the season at Kendall Jackson Winery

Apple Season

Where to enjoy the local apple bounty this fall