Bistro Don Giovanni | Napa

If there's one restaurant everyone in the Napa Valley knows how to get to, it's Bistro Don Giovanni.

Vegas Bound

Where should I go?

NPA: Natural Process Alliance wines

Wine in canteens? Santa Rosa's Natural Process Alliance backward-is-forward wine philosophy is worth figuring out.

NYT 36 Hours in Sonoma County: Phoned in?

I’m not sure if you read the New York Times’ 36 Hours in Sonoma County published over the weekend. But take a second…with an open mind…and tell me if this person actually ever spent any time here. No offense to the folks mentioned, but the article seems to not only be clueless on the geography […]
The Cowboy Steak (from HBG's Facebook page)

Hot Box Grill opens

Former Cafe La Haye chef opens a Boyes Spring restaurant

QOW: Favorite thing to do with ripe tomatoes?

CONGRATS TO Mudbug Eddie, who’ll receive my beautiful  Heirloom Tomato book. As a full-time eater, I’ve nibbled my way through hundreds of restaurants in the Bay Area. I’ve got spare tire around my middle to prove it. But there are thousands of equally passionate part-time diners in the North Bay who know just as much […]