Matthew Dolan of Twenty Five Lusk will host a pop-up dinner at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone

CIA Chef Pop-Ups

Culinary superstars return to their alma mater, the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, for a pop-up dinner series debuting Thursday, September 11th in St. Helena. Up first, is Matthew Dolan of the highly-praised Twenty Five Lusk in San Francisco. He’ll be serving a stellar lineup of dishes (cauliflower creme brûlée, schnitzel of sturgeon with […]
Chef Douglas Keane

Cyrus 2.0?

A new Cyrus in the works?

Gaijin, Part 2

I mentioned the new ramen pop-up, Ramen Gaijin, recently but hadn’t actually experienced it first-hand yet. However..last Monday, I got access to the kitchen, where Chefs Moishe Hahn-Schuman and Matthew Williams were prepping for that evening’s sold-out dinner. It’s a whirlwind, with trays of buckwheat noodles, pork belly and miso in the hours leading up […]
Donburi at Ramen Gaijin, a new pop-up ramen bar. Photo stolen from the Ramen Gaijin Faceboook Page.

Ramen Gaijin Pop Up

Okay, so I almost don’t want to tell anyone about the ramen pop-up, Ramen Gaijin, happening on selected Mondays at Woodfour Brewing (6780 Depot St, Sebastopol, at the Barlow). Almost. But we’re so starved for good ramen in the North Bay, that word-of-mouth is traveling fast and BiteClubbers just gotta be in on it. In […]