Pizzavino 707 opens

Pizzavino 707 reopens in former West County Grill space. Pizzas are the heart of the menu and Sebastopol seems willing to give the restaurant another chance.

Fair Food Scramble: Join the BiteClub Crew

UPDATE: Winners have been notified. If you’re not on the list, don’t despair. Hopefully I’ll get to you next time. Thanks for playing!+++++On Wednesday, July 29, I’ll invite FIVE BiteClubbers to go on a Fair Food Scramble with me. You could be among them. Oh, joy. The gameplan: If chosen, you’ll spend two hours at […]

Wallace wins Goode job

Hardy Wallace, a man who once climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in a bumblebee suit, has been named the winner of Murphy Goode Winery’s “Lifestyle Correspondent.”   The much-publicized gig begins in early August, when Wallace will move into his rent free-Healdsburg accomodations and get down to business. His task? Spending the next six months finding new […]

Sweet Treats: Beyond the Bakery

This week, we dig deep for a different kind of pastry pusher -- one or two-person operations working from the backs of restaurants, in borrowed commercial kitchens and behind farm stand stalls.

A Goode Day: Will social networking save the wine biz?

In a competition with more twists and turns than a midnight ride over the Oakville grade, the final ten candidates for Murphy Goode Winery’s coveted “Lifestyle Correspondent” gig are pulling out all the stops during an intense three-day race to the finish line in Healdsburg. And boy are their fingers tired. In a swirl of […]