Category: BiteClub

Great American Food & Music Fiasco?

Just in from Nashville, I heard about the weekend’s Great American Food & Music Festiva disaster. Apparently it was epic. Which makes me feel a whole lot less upset that I couldn’t go. But a bit sad nonetheless… Here’s the long and short of it: A bunch of foodie folks decided to bring great food […]

The Odyssey of Odyssey continues…

UPDATE from RUDY…I heard from a very upset Rudy Mihal this morning who wanted to set the record straight on what was recently printed in the Chronicle. Here’s what he told me: “The Chronicle switched my words around and tried to make this story juicier than it was. I’m definitely not trying to burn any […]

Wild Foxx

Simple, straightforward diner food in Santa Rosa

Restaurant Finds: Your questions answered

Recently folks have been asking me where to find some very specific foods they’ve been craving. Here’s installment one… Boudin Sausage: Franco Dunn, Chef Emeritus of Santi Restaurant serves up different salumi each week at area farm markets (Santa Rosa, Healdsburg and Sebastopol: 1st/3rd Sundays). Sign up for his weekly email to find out what […]

Local CSAs: Your little piece of the farm

The kind of glee that CSA bags can instill in even the most jaded of fast-foodies is rather remarkable to watch. Just ask my children, who before last summer eyed anything green or leafy with serious suspicion. They now clamor for kale, organic carrots and fresh apples. Miraculous

Syrah does Zin?

Josh Silvers of Syrah Bistro in Santa Rosa is Wine Spectator’s “Zinfandel” issue cover-boy (actually, it’s his rack of lamb, but he makes several appearances inside) for the upcoming June 30 issue. Wait, what? Never one to be too constrained by labels, Josh got tapped by writer Harvey Steinman to create a zinfandel-friendly menu for […]

Mystery closure at GG’s?

BiteClub is among a host of folks confounded over why GG’s Earth and Surf has been closed with an enigmatic sign on the door for several days. In late May, owner Suzan Fleissner sent me a personal email discussing her plans to expand, which I shared with you. Apparently others in the community got the […]