Tommy Chong, Chef Chris Cosentino, Cheech Marin and emcee Liam Mayclem the Foodie Chap at BottleRock 2016. Heather Irwin.

Food Porn & Culinary Wonder at BottleRock 2016

For perhaps the first time in human history, music festival goers can say, “I’m just here for the lamb butchery.” But it probably won’t be the last, since chef-tertainment — chefs putting on entertaining culinary shows — are one of the hottest trends at summer music festivals like this week’s BottleRock, San Francisco’s Outside Lands, […]

Sonoma Magazine Wins Prestigious Maggie Awards

Sonoma Magazine won two top awards on Friday, May 6 at the Annual Maggie Awards Banquet, the most prestigious publishing event in the West.  Competing with print and digital magazines from 24 states, Sonoma Magazine was awarded a Maggie for “best regional and state magazine. ” The winning issue, Welcome to Beer Country, included a 30-page showcase of the people and places behind Sonoma […]

Sunset’s Picture Perfect Sonoma Gardens

When Garden Editor Johanna Silver learned that Sunset magazine would be moving from its Menlo Park campus after 65 years, she had a wave of emotion. “I was in tears about losing the test garden,” she admitted. “I have never worked a piece of land that long.” The legendary Bay Area landscape architect Thomas Church […]