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 […]
One of the first grower and vintner responsible for the first appellation of Napa Valley grapes, Randy Dunn, holds his harvest of cabernet grapes in Angwin. (photo by Conner Jay)

Test Your Mettle

The Rutherford winery’s “A Day in the Life” experience is a pampered version of a shift during harvest.

Best Noshes of Outside Lands

Sure it’s a music festival if epic proportions–but here food is just as much the star. Hundreds of eating opportunities, a GastroMagic performance stage pairing entertainment acts with local chefs (Big Freedia and beignets was the standout) plus craft beers, wine and just about anything else u can cram in your maw. Best foods of […]

A Very Big Deal – Organ Master at the Green Music Center

When many people think of organ music, they envision instruments so powerful that they rattle the fillings out of molars: the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium in Atlantic City, N.J., and the thunderous organ in the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, for example. But most aficionados of classical organ music agree that the finest instruments are […]