Annually, The Collins College of Hospitality Management at Cal Poly Pomona honors an individual with the “Robert Mondavi Wine and Food Award”. Past recipients have included Alice Waters, Julia Child, and Magrit and Robert Mondavi. Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend Hospitality Uncorked, this year’s event held at the JW Marriott at LA Live,…
The photos below are from my recent Napa Valley wine trip. I was tasked with finding wineries with great wines and great architecture…but these photos are mine so the only “architecture” might be my back end. The magazine story should be online here: http://scvelitemagazine.com/component/search/?searchword=eve+bushman&ordering=&searchphrase=all, more articles are also in the West Ranch Beacon here: http://westranchbeacon.com/category/eve-bushman/…
Well wine fans, after over 4 months of work, the 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition has officially come to a close. The final portion of the annual competition ended with the Public Tasting event held at Fort Mason in San Francisco, California, on the 18th of February. It was a beautiful day, great weather…
In the same quest of searching for more lower-calorie family fare, I went back to MyRecipes.com, and under the CookingLight tab found this. (Truth be told, I searched under light + buttermilk to use up the buttermilk I had bought earlier in the week for a different recipe. Now I have coconut and corkflakes to…
“I didn’t even know that the library was open on Sundays.” I said while I held up the index and thumb of my right hand in a giant L over my forehead, the international sign for “Loser”. I had only come for the “Friends of the Library” book sale. Normally we go to our local…
Fighting Cancer Has Never Been This Much Fun! February 1, 2012 Valencia, California. BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND and just in time for Mother’s Day, Relay For Life® Team Check ‘Em Out is hosting their annual fundraising wine event! What: POP A CORK FOR A CURE, Sixth Annual wine tasting and garden party benefiting American Cancer…
SUZANNE GOIN OFFERS PASSOVER TAKE HOME FROM THE LARDER AT TAVERN Appetizers, Mains, Sides and Desserts Styled for Family Seders of 4 and More WHO: THE LARDER AT TAVERN, Los Angeles WHAT: THE LARDER AT TAVERN, the newest addition to Suzanne Goin & Caroline Styne’s restaurant family presents a complete take home menu for the…
Robert Simon owns two wonderful restaurants in Pasadena: a/k/a an American Bistro (www.akabistro.com) and Bistro 45 (www.bistro45.com). It had been way too long since we had visited either. But then we received the following via email: Edibles for Epicureans Events and Wine Dinners In the continuing tradition of Bistro 45’s discovery of new wineries and…
I’m signed up to two local wine meet-up groups: Winey Women Unwind run by Kathy Lockhart and Doug Gould’s Santa Clarita Wine Enthusiasts. Usually content to get the invites and see what new ways these people find to meet over wine, I attended an Oscar party with the Winey Women and, more recently I partook…
The Historic Vineyard Society’s 2nd Annual Vineyard Tour and Dinner is scheduled for Saturday, May 19, 2012. The Vineyard Tour, featuring the historic, century-plus-year-old vineyards of Bedrock, Fredericks, Pagani, Old Hill, and one other to be named, will be led by HVS Board members Mike Officer (Carlisle Winery and Vineyards), David Gates (Ridge Vineyards), Morgan…