From AllRecipes.com I made “Onion and Cheddar Burgers” My brother-in-law, now deceased and unable to give me his grand recipe, used to make hamburgers the way my mom made meatballs. All kinds of stuff like egg, onion and oregano they both used, but Jimmy used all of the ingredients below, and then some. My changes…
WE DID IT! We found our dream house! Hopefully we found the perfect realtor in Pat Riner! (Yes, she was warned that her name would appear in print.) We did the carousel-go-round in offers and counters and, sometime before the new millenium we will be living… just fifteen minutes away! Away from Valley View elementary…
I have a cozy place in my firefighter wife’s heart for George Thomas, the owner of Route 66 Classic Grill, and it isn’t fueled by his creamed corn and vodka martinis alone. George has once again decided to host an event, with none other than SCV Councilman Bob Keller as emcee, that honors all first…
I went to the Sonoma Wine Country weekend a few years ago and had a wonderful time! With all wine areas of Sonoma well-represented, food, classes and a beautiful venue = priceless. I hope you decide to break away from whatever you have going on this weekend and take a road trip instead! We are!…
The ebook Top Ten Zins was one of the many recommendations to show up on my Facebook page. Skeptically, I clicked through to the website and downloaded the free pdf, expecting to get a short list which I could then proceed to blast with my “superior” Zinfandel expertise, especially when it came to the treatment…
Bruce Patch, the self-proclaimed “Defender of Old Vine Zinfandel”, matches his talents in both winemaking and marketing to create a unique way of presenting wine. Brian selects Zin grapes from Sonoma County and then produces single-vineyard wines. The entire line-up of screw-capped Zins cost between $15 to $40 per bottle, with wine club members gaining…
Here is the latest missive from Eileen Wright as she travels in England. I know she knows her tapas, having prepared a fantastic tapas dinner at The Cellar one evening — Upon arrival in London I was immediately swept away to Cambridge, England where I found many beautiful museums and art galleries. Immediately I could…
Rich Jaffke is my kitchen designer’s clever husband. At a recent wine tasting in my new kitchen, he walked in with a laptop computer. I expressed a little irritation as I had a wine 101 lesson to give, and was not prepared for whatever he had planned. Being uber-polite, just like his wife Pam, he…
I’ve noticed that there are always just enough shady trees for all of the moms to park their cars under at a park I discovered recently. The elbow-shaped trunks in the park itself begged for children to scurry up right along with the bushy-tailed squirrels. Some boys instead chose to skid by on skateboards dragging…
Former Sidestreet Café in Los Olivos to Open as New Nichols Restaurant in Fall 2011 LOS OLIVOS, California; August 8, 2011 – Brothers Matt and Jeff Nichols, Owners and Chefs of Brothers Restaurant at Mattei’s Tavern, announce that they have acquired the lease of the former Sidestreet Café located at 2375 Alamo Pintado Avenue in…