Food

It’s fall, time to plan for Thanksgiving.  Get a jump on your family’s feast by making these delightful cappellacci, pasta hats. Start with sheets of Emilia-Romagna’s famous pasta sfoglia, egg dough rolled so thinly you can see through it.  The …

Growing up Italian meant always sitting down for a classic Italian Sunday meal.  My brother and I would typically wake to the smell of meatballs frying on the stove.  With mouths watering, we would tumble into the kitchen to drool …

James Limjoco is the easiest interview I have ever had the pleasure to do.  He’s the affable owner of Sublime Tavern with locations in San Marcos, Del Mar and soon to be inNorth Park.  He’s gone through  upgrades in his presentation of comfort food, premium wines by …

Mola Gastro Bar, upstairs in the Del Mar Plaza, is drawing a lot of big time party people since it opened a short time ago.  Meet and greets love the format that promotes easy getting-to-know you over a glass of wine …

In the region of Campania, approximately one hour from Salerno and a stone’s throw from the ancient Greek ruins of Paestum, you will find the home of a local specialty, mozzarella i latte di bufala …mozzarella made from the milk …

The Mondavi name in Napa Valley wine lore is indeed alive and well.  It still commands a reverence  for its illustrious history and an intense interest in its re-boot for the future. The Napa Valley Mondavi family tree of wine was rooted by Cesare Mondavi …

Per scoprire il successo commerciale portentoso del Canei, nel 1987 invitarono l’ultimo rampollo della casa Bosca nel loro ranch di Modesto in California.   Essere superati nella strategia di vendita da una piccola azienda che a Londra aveva solo tre …

OK, first off I have to admit that I totally ripped off the idea of serving this panna cotta in little flip-top jars from my favorite LA Italian restaurant – Sotto, on Pico Boulevard here in Los Angeles. I had …

For the longest time in California, Zinfandel was the most widely planted grape in California until Cabernet Sauvignon, thanks to the Mondavi Family and Napa Valley, caught up and passed it in 1998.  For the longest time, it was thought to be California’s native grape.  One of our recent …

In the United States, autumn is the season filled with pumpkins, football and falling leaves, but in another corner of the planet, an entire continent turns its focus towards a delicacy shared by communities around the world: chocolate.  Comfortably situated …