Food

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Cold weather stalwarts, farro, aromatic vegetables, cannellini beans, and butternut squash come together to make zuppa di farro (farro soup), a soup so rich and thick it could well be called a stew.  The backbone of this dish is farro …

It doesn’t get any better than this one.  I’ve been to all of them and they get better each year.  This one is the 11th annual San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival from Sunday November 16 through Sunday November  23rd.  An army of the world’s premier …

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 …

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 …

Pinot Grigio, Gavi, Prosecco, Spumanti, Barbera, Dolcetto, Sangiovese, Chianti Classico, Nero D’Avola, Barolo, Barbaresco, Valpolicella… the Italian wine list reads like a journey to Italy, at Il Fornaio in the Del Mar Plaza.  And the nicest thing about this list is …

In 1986 Carlo Petrini founded the organization Slow Food to resist the opening of a McDonald’s near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Three years later, in 1989, delegates from 15 countries gathered in Paris signed the founding manifesto of the …