Food

A wealth of new releases, poured in double the number of wine shows and winemaker appearances in restaurants, resorts and wine bars, have swept into the market.  This has given consumers more choices than ever.   In California, the size …

Pasta Shells With Goat Cheese & Broccoli   Ingredients:  For The Sauce: 4 Tablespoons Butter 1/4 Cup All-purpose Flour 3 1/2 Cups Whole Milk 10 Ounces Grated Fontina Cheese 1 Cup Soft Goat Cheese Salt & Pepper 4 Cups Broccoli …

  Carol Shelton of Carol Shelton Wines in Sonoma appears more a cherubic schoolteacher than a wine diva, making and romancing that zesty Zinfandel that is the 3rd most-planted wine grape in California.  Last I counted and tasted, she had …

  There’s something remarkable going on at Bistro West and West Steak and Seafood in Carlsbad.  It’s excellence aligned, with top tier wine presentations and food unequaled in freshness and taste on the restaurant landscape.   In a way it’s …

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (FVG) is notable for stretching from lagoons to the south to snow caped mountains in the north and plains and forests in between. This recipe combines the best attributes from the two extremes of FVG: the sea and …

For the past three decades, wine enthusiasts have shuddered when presented with American rosé. The reason? Domestic rosé has long been associated with the cheap, sweet “blush” wines that became popular in the 1980s, like Sutter Home’s White Zinfandel. While …

Crisp and rich with the flavors of tropical fruit, the appreciative guests raised their just-poured 2010 Chardonnay as one, and saluted the lone host of the evening, celebrating his 90th birthday.  Mike Grgich, the maker of the wine, and many …

  All people love Italian food, but what makes the Italian cuisine so famous and renown?  Fresh products and simple cooking methods (most of the times). These are the reasons behind the popularity of Italian food!   If you are …

  With the waters of the Adriatic lapping its coastline, Friuli Venezia-Giulia’s sparkling sea affords a bounty of fresh seafood, including a species of very large shrimp, almost tiny lobsters, not found in American waters. Having just returned from a …

  In 1999, after a decade long frustrating search, Gordon Sumner and his wife found a 650 acre estate on a hill in Tuscany, Il Palagio.  Now this has little interest to you until I tell you that this man’s …