Attention Wine Country and Bay Area Readers

 If you are going to be in the Napa/Sonoma area next Sunday you should toodle on up to NapaStyle in Yountville for the Italy Cooks book release party and fundraiser. There will be a ricotta making demo, and Italian wine tasting and book signing. The event itself is free, a the book for signing is [...]

My California: ESTATE, Grappa and CaliVirgin Olive Oil

  When I was in the fourth grade my favorite singer was Kylie Minogue. I played her tape incessantly, singing along while doing the Locamotion. One day I heard that she would be at Tower Records in Seattle and I begged my dad to take me. When the day came, my dad picked me up [...]

Trivento Malbec Dinner

  One of my favorite fine beverage moments happened a few years ago over my first bottle of Malbec. My kitchen was bursting with Mutineers for a photo shoot. It was noisy and chaotic. I hijacked the photographer’s assistant and put him to work sautéing marcona almonds with capers and while the Director of Communications [...]