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New and Improved Santé Coming This Spring

by careysweet3 months ago in Food.1 Comment

Santé in Sonoma has just closed, but worry not, those signature $215 wine-paired chef’s tasting dinners will return in April, served in a new setting that the restaurant’s spokeswoman promises will “better reflect the sophistication of his inspired Sonoma Valley cuisine.” The AAA Four Diamond destination inside the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa is undergoing extensive renovation, updating the {…}

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Sonoma County’s Winter Mushrooms Bloom Like, Well, Mushrooms After a Rain

by careysweet4 months ago in Food.0 Comments

It seems like common sense – never follow a strange man into the woods because he promises you candy. Yet there I was in the heart of winter, tramping happily through the dense trees and underbrush at the top of a remote mountain in Fort Ross, a new companion to a man I’d just met at Timber Cove Inn on {…}

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Restaurant Month, Restaurant Week – It’s Good All the Time with Sonoma County Prix Fixe Favorites

by careysweet4 months ago in Food.0 Comments

It’s not like we ever need an excuse to dine out, but sure, we’ll take one. January is California Restaurant Month. Which means 33 destinations across the state have created special restaurant week or month-long promotions showcasing gourmet prix fixe menus, wine pairings and special culinary themes. Sonoma County has enjoyed its very own restaurant celebration for several years now, {…}

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Beaudry’s Roadhouse Brings Taste of Home to Sebastopol

by careysweet4 months ago in Food.0 Comments

While we were all busy stuffing ourselves with holiday home cooking over the last month, a new restaurant in Sebastopol on the edge of Forestville was putting together some delightful home cooking of its own. Beaudry’s Roadhouse has quietly opened in the former Henweigh Café space on Gravenstein Highway North. Owner Frank Stephenson may be new the area, coming from {…}

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Updated Casa del Mar is a Santa Rosa-Sonoran Star

by careysweet4 months ago in Food.0 Comments

When Casa del Mar opened in Santa Rosa in 2009, it had a big space to fill. The former La Strada Italian Restaurant on the corner of Stony Point and Todd roads was a longstanding institution, but it also had seen better days. In becoming the Casa, construction took more than a year to revamp room after room in the {…}

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No Excuse to Not Indulge in More Patisserie Angelica Cakes

by careysweet4 months ago in Food.1 Comment

It was only the day after Christmas as I stood in the checkout line at a grocery store, but already, the next holiday was looming large. There, next to the discounted candy canes and specials on New Year’s Eve sparkling wine was a Valentine’s candy display. Not that I’m complaining. Whatever excuse there is for a bit of candy (and {…}

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New at The Barlow: Three Tenants and Liquid Nitro Ice Cream

by careysweet4 months ago in Food.0 Comments

With The Barlow slated to celebrate its official grand opening in June, the leasing team for the 220,000-square-foot culinary and art center at Sebastopol Avenue/Highway 12 and Morris Street is keeping busy. The ink is barely dry on contracts for three new food tenants – Tamarind, Juicery, and Sub Zero Ice Cream and Yogurt. For Tamarind and Juicery, we’ll have {…}

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Celebrate the Holidays in High Style, and With the Kids, Too

by careysweet5 months ago in Food.0 Comments

Eggnog and strung popcorn are good snacks for decorating the tree, but they hardly make a holiday meal. Here are some tasty alternatives around Sonoma County and, as a plus, the suppers offer special pricing, leaving more money for gifts and stocking stuffers. It’s also time to start planning for New Year’s, so check out these marvelous ways to count {…}

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Stew’s on this Spring at Seaside Metal in Guerneville

by careysweet5 months ago in Food.0 Comments

The name of the new eatery coming soon to downtown Guerneville – Seaside Metal – refers to the antique boats bobbing (and rusting) gently in the nearby Sonoma Coast bays. As might be anticipated, the concept focuses on seafood, and top quality seafood, as procured and prepared by the owners of San Francisco’s Bar Crudo, chef Mike Selvera and general {…}

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Dickens Dinners Return in All Their Splendor to Madrona Manor

by careysweet5 months ago in Food.0 Comments

Given all the incredible décor packed into the historic mansion that is Madrona Manor in Healdsburg, it wouldn’t be surprising to find 10 Lords a Leaping, plus a Partridge in a Pear Tree tucked in some nook and cranny. As in the actual, living beings. Competing to create a memorable dinner amid such opulence could be difficult for even the {…}