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Food and Culinary

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Food Purveyor and Beer Brewer Join Barlow

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Bring it on at The Barlow, with even more tenants signing up and construction finally underway on the downtown Sebastopol culinary center. Just joined are Terra Sonoma, and Barley and Hops/8-Bit Brewing Company, the latest in a growing number of food and drink businesses flocking to the 220,000-square-foot culinary and art center in the former Barlow Apple Factory at Sebastopol {…}

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Sonoma’s own Mark Stark to Cook at the James Beard House

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Sonoma County chef Mark Stark is known for his sumptuous way around steaks – witness his classic American Stark’s Steakhouse at Railroad Square, which showcases corn-fed prime and dry aged steaks as well as all natural grass fed beef from around the country and abroad. Filet mignon melts on the tongue like buttah, baby. You can get it wrapped in {…}

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Wine Country Cuisine is Naturally Good for You

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It’s a New Year’s ritual just as significant as popping that cork of Sonoma sparkling wine at midnight. The vows, the promises, the visions of a healthy new life to come with a proper diet. Fortunately for Sonoma County residents, we already live that dream, year-round. Some of the healthiest food to be found is grown and cooked right here. {…}

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New Sweet T’s chef cooks up new menu in Santa Rosa

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At lunch recently, Sweet T’s  chef Mac Edwards visited every table in the Santa Rosa restaurant, chatting with guests and asking pointedly, “Is the food good?” Sweet T’s has only been open for a little while, yet Edwards replaces original chef Doug Richey, who was dismissed in an effort to infuse more authentic Southern flavor into the low-country-theme restaurant. Tennessee {…}

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Iron Stone to be Twice as Nice

by careysweet1 month ago in Dining.0 Comments

When Iron Stone restaurant opened Oct. 3, it was a fresh new face for the former Josef’s space at Hotel La Rose across from Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square. Well, hang on, because the historic property, a 1907 basalt building, is about to get jettisoned into the 21st Century, with the addition of a new 5,000 square patio tricked out with {…}

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Kenwood Inn Chef Says ‘See Ya’ to Gordon Ramsey, Hello to Sonoma

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There’s London. There’s New York. Then, there’s Sonoma, and when the choice came to down to it for a chef used to working in the world’s best Michelin Star restaurants, the decision was easy. Sonoma rules. That’s why Chef Steven Snook has just taken over the kitchen at Kenwood Inn & Spa, direct from six years of sweating in the {…}

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Hark! Sonoma County’s Crab Season Opens

by careysweet1 month ago in Dining.0 Comments

The Season Begins with Fresh Crabs Crawling Your Way We wait for it all year long, and finally, it’s here – the highly anticipated Dungeness crab season has arrived. These large, hard-shell crabs are a true Northern California specialty, renowned for their sweet flavor and pink, flaky meat, and are considered a delicacy among all seafood connoisseurs. Crab is a {…}

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Holiday Deal: $11 Dinner at Michelin-Star Farmhouse

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Make Your Reservations Now December is a time of gift giving, and how nice – the lovely people at Farmhouse Inn of Forestville have come up with a very, very special gift for us all. In honor of the boutique hotel and restaurant’s 11th anniversary, owners and siblings Joe and Catherine Bartolomei are putting a bow on one of the {…}

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A great pairing: Pie and shopping in Petaluma

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New Pop-Up Boutique Goes Great with Homemade Pie It’s possible that the only thing we like more than pie is shopping. Or maybe puppies. And actually, naps in the warm sun are pretty nice, too. But since we’re not being greedy this holiday, we’ll stick to pies and shopping. Fortunately for us, those nice people at Petaluma Pie Company have {…}

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New owners, same great grub at Roy’s Chicago Doggery

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That sound of howling you heard from the Petaluma Livestock Auction Yard a while back? Happily, no, it was not an animal going to its demise. It was customers showing up at Roy’s Chicago Doggery and discovering that their beloved diner has new owners. Wait. Before you wail, too, nothing is changing. We will all continue to get the same {…}