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Glen Ellen Farmers Market

by secretlocal8 months ago in Local Secrets.1 Comment

Sweet heart of a farmers market. Featuring local farms, delicious olive oil, fresh fish, sustainably locally humanely raised meats, knife sharpening, french toast made fresh for you, galettes, cookies and superb local artisans. Every Sunday 10am to 2pm from May through October 30th.

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New KIN Caters to Windsor Families

by careysweet10 months ago in Food.0 Comments

From Fieri into the frying pan. That’s what things might feel like for new restaurant owners Brad Barmore and JC Adams. The two recently gave up jobs as general managers for Guy Fieri’s Johnny Garlic’s and Tex Wasabi’s in Santa Rosa, to open KIN Comfort Food in Windsor. And since the debut earlier this month, they have been juggling crowds {…}

Annual Events Offer More Reasons to Visit Sonoma County

by tina1 year ago in Insiders Guide.2 Comments

Annual events offer more reasons to visit Sonoma County If you think Sonoma County is just about great wine, think again. A robust annual calendar of events gives you dozens of reasons to visit any time of year. Find a new reason to visit, see more events, and book your trip at www.sonomacounty.com. Winter (Through February) While much of the {…}

Gourmet Goddess Graces Geyserville

by careysweet1 year ago in Food.1 Comment

Mummy, what’s for dinner? That’s what you might ask as you’re driving by the Isis Oasis Sanctuary at the southern entrance to Geyserville these days. Because a life-size Egyptian mummy has just popped up on the roadside, and she’s acting as an unofficial Goddess for an entirely unexpected dining experience in Sonoma County. It’s a new restaurant called Mummy’s Kitchen, {…}

Spelunking, Sonoma County Style

by tina1 year ago in Insiders Guide.1 Comment

I went spelunking in Sonoma County recently. After an easy climb from the trailhead, I entered a veritable fairyland, a true “live cave” brimming with activity. Imagine my surprise and embarrassment when I realized caving in wine country didn’t require my carbide headlamp, crampons, or rope. I was woefully over-equipped for the expedition. And the “life” forms in this cave? {…}

Hot Cheese: Hot menu at a hot new venue

by Beth1 year ago in Insiders Guide.3 Comments

Ah, farm market season is open for business. Hunt down that bargain of fresh produce, artisan jams, jellies, and cheeses. Bump into old friends or meet new ones. Enjoy a gourmet meal at a fraction of the cost of a restaurant meal. What? Rewind. Yes, Sonoma County’s farm markets are on the foodie radar for trying new chefs and food {…}

PizzaVino 707 crisply defines wood-fired pies

by careysweet2 years ago in Food.0 Comments

With a name like PizzaVino 707, the theme is so crisply, intoxicatingly, numerically obvious. There’s pizza in a starring role at the downtown Sebastopol restaurant, the thin-crust pies wood-fired and topped with locally sourced ingredients. There’s 707, which is the area code from whence those local ingredients come. And there’s wine, in approachable California- and Italy-centric varieties. Yet now, partner {…}

Farmhouse Inn & Spa

by careysweet2 years ago in Food.2 Comments

For a while now, the dust has been flying at the Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant in Forestville, as its owners worked on an expansion and redesign of the circa-1870 hideaway. There, amid the towering redwoods of the Russian River Valley, crews added eight new guest rooms housed in an elegant new “barn,” refreshed the Inn’s original ten guest rooms, and {…}

Main Corridor Merges with Main Street

by tina2 years ago in Itineraries.0 Comments

Main Corridor Merges with Main Street – Towns along US-101 tempt, tantalize travelers You’ve tasted wines in Sonoma Valley. You’ve floated down the Russian River. You’ve even discovered out-of-the-way wineries in Dry Creek and Alexander valleys. But, have you discovered the hidden-in-plain-sight gems that are mere blocks from US-101? Lining the main corridor of Sonoma County, and paralleling US-101, are {…}

Diggin' the Dirt in Sonoma County

by Beth2 years ago in Email.0 Comments

Imagine yourself amidst rolling hills and valleys, where trees are heavy with succulent fruit and tilled soils cradle ripening vegetables. From apples to zucchini and everything in between, taste Sonoma County and its rich agricultural heritage by visiting one of our many farms or farm markets. And celebrate our foods – with the Heirloom Tomato Festival,  Gravenstein Apple Fair,  Harvest {…}