Tag Archives: Food

New Orleans Revival Menu

by starlight2 years ago in Local Secrets.0 Comments

Every night (Tues- Sunday 5:30pm-7:00pm) the Starlight in Sebastopol has a New Orleans Revival menu. It’s three courses of New Orleans Style cuisine for only $25. For example, this week’s menu is: 1. Summer Squash Gratin 2. Exotic Mushroom and Asparagus Vol au Vent 3. A Pair of Poached Pears with Chevre (A wine pairing is also available for and {…}

Sandwiches You Lift With Your Knees

by secretlocal2 years ago in Local Secrets.0 Comments

Dry Creek General Store, located in Dry Creek of all places, has a sandwich called the Dry Creek Stacker. It is Beyond Awesome. You have to lift with your knees. It has prosciutto and cheese and awesomeness. It may have a small turkey in there, too, this thing is so big. It ain’t cheap, but it feeds two, so I’d {…}

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 {…}

Wine Country Grocery

by careysweet2 years ago in Food.1 Comment

A life-size cardboard cutout of uber-chef John Ash greets guests at the new Traverso’s, which opened Tuesday in Santa Rosa’s Fountaingrove Village. “Will Work With Food,” the great, grinning sign reads, accented with Ash’s signature and a promise that “I buy all my wine at Traverso’s.” Beyond him yawns an open, airy space lined with neat, orderly rows of everything {…}

Wine Country for Kids

by Beth2 years ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

Looking for something fun to do with the whole family?   Summer is fast approaching and why not start it off with a weekend designed to please  everyone. Carneros Heritage Festival;   Saturday, May 30; 12 – 4 p.m. At The Donum Estate, 24520 Ramal Road in Sonoma – just off Rt. 121, 40 miles north of San Francisco, 30 miles {…}

New chef, new direction

by careysweet2 years ago in Food.0 Comments

The French Garden in Sebastopol has always had the necessary ingredients to be a destination restaurant – a lovely space on Bodega Avenue at Pleasant Hill Road, and truly exquisite heirloom fruits and vegetables to accent its Mediterranean-inspired menu. (How fresh is fresh? Owner Dan Smith grows his own produce, in fact, on his 30-acre organic, bio-intensive farm nearby.) Yet {…}

This weekend in Sonoma County

by Beth3 years ago in Insiders Guide.1 Comment

Feeling festive with this warm summer weather?   There is plenty to do in and around Sonoma County.  Why not get out there, have some fun and meet some people!   Here are a few of the things going on: Luthur Burbank Rose Parade Saturday, May 16th, 2009 10:00 AM – 04:00 PM 115th Luther Burbank Rose Parade & Festival ‘Through the {…}

Fermentation Celebration Yields Short Vacation

by tina3 years ago in Itineraries.2 Comments

Take a “hot” little trip to Sonoma County this weekend that will celebrate the ancient process of fermentation. (“Hot,” as in fermentation creates heat. Get it?) The Freestone Fermentation Festival, Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17, will be held at Salmon Creek School. Visitors can participate in hands-on presentations by the award-winning Wild Flour Bread, Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary, Freestone Vineyards {…}

Beyond Burgers – Falafel…

by timz3 years ago in Insiders Guide.2 Comments

UPDATE: Due to popular demand, Thumbs Up Burger Deli announced they will also do a falafel lunch on Wednesdays. You heard it here first… At one of the many fabulous lunches I get to attend, surrounded by fabulous wine country people, I noticed that the fabulous wine country food I was nibbling on was even more Mediterranean than usual. In {…}