by Christina Waters | May 3, 2011 | Food, Wine |
It happens @ Vinocruz, after hours. Farmgirls School of Food & Wine. And it is the vivacious brainchild of wine czarina Amanda Rehn and fromagista Tabitha Stroup.
The plan is simple and appealing. The duo will work you through the history, nuances, terroirist variations and highlights of wines of our own Santa Cruz Mountains AVA. They will do this while pairing all wine tastings with choice, and appropriate cheeses. You simply absorb all of this wisdom in the good company of fellow aficionadoes.
Starting today, May 4, the Farmgirls School of Food & Wine, convenes at Vinocruz every Wednesday in May, beginning at 6:30pm. Get in there right now and reserve your place. Here be the website.
by Christina Waters | May 3, 2011 | Food, Home |
Sean Baker, former chef at Gabriella and now in charge of Berkeley’s Gather, is featured in the current issue of Sunset Magazine (photo:Drew Kelly). Reminds us of just how creative and fertile that kitchen on Cedar St. really is.
Chefs who have paid their dues at Paul Cocking’s tiny hearth include Jim Denevan (Outstanding in the Field), Rebecca King (Garden Variety Cheese), Brad Briske of Main Street Garden Cafe, Chris La Veque of El Salchicherro.
The ever-vigilant Tana Butler reminded me of two more – brilliant Catherine Stern of La Posta and Kendra Baker of Penny Ice Creamery.
More?
by Christina Waters | May 3, 2011 | Art |
You might not need an excuse to visit Carmel on a sunny day in May, but here’s one anyway. A new show at Winfield Gallery will showcase a new suite of large-scale neo-mannerist paintings by Santa Cruz-based virtuoso Frank Galuszka. Inspired by the themes of exaggerated perspectives, attenuated limbs and congianti effects, these paintings are the harvest of several years of Galuszka’s research in Italy as well as studio experimentation.
Winfield Gallery – Dolores, between Ocean & 7th, in Carmel. 831.624.3369.
Myth & the Coast: II Mannerist paintings, Frank Galuszka,
May 1-30, 2011.
by Christina Waters | May 3, 2011 | Home, Wine |
The palest blush, the lightest minerality—the new vin gris from Birichino is the single most drinkable answer to your warm-weather wine needs.
Well-chilled, it is ready to partner everything from green olives and marcona almonds, to grilled salmon or pizza bianca.
A rumor of geranium in the nose opens into salted citrus, violets, even a hint of rosemary in the long, persistent center. This sophisticated, yet completely accessible wine is created from a blend of old vine cinsault, grenache and rolle.
Complex enough to form the centerpiece of a graduate seminar, this latest release from Birichino is also an effortless summer quaff with a feather-light 13% alcohol. @ Soif.
