Bevete piu Birichino!
Italian for "rascal," birichino is also the name of a highly drinkable malvasia bianca busy quenching discerning thirsts all over central California. Impish and bone dry, this ultra-crisp white wine has been orchestrated by oeno oracle John Locke from Monterey grapes....
Eastman @ Carrillo Gallery
A suite of vibrant paintings in various media by Kit Eastman, is on display through August at the intimate (i.e. tiny) Eduardo Carrillo Gallery. Eastman, a UCSC alumna, works in expressive layers of impasto loaded with gesture, color and the invisible presence of Bay...
Soif’s Italian Accent
An evening of Italian wines with Amanda Rehn was not only full of vibrant conversation and saucy wine lore, but provided a dozen of us the chance to actually learn a lot about what's going on in contemporary Italian winemaking. Three whites and four reds crossed our...
Dessert to Die For
The reigning dessert of summer—a deconstructed bread pudding, ultra-rich, joined by succulent ripe peaches and blackberries, and encircled by lavender-scented crème Anglaise. The light perfume of the lavender propelled all the elements into culinary orbit. Kudos to...
Gabriella evolves
An appetizer of beets, throngs of beautiful beets on a field of greens.
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.