Corralitos Wine Trail
We weren't the only ones soaking up the pastoral beauty of the Corralitos countryside last Saturday. We had plenty of fellow wine-seekers for company as we toured a few of the small artisenal wineries on rare view during this twice yearly open house. First Alfaro...
Martella Syrah
Here's a red wine discovery you'll enjoy. I first encountered Martella Syrah Hammer Vineyard 2005 on the Gabriella Cafe menu, and it was love at first sip. I found a bottle of this appealing wine at New Leaf Market. Martella is Michael Martella, longtime winemaker at...
Gabriella: the Never-ending Story
Fresh seafood gets star treatment at the hands of Sean Baker, who makes beautiful food at Gabriella Cafe. Baker is currently running a variety of sculptural crudo appetizers involving artworks of oysters with baby fennel mignonette, uni interspersed with tart minced...
A Bite of the Big Apple
What's not to like about New York? And since my mom and I both love the Big Apple, we spent a few quality days there last week - taking in a show, museums, the action in Central Park (in full spring bloom!), the NFL draft (my mother loves men in groups), and feasting...
Second Bites
Rockefeller Plaza is a magnet for visitors and celebrities and we had fun swilling coffee and some of the finest pastries in New York, at the chic Dean & DeLuca coffee shop that overlooks the "Good Morning America" crowds gathering to wave and scream for the cameras....
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.