Love Apple News
Cynthia Sandberg, whose Love Apple Farm is the biodynamic kitchen garden for Manresa (two Michelin stars, David Kinch chef), emailed to show off her new mouth-watering eNewsletter/blog - Grow Better Veggies. It's loaded with wonderful ideas, recipes, growing...
Oswald Update, etc.
First off, there are changes on Water Street. Il Trullo is changing hands - and soon to become something called Limoncello. The word on the street is that Giovanni di Maiao, chef of the original Cafe Bella Napoli, might be coming back to the kitchen. Mangiamo, and...
Organic Eyeful
Photographer Tana Butler has just released a 2008 calendar loaded with her juicy images of farmers market bounty. A certified organic groupie, Butler just can't stay away from open-air farmers markets. Collecting some of her choicest images of freshly-harvested...
La Rondine
A little-known opera by Puccini provided the vehicle for Romanian superstar Angela Gheorghiu's San Francisco Opera debut last week. The opera, La Rondine, a Viennese cream-puff wrapped in Italian histrionics deserves to remain obscure — especially with the cloying...
Artisan in Paso Robles
Bay Area chef Chris Kobayashi and his brothers have joined the new transformation of downtown Paso Robles into a food and wine destination. Their smart dining room - Artisan - offers a wine list of local all-stars and serious, accomplished local, organic foods to...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.