Death Proof, a “lethal” blend of dark rum, Calvados, orange and aromatic bitters, is just one of the pre-tiki-era handmade drinks on the menu at San Rafael’s California Gold. The brainchild of Tam High alumnus Isaac Shumway and co-owner and life partner Rhia, the slickly comfortable space is decked out in a style befitting the […]
While we’re still sheltering-in-place, many of our thoughts have turned to the things in life we can still enjoy, like wine and food. We’ve rounded up three of Napa and Sonoma’s expert winemakers to share their top wine pairings to enjoy while we’re holed up at home, and hopefully soon in person too. The […]
How long has this book been at play in your imagination? About three years, give or take, ever since I worked with my mom on My Pantry. But I think I always felt a book like this might be brewing, especially since the children’s book my mom Alice Waters wrote when I was 8, Fanny […]
SINCE THE LATE 1990s, chef Michael Mina has defied the conventional wisdom that 80 percent of restaurants fail before they celebrate their fifth anniversary. With eight restaurants in San Francisco, another 30 scattered around 10 states and a brasserie in Dubai, the chef who first rose to fame at San Francisco’s Aqua shows no […]
What you eat — from the meals you order to what kind of packaging food producers use — affects how much carbon you generate. Viewed in terms of the supply chain that brings food to your table, menu choices bear unequal carbon loads. That goes for veggies too — not every salad is equally green. […]
As we enter our second week of “quarantine” (kudos to those of you who isolated before the Governor’s order), we are sort of finding our groove. Daily life is much different now—days melt together, work-from-home life is seemingly endless and it’s still cold out. To help you beat the cabin fever, we have rounded up […]
If the nationwide shortage of flour and active yeast are anything to go by, America’s new favorite past time is baking. And who can blame us, really? It’s cold, we are locked inside and what is more comforting than the smell of freshly baked goods? We’ve rounded up some of the best recipes on the […]
This has been a difficult time for everyone involved in the hospitality industry, but perhaps none more so than Evanston’s Heather Bublick and D’Andre Carter of Feast & Imbibe and Soul & Smoke, who lost their infant son Avery to illness in mid-January. For them, it’s already been an unimaginably horrible year, and it was […]
A kitchen stocked with ingredients, a house full of kids and the new reality that you don’t really have anywhere to be — what do you do? Cook, of course. With this in mind, we tapped into the chefs at some of our favorite wine country eateries and they provided some great recipe ideas for […]
I hardly know where to start. There is so much to say about what is happening in the hospitality industry right now, an industry that has little safety net when it comes to operating margins and the livelihood of its hourly workers, the heart and soul of every restaurant, bar, and hotel. As of Monday, […]
