Labor of Love
For Kathleen Inman of Inman Family Wines, tending vines and wines is second nature. If terroir is destiny, Kathleen Inman is its midwife. The founder and fearless force behind Inman […]
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Drink Local Short – High Note
PHOTOS BY GARY OTTONELLO Something extraordinary happened on the 400 block of Petaluma Boulevard three years ago. The promise of the city of Petaluma’s burgeoning wine scene was realized in
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Adventures in Drinking
Local Kombucha Artisans Soul Fixx Brew Up Sentimental Flavors Occasionally, out of the blue, a particular scent or flavor will spark a memory from one’s past, like the madeleine dipped
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Drink Short: Down to Earth
Down to Earth Wine, cider, art, and community at Horse and Plow You could ask Suzanne Hagins, owner of Horse and Plow in Sebastopol, why she chooses a new artist
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“Adventures In Drinking”
Mixologist Milo Lawrence At The Astro’s Louche Lounge As the clock strikes cocktail hour on St. Patrick’s Day, I roll into the Astro Motel parking lot in my new-to-me car,
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Eating Local, Cooking Local — “Making Fire Cider with Sheila Shupe”
Confessions of a Germophile: Making Fire Cider with Sheila Shupe I’ll admit it, over the first nine months of the pandemic I drank enough booze to inebriate a small blue whale.
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Drink Local Short – “Cultured Creations: Chef Lauren Kershner Takes on Kombucha”
“I bought my first kombucha at a gas station in Mendocino County when I was a teenager and thought it was awful,” Chef Lauren Kershner tells me. She’s preparing artful
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Locavore: Eating Local, Cooking Local — “Jalapeños en Escabeche with Sheila Shupe”
Confessions of a Germophile I’ll tell you a secret. I’m a native Californian and I didn’t eat a fish taco until I was 28. When I first met my husband,
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Eat Local – “Kneading a New Life”
Veronica Herico’s Journey from Corporate Go-Getting to Culinary Adventuring By the time she was 27, Veronica Herico had worked herself “to a puddy.” She’d been ambitious her whole life—a degree
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Locavore: Eating Local, Cooking Local — “Making Strawberry Vinegar with Sheila Shupe”
I’ll be honest. When I see a kid take one bite of a juicy red strawberry, then chuck the rest, I want to google their value in Bitcoin and sell
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