Posted by Stace on December 31, 2012 in
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∞ cheers together! A few months ago, my friend Shannon asked if I wanted to go beer-tasting with her. She’d seen something in Sunset magazine about a brewery tour (I think in the Mendocino/North Coast areas of NorCal) and was inspired. My answer, of course, was hell yes! A few hiccups later, our planning has stalled, [...]
Tags: 21st amendment, american grilled cheese company, apple, bay area, beach chalet, beer tasting, blueberry ale, brewery tour, co, crab benedict, danny's irish red, fish & chips, fogtown brown, garden burger, golden vanilla, harvest IPA, hell or high watermelon wheat, honey wheat, hoppy holidaze, howard st, magnum pale, marin, marin brewing company, moylan's, mt. tam pale ale, mushroom gruyere, mushroom omelette, northern california, park chalet, pomegranate wheat, red dwarf red IPA, san francisco, smokey the beer, tapas, thirsty bear, tiburon blonde, two rivers cider, ugly sweater winter IPA, valencia wheat, winter lager, winter warmer
Posted by Stace on October 2, 2012 in
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∞ Less than two months ago, I wrote my “goodbye, sweet napa!” post from my new place in San Diego. It chronicles the adventures of my last day in town, almost exactly two months ago. The day I wrote it, I planned to follow it up with the first in a series of Tourist in My [...]
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Posted by Stace on August 11, 2012 in
Tourist in My Own Town |
∞ A little over a week ago, I did the unthinkable… I left Napa Valley. Not necessarily for good, mind you, but I bid my sweet hometown farewell all the same. Instead of having a traditional going-away party, I decided to do things a little differently, and spend my last day in the area visiting all [...]
Tags: andersen, apple fritter, bacon, bbq sauce, benedict, brut, bubbles, butter, buttercream bakery, carpe ar, champagne, chocolate pairing, cinnamon sugar doughnuts, corn chowder, cuvee m, deli, demi sec, dipping sauce, downtown, farewell, fume bistro, gillwood's, giugni, going away, juice, leonardini, m, macaroni and cheese, manciata, margarita pizza, mediterranean, molinari pepperoni, mumm, napa iced tea, napa valley, onion ring, pea soup, peju, pizza azurro, provence, red, s'mores pot de creme, santa nella, sattui, sauvignon blanc, seared ahi, sparkling wine, strawberry vanilla lemonade, tarla, whitehall lane, wine, wine bar
Posted by Stace on August 1, 2012 in
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∞ While in Napa for a demonstration at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, chef Richard Blais sat down with me for a few minutes to chat about his demonstration, his time working with chef Thomas Keller, and life after winning Bravo’s Top Chef All-Stars. Let’s start with a few simple questions. What three ingredients [...]
Tags: all stars, blais, bravo, cia, cookbook, culinary institute, demonstration, greystone, interview, napa, richard blais, top chef, try this at home, winner
