Cafe Firenze
Being a travel and food writer might lead one to believe I am a devotee of Food Network, Masterchef, America’s Test Kitchen, Iron Chef, Hell’s Kitchen or one of the…
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YOU, SLOW DOWN! Don’t ever plan a surprise party for me. It isn’t that I don’t like surprises. In fact, when I was little and Christmas rolled around, Mom didn’t…
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Under cloudless blue skies, 70 degree Carmel weather (shhh! don’t tell!) and a backdrop of towering pine trees, Troubadours of the Knights of the Vine, progressed through the fabled streets…
Read moreGalante Vineyard, Blue Skies Smilin’ at Me
Blue skies smilin’ at me Nothin’ but blue skies do I see Blue days, all of them gone Nothin’ but blue skies from now on Irving Berlin wrote the words…
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“You and Dad are simply not COOL enough to go to this place, Mom.” Well, since I have lived my life by the hair of a good challenge, we were…
Read moreDan Karlsen, Talbott wine maker Guru
Savoring great wine is a profound joy in life to the devotee’s of the Knights of the Vine. Learning about the wine creates an understanding in the depths of the…
Read moreDaou is WoW
WoW is Daou! I had heard about this winery from two sources in recent months. We belong to a great wine and food group and during an event, after learning…
Read moreAlain Ducasse and Wild Coyote Estate Winery Paso Robles
Alain Ducasse, restaurateur, entrepreneur and most recently, chocolatier, said ” To start from scratch with passion, without expertise but with passion, and expertise will come from passion” reminded me of…
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