The Other Napa

What’s worth doing in the Napa Valley: a travel guide to the wine country.

Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico.

You may want to consider a trip to Westport, MA. Westport Rivers Winery could be harvesting and producing at that time. Also they own Buzzards Bay Brewing. The scenery in that area is fantastic.Great bike touring too The perfect...

As for the faux Asian tour, it must feature lots of California roll and dynamite and a meal at one of these “fusion” places where they mix your rice with mayonaise. (Yummy!) Let’s face it, sushi isn’t just...

personal pizza half pepperoni and half plain margarita (cheese and tomatoes) (about$18). It is important to note that they do not sell pizza by the slice here only by the pie made fresh to order. We wait for our pizzas at the bar...

Thanks so much! Glad to see you mention Taylor Farm—it seemed very promising to me, as a gouda-lover! The others you mentioned also have my mouth watering :) I’ll have to start mapping out my weekend "cheese tour" to...

So has anyone ever taken on a food tour of their own ‘hood/street – basically trying every single resto. on your local strip? When we were walking down Roncesvalles during the Polish Festival we were approached by a residents’...

eagle eye Ruth spotted the seafood truck and made a quick u-turn. First stop: MARISCOS LA COSTA on Intl. between 29/30 across from the newly opened Goodwill Store (more on that later). Here we ordered a small campechanas ($8) and...

fresh, raw milk and other dairy products and is available at farmers markets in California) So no fresh milk runny brie but a 6 month raw milk gouda is fine (and delicious). One of my favorite American produced cheeses is made by...

diner grill aromas enveloped us. We ordered a little off the trad-diner track, but that’s because they had not only a chili-cheese omelet, but a chile verde omelet as well! Everything homemade and delicious. The chile verde...

reduced or eliminated. I enjoyed the litter of the crude hand made clay tea cups along the tracks in India after the tea drinkers purchased tea at the stops and tossed the cups out the train windows further down the line.

, maybe more. http://www.barclayspub.com In addition to their own good beers, 21st Amendment has a cask day every Wednesday featuring a guest brew. I still have yet to find better food at a brewpub. http://www.chowhound.com/...

with the city and serves fine regional food. I arrived in Portland Airport from DC at 7:30, hopped a ride into town, and was sipping their signature side car at 8:45. I love a good side car, and this one, made with pear brandy...

incredible pieces of art. I guess i’m biased as a graphic artist but that made my day at the vinyards. They also had a delicious dessert wine that i believe was called the Silver Swan. Te other great thing about Sonoma was...

About a month ago I visited Jonathan White’s Boblink Dairy. He spent the afternoon giving us a tour of his farm and gave us a cheese making demonstration. Afterwards he started making pizzas in his wood oven, topped with...