of the foods are seasonal, much depends on if coastal upland, or both. Many foods can only be enjoyed if home cooked, and then there are an infinite infinite number of versions of home cooked dishes. The ethnic contributions of...

ideas, but really don’t want to be saddened. I’m looking for happy dinners and special foodie-goodie shops. Plans include the Aquarium, Cannery Row, and Wharf...weather cooperating, driving to Big Sur and perhaps...

Thanks for the great review! It sounds like you had quite an eating day. But can I be pedantic for a moment? The Peruvian food you sampled is not “jungle food.” Peru has several different climate zones and geographical...

would expect, the ingredients available in the different climates and cultures is reflected in the foods—cocoanut is abundant in the south coastal regions and is featured more.Fish and shrimp would be featured in non-veg....

NW: N of Orlando, including Gainseville, but not the east coast. NE Coastal: Jacksonville to Vero Beach I-4 Corridor: Kissimmee, Orlando, Sanford, Deltona SW: Everything SW of Orlando, including the Bay Area (Tampa and St....

where they get their grapes. http://www.bonnydoonvineyard.com/wine/category/5 There’s some riesling in Santa Barbara but I haven’t had it. The Napa and Sonoma wine regions don’t have a good climate for German /...

suggested, like pedestrian flows and lack of sidewalk space, at least in SF Chinatown. Climate probably has also helped shaped the tradition of al fresco dining. Mediterranean climes would be conducive; in coastal China,...

distinguishes San Francisco sourdough is that the climate led to techniques that favored the outcome desired. So much depends on temperature as the two micro-organisms reproduce at different rates, depending on the temperature at...

crankier if it would no longer be available due to climate changes. On the good side, no HFCS products today. One of the things I never hear mentioned in global warming is how food growing regions could change. Will someday the...

OK, first of all . . . KNOW WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH !!! Dona Sol is a label only, not a winery. Part of the Bronco portfolio, along with names like Charles Shaw* (aka Two Buck Chuck), Black Mountain, CC Vineyards, Coastal Ridge,...

So glad to hear so many do it. I don’t use a bell, and I don’t find any rancid taste at all up to at least 3-4 weeks, easily. Usually temps here in coastal Calif are about 65-70 degrees. Oh, and of course I only keep...

Dunno know about the stats for yield/acre between rice and wheat, but I think it is generally harder to grow and cultivate rice in cooler climates of Northern China, than in the Southern and coastal regions.

It’s not easy leaving San Diego’s perfect climate for the heat in Lemoore but here I am, visiting family for the entire month of September. I have had lots of very delicious home grown produce here. My daughter has...

You’re welcome, k. I wish I could have recommended more hospitable climates for your time of year. (Not that they’re polar.) One lovely place that I could recommend further south would be The Inn at Little Washington...

in about two months, so better now than never! The proposed plan is to meet at FuLoon on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 6 pm. If there’s a big enough group, I’ll ask them to set aside the big room in the back so that...