and might try Grape Street Cafe...sounds terrific! Thanks for the rec.! Sorry you had a bad experience @ Bloom all of the Fox Concep restaurants seem to be a winner in Scottsdale...next visit try OLIVE AND IVYor THE GREENHOUSE!

Syrah and Shiraz are the same grape. The French call it Syrah,it’s found in the Rhone Valley. Hermitage,Cote Rotie ,Cornas and Crozes Hermitage are French Syrah wines. It’s also can be parts of blends like Chateauneuf...

, and then proceeded to eat the (no longer) Prosciutto Wrapped Gulf Shrimp with Melon Coulis and Pickled Watermelon. My husband had the Crab Stuffed Tempura Squash Bloom with Grape Must Mustard. The tempura batter was light, not...

that grapes and yeast are responsible for all of the flavors of a wine)... she can’t really tell me why, but she can identify the difference between a good wine, great wine (and plunk).

I too can hardly wait for my tomatoes! Mine went in the ground a couple weeks ago and are starting to bloom though no fruit yet. I’m HOPING to have enough will power to wait until they are perfectly ripe before picking....

The blend on the Conundrum changes every year(depending on grape quality and cost). The current vintage, 2006(?) has a bit more gewurztraminer and pinot gris so it’s a bit more minerally. Some of the older vintages had more...

in the finished product. The label for the new Ca' del Solo Albarino release reads: INGREDIENTS: Biodynamic grapes; sulfur dioxide IN THE WINEMAKING PROCESS THE FOLLOWING WERE UTILIZED: Indigenous yeast, organic yeast hulls,...

, tara, fugu, oysters, mikan/mandarins, nabe, etc.) in addition to autumn food (samma, saba, sardines, tachiuo, chestnuts, shiitake, matsutake, sweet potates, persimmons, pears, grapes, figs, etc.)

are looking better. I have three tomatoes, about the size of golf balls, on my 6 tomato plants. Not very much, but I see lots of flowers now so I’m hopeful. I have blooms on my pepper plants too and I noticed a 4-5 inch...

All honey apart from Tupelo variety will reportedly solidify, given enough time. A beekeeper in s. Florida I visited said their sea grape and mangrove honeys would solidify in a matter of days, vs. their orange blossum which...

They’ve been pretty abundant down here. It started to get too hot for them lately, but a recent rain and a cold front coming in, and my four plants are full of blooms again.

Yes, I’m adding to my own list, and reserve the right to continue. Sour cherries! Concord grapes! Whither art they?

remember) throughout the time they are blooming and setting fruit. Good luck! Warning: you may become addicted! Every winter my tiny sunroom is crammed with citrus, olive, pomegranate and camelia plants to the point where I can...

Some grape jelly and cocoa powder. Adds just a hint of sweet. Especially good with chili powder.

to redistribute the fruit’s sugars and bring them to the surface in a delicate white bloom."