AnnaEA, Could you please tell me where the Hazel Bakery and the Café 1320 are in Canton. I pass through that area occasionally and I am always looking for something other than the ubiquitous chains that seems to bloom there. TIA

Brunello di Montalcino and Rosso di Montalcino come from the same region. Both are made from the Brunello grape (one or more clones of Sangiovese). Regular BdM has to aged about 2.5 years, the Riserva about twice as long. The...

. Then turn north to Jenner or south along the coast to Bodega Bay. Go back inland through Sebastopol – if you’re there in late April the apple orchards will be in bloom and the blooming mustard in the orchards will...

Yes, there’s fennel growing all over the edges of the bay. When it blooms, the little yellow flowers are particularly sweet. In Mtn View, the Stevens Creek trail extends from near downtown to the bay. A friend and I once...

ramps, asparagus, radishes, early lettuces, morels, fiddleheads, and lots of other bedding plants & herbs at mill city. one of my tomato plants is already blooming. yay :)

deviled eggs pimento cheese in celery sticks nasturium leaves with cream cheese and basil nasturium blooms stuffed with gucamole

of the plastic (or at least make sure the plastic has holes) and let it bloom in its little box. When it’s so stinky you think the pets did something bad—it’s ready! It is a terribly stinky cheese. How can...

with the candy sticking to the wrappers). My favorite was definately the cherry, but I also loved the grape and I believe that they also had green apple. I grew up in the NY area and they were abundant there. The last time I was...

mozzarella with pesto, salsa romesco, tapenade, and caperberry relish was everything one could hope for in an appetizer. The soft blooming cheese arrived unadorned in the middle of the plate surrounded by 4 small cups of sauces...

to sneer at the enormous ritual that the ‘wine snobs’ went through at table. “Just taste it,” I said, "and if it seems like the vintner forgot to take off his socks while trampling the grapes, send it...

the monster my spring basil turned into), lettuce, cauliflower, and snap peas. We also bought Thompson and flame grapes, but haven’t finished building the trellis, so they haven’t gone into the ground yet. A couple...

fruit there. On the valley floor they grow a lot of strawberries and grapes, but most of the strawberries are for jam, and most of the grapes are for raisins. Raisins are one of Fresno’s claims to fame — according to...

I (if you’re talking about me) just meant that there wouldn’t be any grapes on the vines. But there’s still some nice countryside, and old town centers, cathedrals, etc. And in the depths of a champagne cave,...

with the quality: they arrive in bud so you get several weeks or months of blooming, and I believe they come with care instructions. (I’ve also given this as a wedding gift for a couple who already had a stocked household)....

's actually a winemaking challenge to get just the right brett strain to bloom just the right amount to give the desired touch of complexity. I’ve had the “privilege” to taste wines dosed with different strains,...