Always the Bridesmaid

Marsanne, the ignored little sister of the Rhône whites, has good bones.

I LOVE the Kneaded Bread. Jeff Cohn (owner, baker) and his wife Jen are lovely people. We have always been satisfied with the quality and variety of breads and muffins. And at lunchtime, they have these sort of fru fru gourmet...

St. Supery is in the Napa Valley. The Alameda winery is JC Cellars (Jeff Cohn) which made the voluptuous Viognier. Worth getting on the mailing list for invites to the couple times a year tastings/open house.

with Jeff Cohn, and others who make this an annual thing as well. This year I didn’t put any effort into rounding up a group, and decided to go by myself anyway. I arrived the latest ever, 11:20am, and there was no trouble...

for Sonoma-specific food treats we should pick up at Plaza Farms or other spots in Sonoma? I’d like to taste olive oil (DaVero at Plaza Farms, BR Cohn at the winery). Other things we should not miss? Thanks!

, in the warehouse used by Rosenblum and St. George Spirits. Jeff Cohn is the winemaker at Rosenblum who also sells his own wines under the JC Cellars label.The clear favorite of the wines we tasted was the '99 Ventana Vinyards...

My favorite of the wines tasted today by JC Cellars and Rosenblum was the 1999 JC Cellars Ventana Syrah, $25. My only purchase. (disclaimer: Jeff and Alexandra Cohn, owners of JC Cellars, are friends of mine.) Link: http

Agreed that the olive oil at this gem of a place is very good but the olives are grown and pressed in the Central Valley. Try Round Pond and BR Cohn for excellent Napa and Sonoma olive oil respectively. And Preston in Dry Creek...

Jeff Rossman, Terra First Course Restyled Caprese Salad with heirloom tomatoes, opal basil vinaigrette and balsamic gelé Chris Walsh, Bite - Second Course- Marinated Hiramasa tempura Dungeness crab, bamboo rice, green curry Joe...

in the hands of the restaurant not the distributor. Sysco bashing is also alot like bashing the Cohn Group, easy to do, but not always valid. (And, no, I am not on the payroll of either Sysco or the Cohn Group, though, in the...

in the display case “in the back”, but you have to know the double-secret handshake. Even using that, I’ve always been somewhat disappointed by both Seisel’s and Iowa Meat Farms (which are now both owned...

JeffB, the address he has for Lem’s is correct. There is another location at 5914 S State, but either is good, and (imho) the lem’s on 75th is more enjoyable on the whole — there is a parking lot for you to...

There is a recent cons. reports article (Sep. 2004). If you trust them: Best used for drizzling: 1 McEvoy Ranch $1.54 per oz. 2 B.R. Cohn $1.21 per oz. Best all-purpose choices: 3 Goya 24 cents per oz., CR Best Buy 4 Lucini 71 cents...

of the regular reviewers here (e.g. we’re big fans of many of the Cohn group restaurants). We started with two appetizers, an ahi sashimi and chorizo and abalone tostadas. The sashimi was very tasty. The fish was very fresh...

employee Jeff Cohn. I talked with him about it and he said something like he wasn’t happy with it but the available grapes were all overripe.