The food gods wouldn’t let me give up the chorizo crawl without trying a designer chorizo. I stopped by Hidden City Sunday for coffee and a pastry for my drive up to Santa Rosa to buy a Crane melon. Sitting at the front counter...

nit I have is that the salad was just slightly over-dressed for my tastes and I’d ask for dressing on the side next time. Golden Gate meat is the supplier and I am not clear if the hot dog is Niman Ranch or Golden Gate’s hot dog....

Membership Thank You Gift of a $50 certificate to Niman Ranch to order them.

Free-range and grass-fed animals are big with consumers. So why won’t most American slaughterhouses kill them?

Is there nothing original in food anymore?

Fatty pork trumps lean. Has the other white meat chubbed up?

It’s what’s for dinner.

We go for the real meat, the sustainably farmed, humanely raised and slaughtered, heritage, no-hormone, quality product, and for guys behind the counter knowledgeable enough to tell us where the meat came from and how to cook it.

A meat-and-potatoes guy tries to save money by buying an entire side of beef.

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

it is not for them. It might be good to let the place get its feet. I will warn that the birria is the leanest I’ve ever had. Who knew Niman Ranch sold goat? My highest rec if you do go back soon is the plate of the three...

Confit of Pork

An easy and quick lamb recipe that is full of flavor and sure to please.

Anyone been yet? This seems like Chowhound stomping grounds. It is in the location of the former Rasha’s which moved in after Kelly’s Burgers closed. Also open late-night. Food is served till 1am and bar closes at...

back home across the San Rafael bridge, I’m thinking ... I always thought the Niman Ranch pastrami at Saul’s was excellent ... might as well add that to the taste-off. As I leave Saul’s I’m thinking. I wonder how plain old Boar’s...