The Other Napa

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

Charcuterie – Fatted Calf, Boccalone, Fresh Produce – Frog Hollow Cherries, Ram Das Apricots, Dry Farm Tomatoes Local Cheese – Andante, Cowgirl Local Beer – Trumer, Russian River, Rogue Local Meat - Prather...

, maybe more. http://www.barclayspub.com In addition to their own good beers, 21st Amendment has a cask day every Wednesday featuring a guest brew. I still have yet to find better food at a brewpub. http://www.chowhound.com/...

Rôtie<—earthy but not really my style 2001 Porter Creek Syrah Timbervine Ranch<——ringer and easily indentified as such. what a NICE wine. seriously. 2001 Les Vignobles Levet Côte-Rôtie La...

Niman Ranch makes no claim to be local. What they do say is, "All of us at Niman Ranch are committed to fulfilling the vision upon which the company was founded—to bring the finest tasting meat possible to customers while...

As an aside: we use a personal meat service that had the Neiman beef for some time. Lately, they have put in Harris Ranch, and I am not a fan. Even their “American Kobe” is not that good, in my book. Amazing how much...

to order in the diner’s lower level galley and the grits cooked there also, the breakfast meats seemed to have led a previous life on a stove that was not on tracks. While not the best of breakfasts consumed in Chino...

watch Alton Brown’s last Mississippi bike tour and found it lacking when compared to his first tour. But I’d rank it only second to DDDs. And if GF wants to dress funny and wear tattoos and earrings, I just ignore...

Oooh – I wanna play #1) Standing Rib Roast from the Prather Ranch Meat Company with all the trimmings (cooked by the incredibly talented Mrs. Mousse) #2) Braised Lamb’s Neck with gremolata at Incanto #3) Fried Chicken at...

A few weeks ago, I saw an outpost, I believe #1, of Taqueria Traspasada, the #2 of which is at Elston/Belmont/California and was most recently written up by G Wiv, on (I think) Ashland between Grand and Chicago. I say “I...

We’re from Oregon, and making our first tour of New England (part of a Peace Corps reunion group). We’ve been looking over the board for suggestions and it seems much of the information on places we are going is...

Be warned this is a mild rant. I think they’re both horrible excuses for a chili burger and dog. I’ll start with Tommy’s first. First of all the meat patties are thin, completely void of any real meaty...

meat cuts and Mexican cheeses. There is a post about this market. THE NEW DELI is a little sandwich shop in the Del Monte Plaza. There are three home made soups ever day. They made their own meatloaf and house baked cookies. I...

MS, we used to go dove hunting in the Central Valley of California. Great breast meat after you picked out the shot. But pigeon—those flying rats! Now go tell them Cajuns that the Vietnamese are so clean and leave so little...

If I see any kind of meat on a stick there is a high probability that I will make a (fat)ass of myself. The probability curve approaches vertical if any of the following is also present: peanut sauce, chinese mustard, horseradish...