Wine and Food Travel

I was so excited about my sailing trip on the Schooner Zodiac that I could hardly sleep the night before we set sail. The Zodiac is a 160 ft.  windjammer built in 1924 for the Johnson family (of Johnson & Johnson).  It is a two-masted gaff topsail Schooner with 7,000 square feet of sail area.  The main sail itself is 4,000 square feet. During the Depression the schooner was sold to the San Francisco...

Meadow near Longmire on the Trail of the Shadows Peace, prosperity and happiness are what one expects to find in Paradise.  So a drive to Ashford Washington, located on the road that leads to Paradise at Mt. Rainier National Park is a great way to start the journey.  While on your way to paradise, you might want to fuel up at one of the very unique restaurant experiences in the area. While the name...

Winemakers dinner at Sleeping Lady It always rains in Seattle and never rains in Eastern Washington!  Is that true?  On a recently performed two month field test it was ascertained that there is certainly anecdotal evidence to support this claim.  Every time the quasi-researchers left Seattle it was cloudy or raining.  Upon arriving at Stevens Pass or Snoqualmie Pass, it was pouring andwhen reaching...

How about some cookies to go with that great Paso Robles wine you’re tasting? Red Moose Cookies in Cambria, just out to the coast from Paso Robles’s wineries on Highway 46, has some of the best cookies you’re likely to find. Once you find their bakery, that is. It’s away from the tourist district of Cambria, but worth the search. I first encountered Red Moose cookies at Cambria’s...

This recipe is inspired by one of the most delicious sandwiches I have ever eaten! I went to college in Burlington, Vermont…home to the Red Onion Cafe. The Red Onion is famous for their gourmet sandwiches…most notably the AAAMAZING “Red Onion”…Which is perfection on toast! In between the nutty, toasted bread there’s turkey, bacon, apples, red onions, sun-dried...