Rioja, Spain’s most famous wine region and poster child for the country’s viticultural revolution, hardly needs a lengthy introduction. Here, though, is a brief summary for the uninitiated. The Rioja DO (appellation) stretches into Pais Vasco (Basque Country) in the north, the administrative region of Navarra to the north-east and Castilla y Leon to the west. This vast wine producing region...
Photo credit: Cafe Fanny March 9th, 2012 was a sad day for Alice Waters. Waters is the owner of Chez Panisse, a California restaurant in Berkeley well known for its organic, locally-grown ingredients. Sadly, one of her long time restaurants ‘Cafe Fanny‘ unexpectedly closed its doors after 28 years of business. The restaurant was named after Marcel Pagnol’s 1930s Marseilles movie,...
Describing Villa D’Este, a luxury hotel nestled on the shores of Lake Como as Europe’s best hotel does admittedly need a ‘bit’ of evidence to back up such a bold claim. I won’t lie, I am completely smitten with the place but then it’s hard for anyone not to fall in love in such a location. A palatial villa facing one of Italy most enchanting lakes surrounded by mountains,...
I first learned about ‘The Table Comes First’ by Adam Gopnik at a local round table discussion hosted by Zocalo Square in Los Angeles. Though the discussion was predominantly geared towards discussing Foodie Culture, we learned that food at any given table can be likened to a theatrical act in which the chef, waiters, diners and bus boys all play a different role and the meal is the centerpiece...
So you’ve mastered a recipe for making macaroons at home, or stirred up some strawberry jam in your home kitchen from fruits in your backyard and and are looking to make a home-based business out of it. Sadly, you can’t do so just yet. At least not until the “California Homemade Food Act” has passed. The Homemade Food Act, also known as the “cottage food” law...
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