Napa Valley Food + Coffee Worth Seeking
Napa Valley starts about 40 miles north of San Francisco and spans about 30 miles from American Canyon to Calistoga. Route 29 is the main pathway and can get pretty backed up on weekends....
The Charter Oak Roasted Pork Shoulder
“The greatest oak was once a tiny nut that held its ground.” That saying lines the stairway wall inside The Charter Oak. This terrific seasonal wood-fired restaurant from Meadowood executive chef Christopher Kostow and...
Farmstead Castroville Artichoke
If you want to learn what spring tastes like, head to Farmstead, a restaurant from Long Meadow Ranch Winery in the heart of Napa Valley. That’s where chef Stephen Barber and crew draw from...
Interview: chef Hiro Sone (Ame + Terra)
30 years ago, Japan native Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani met while working in the kitchen at Wolfgang Puck’s original Spago on the Sunset Strip. In 1988, the couple opened Terra near the train...
Interview: Charbay master distiller Marko Karakasevic
St. Helena rests right in the center of Napa wine country, so it almost seems counterintuitive to start a distillery there, but that’s exactly what Yugoslavia natives Susan and Milorad (Miles) Karakasevic did when...
Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen: Eclectic Cafe by Railroad Tracks [CLOSED]
Cindy is chef-owner Cindy Pawlcyn, of Mustards Grill fame. The Backstreet is St. Helena’s Railroad Avenue, a quiet one-block lane that runs parallel to – you guessed it – railroad tracks. Railroad imagery is...
