Cheese & Wine

Wine and cheese go together like bread and butter - perfectly.  Yet, selecting the best wine to drink with a cheese or the best cheese...

Blue Crabs

The meat of blue crabs has a rich, sweet, succulent, and buttery flavor. The body meat is delicately flavored, while the claw meat is nutty....

Veal Rustica

The Cocktail Chef

Dreaming of parties?  Well, dream no more - the party season has arrived!  Starting with Halloween and going through the end of the year this...

Make-A-Wish Holiday Baking

The Make-A-Wish foundation grants wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions.  This year, two San Francisco companies and Chefs are helping raise funds for the...

Food and Wine Pairing: Chardonnay

Last article I gave a basic overview on why food and wine pairing really isn't as complicated as some make it seem, it simply is...

Butter Poached Eggs in Tomato Basil Sauce

Demolition Desserts

Oven Roasting for Great Fall Flavor

Halibut Filets Braised in a Red Miso Broth

Trick or treats?

This time of year usually provides us abundance for our sweet tooth.  But as we know this also leads to over abundance for our waistline...

Beyond Nose to Tail

Specialty Coffee Drinks

Fall is here and winter is quickly approaching.  What better way to embrace the cold weather than with a hot specialty drink made with espresso...

Blue Cheese Grapes

While Bed & Breakfasts may be best known for their wonderful breakfasts they are also known for providing interesting, and often unusual, mid-afternoon or early...

Morimoto

Resveratrol: The Effects of a Spa in Every Glass

This won't be the first time you savvy readers learn about the health benefits of drinking red wine.  And with the recent wild and crazy...

Bar Food

Food and Wine Pairing: Making it Simple

In this year's Gallup poll, beer has once again out ranked wine as the number one beverage of choice among alcohol drinkers. But the divide...

The Fondue Bible

If fondue makes you think of cheese or chocolate then think again, because fondue is much more than appetizers and dessert.  Whole meals can be...

Pastry Chef Carlos Sanchez, Parcel 104

The life of a pastry chef is very different from an executive chef.  Each night the pastry chef observes diners enjoying large scrumptious meals after...

Orange Cranberry Scones

Hearty Boys Cookbook

If you watch the Food Network then you're familiar with the Hearty Boys - the winners of The Next Food Network Star competition and stars...

Spanish Wine, Great Values from the Old World

Years ago I visited Spain and found the pleasures of the Tapas bar. I loved the fact that I could walk into any of the...

The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Cuisine

Calling all chefs, aspiring chefs and devout home cooks - today's cookbook is for you!  The French Culinary Institute has transformed the essence of their...

Pressure Cooking

Whole Grain Breads

Whole grain bread is the bread we should eat and even the bread we want to eat but somewhere between our healthful ideals and our...

Artisanal Cheese - Are We Worshipping False Gods?

Blueberry Muffins