Sonoma Dish

If Thanksgiving won’t feel like a holiday to you without a turkey, you’d best get on sourcing the bird asap. Last year, during the...

Cooking food outdoors over an open flame is the oldest form of food preparation known to man. The caveman was using fire out of...

Your pumpkin spice latte addiction may be preventing you from home ownership. Like the Millennials with their daily dependence on avocado...

Mike’s tomato plants are in and growing quite nicely, especially the cherry and pear varieties. Hopefully this year’s crop will continue...

Cooking food outdoors over an open flame is the oldest form of food preparation known to man. Today, grilling is arguably one of the most...

I’ve had my share of grand dreams and lofty aspirations. I’ve been lucky enough to pursue many of those desires. But none more so than my...

As the first daffodils push their way through the cool earth it’s a sure sign that spring has sprung. Just as tender asparagus comes to...

Finally! Fresh Dungeness crab has arrived! A distinct culinary highlight to a Northern California winter, the Dungeness crab with its...

Some things are unavoidable: death, taxes, and Thanksgiving leftovers. With the absence of spectacular parades, exciting football games...

When’s the last time you saw a fruitcake? Or had the occasion to imbibe? It’s got a bad rap, this much maligned treat. I’m not sure when...

They’re not the prettiest produce in the bin but they’re beautiful inside, flavor-wise. Those gnarly, knobby root vegetables, the...

Gratefully, rushes of crisp air, cool mornings, and chilly evenings are signaling a change in the season. With the traditional...

I rode the outrageous Instant Pot popularity wave with the rest of you. And there was good reason to love it. Not just a glorified slow...

The carnivore in all of us loves the aroma of beef burgers on the grill. Widely hailed as America’s favorite food, the tastiest hamburger...

This is down right dangerous. Knowing how to make fresh mozzarella in less than thirty minutes is a dangerous thing. Knowing at any...

The coronavirus outbreak has forced all of us to change the way we celebrate and socialize. Due to shelter-in-place orders, a current ban...

Before the novel coronavirus had us hoarding toilet paper, we were stockpiling Trader Joe’s frozen cauliflower gnocchi. Those in the know...

Decades are defined by their trends, especially in the world of food. Whether it’s due to a product’s excellent advertising and marketing...

It’s that time of year again and you’re on the hook to throw one of the many holiday parties popping up now and through the New Year....

I recently sold a house where the seller was emphatic that the buyers provide the utmost care to the prolific peach tree in the backyard...

Out of the more than ten quintillion insects on Earth, only five per cent are actually harmful. But as luck would have it, it’s those...

Move over Wheaties, there’s a new champ in town. Green Juice is the new breakfast of champions. It took me awhile but I finally drank the...

Cooking pizza on the grill. It’s unconventional but it works. Pizza is arguably the most beloved “American” food and grilling our most...

It’s not just any ol’ parade, it’s our parade. Antique tractors, floats, and firetrucks circle the Plaza kicking off America’s birthday...

If you’re a Sonoma gardener, you know the first things to turn up in the spring garden are radishes and rattlesnakes. I love radishes....

According to iconic San Francisco columnist Herb Caen, “An artichoke is the vegetable for people who love to eat mayonnaise.” Ah, but it...

This is a true spring treat. The immersion blender has revolutionized for me the ease of preparing pureed soups and the frequency of...

It’s spring. It’s asparagus. The quintessential expression of an awakening season is the appearance of fresh, snappy asparagus spears....

So you think you’re Irish, do you now? It seems everyone joins in celebrating the Irish on what has become a huge international holiday....

Mmm’ mmm good. Mmm’ mmm good. Who doesn’t remember that jingle? Although the famous canned soups of our childhood may satisfy in a pinch,...

Unique to the northern Pacific coast, fresh Dungeness crab, with its distinctively sweet and tender meat, is a favorite culinary treat...

What’s not to love? Before you protest, you must taste the poor thing. The poor fruitcake, that is. It’s gotten a bad rap, this much...

No doubt about it, crab season opens and you know the holiday season has officially begun. The enjoyment of Dungeness crab is a distinct...

Some things are unavoidable: death, taxes, and Thanksgiving leftovers. While the first two are usually unpleasant, leftovers from the...

You’d think we’ve never done it before. It’s Thanksgiving and we all go into a tizzy about cooking the bird. But it wouldn’t be...

I didn’t grow up in a log cabin but I was raised in Montana. Avocados and Dry Jack cheese were not found at the corner store. During a...

By all accounts, a certain generational group is obsessed. With avocado toast, that is. Healthy for you, slightly indulgent, an oh-so...

Buckles, slumps, grunts, a dowdy pan and some long lost lady named Betty have somehow worked their way into the lexicon of summer...

It’s one of life’s simple pleasures, biting into a perfectly ripened tomato. Eaten on the spot and still warm from the sun, a tomato...

You know the onset of summer is here when you make the stop at the roadside farm stand in pursuit of just picked strawberries. And oh, so...

Meet Alphonso, Edward, Francis, Haden and Tommy Atkins. Kent and Palmer, too. No, they’re not the Sonoma Stompers squad. These guys are...

Whether you drizzle it over salad greens or sizzle it for a sauté, olive oil is a magical ingredient. And just as delicious straight from...

A bogus banner erected at the site of the former Sonoma Truck & Auto Center on Broadway announcing the “future home of In-N-Out” got me...