Where do you go when you are Sicilian and mourning the death of a loved one? To an Italian restaurant of course! I had been wanting to take Ed to Fremont Classic Pizzeria and Trattoria for a long time and we were practically drooling over the promise of calamari when we drove up to the [...]

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Ed’s favorite Chardonnay is 2006 Ken Wright Cellars Chardonnay, Celilio Vineyard so when it came time to celebrate a birthday, new job and new kitchen with friends I had to include it in the menu. This Oregon chardonnay has just the right balance of oak and butter to make it an ideal accompaniment to food.  These [...]

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Last summer, we picked up a bottle of 2004 Grand Estates Dolcetto from Columbia Crest as part of it’s wine club.  The staff raved about how delicious it was with lamb, but I just can’t get into red wines during the heat of summer.  I hadn’t had a Dolcetto before so I wasn’t sure what [...]

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It has been many years since we have been to the Herbfarm, but when I heard that it was Jerry Traunfield’s last week and that Jeremy Faber was doing the foraging, it was time to return!
Ministry of Mycologist Miniatures

Dungeness Crab and Matsutake Roulade with Nasturtium Leaves
Fried Sorrel-Wrapped Westcott Bay Oyster with Bear’s Tooth Mushrooms
Morel Mushroom [...]

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