Archive for November, 2012

George’s Rants & Raves: Ketel One Regular & Oranje Vodka

George’s Rants & Raves: Ketel One Regular & Oranje Vodka

It literally seems like a thousand years ago that super premium vodka brands launched, even though I know it was really in my lifetime -not that I’m all that old....

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Tasting Love Fest at 3rd Annual SB Chower Fest

Tasting Love Fest at 3rd Annual SB Chower Fest

Food & Home Magazine’s 3rd Annual Chowder Fest charity cook-off to benefit the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara was held at the Montecito Country Club,...

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Wines of the Week: Eberle Winery – Paso Robles

Wines of the Week: Eberle Winery – Paso Robles

Gary Eberle, after finishing his work at U.C. Davis, moved to Paso Robles and began his career by co-founding the Estrella River Winery in 1973 (now Meridian Vineyards...

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Monsanto throws GMO victory party in CA

Monsanto throws GMO victory party in CA

After a deluge of allegedly misleading advertisements paid for in large part by pesticide and biotechnology corporations, California voters defeated Proposition...

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Thanksgiving Cocktails: Maker’s Mark

Thanksgiving Cocktails: Maker’s Mark

Autumn has arrived and with it, the brilliant colors of changing leaves, the bounty of the season’s harvest and the beginning of the holiday season. A Thanksgiving...

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Dining Detectives: Pasion- Modern Latin Cuisine -San Francisco

Dining Detectives: Pasion- Modern Latin Cuisine -San Francisco

It is always fun dining out on warm San Francisco nights, especially in October. Everyone was so happy that the Giants were in the Playoffs and then won the World...

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George’s Rants and Raves: Eppa Sangria

George’s Rants and Raves: Eppa Sangria

When did drinks evolve into his drinks and her drinks or more sexually inappropriately manly drinks and girlie drinks? Actually, and thanks, I believe, to Arnold...

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Purity of Seed – The benchmark of Lundberg Family Farms

Purity of Seed – The benchmark of Lundberg Family Farms

Lundberg represents a growing sector of family farmers adapting to the demands of a specialty (higher quality) marketplace. The globalization of the food market...

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Wines of the Week: Robert Hall Winery – Paso Robles

Wines of the Week: Robert Hall Winery – Paso Robles

Tucked into the hillside east of Paso Robles, along California’s enchanting Central Coast is Robert Hall Winery, where years of hard work and infinite attention...

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