
Chef Sarah Simms Hendrix of La Femme Epicure
Chef Sarah Simms Hendrix has California cuisine in her bones. Her recipe rolodex demands the freshest and the most local food that the Golden State has to

Oso a homerun with BBQ fans
Oso Pepper Company’s popular Cry Out! Chili Sauce. The Oso Pepper Company story starts out at the turn of the century, when a bad garlic

Fabio Viviani
Not many chefs can brag that they started their careers when they were only preteens. Fabio Viviani worked nights at a bakery in Florence, Italy when he

Sonoma Chef Willie Cooper wrote the book on grilling
We have been publishing Marcel Roost’s Culinary Questionnaire for the past year with terrific response. And as we take a Holiday break, we are going

Real suds suckers suck small-time
We’re suckers for a few things. And proud of it. One of those things is an afternoon spent at a warehouse with a roll-up door

From Society Saloon to Sutter Creek
For me, the road to chili cook-off competitions is now a road less traveled. The thought of attending such an event, either as a culinary

Jason Azevedo
Having done the wine country kitchen circuit in Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino, Jason Azevedo is now cranking it out at Hock farm Craft & Provisions

Asian soup 101; Phở vs. Laimin a.k.a. Ramen
We can almost all agree that soup season is coming upon us. Even if you live in a perpetually balmy locale, there will be that

The spice heard ’round the world; Aleppo and its pepper
There’s a common thread that weaves through all cuisines of the world and binds seemingly disparate peoples together. Starting at the point of human conception,

Victor Scargle
Chef Victor Scargle has some serious culinary cred without sporting the attitude that often accompanies it. Looking at his list of kitchen credits reads like