Guest Bloggers

“We asked Thomas Keller, but he was booked.”

The Central Coast wine region of Paso Robles is noted for its Rhône varietals. So I was surprised to see booths pouring Cabernet Sauvignon wines outnumber Rhône wines at the 31st annual wine festival last weekend.

This guest-post comes to us from food-writer Joy Hui Lin.

A stroll around New York’s Lower East Side will lead you inevitably to the storefront of Russ And Daughters Appetizing with all its delights. After more than a century in the appetizing business handed down through four generations, Mark Russ Federman has put to page detailing the history of the family’s business and the Lower East …

This guest-post comes to us from Mira Advani Honeycutt, author of California’s Central Coast, The Ultimate Winery Guide: From Santa Barbara to Paso Robles. She frequently contributes wine and travel pieces to the Good Food Blog.

Most Americans think of Riesling as a wine on the sweet side. But Rieslings from Germany’s Mosel region are dry, refreshing the palate with a riot of stone fruit aromas …

This guest-post comes to us from Mira Advani Honeycutt, author of California’s Central Coast, The Ultimate Winery Guide: From Santa Barbara to Paso Robles. She frequently contributes wine and travel pieces to the Good Food Blog.
I’ve always enjoyed Tempranillos, Granachas, Albarinos and Verdejos from Spain. Last week for the first time I tasted Prieto Picudo and Mencia.
Spanish wine aficionados, look out for these two little …

This guest-post comes to us from Mira Advani Honeycutt, author of California’s Central Coast, The Ultimate Winery Guide: From Santa Barbara to Paso Robles. She frequently contributes wine and travel pieces to the Good Food Blog.
Auction Napa Valley rates high up in my wine event calendar. I advise wine aficionado friends that this is one event that should be on their bucket list! The auction …

This guest-post comes to us from Mira Advani Honeycutt, author of California’s Central Coast, The Ultimate Winery Guide: From Santa Barbara to Paso Robles. She frequently contributes wine and travel pieces to the Good Food Blog.
I love the postage stamp-size hamlet of Los Alamos in Santa Barbara County. It’s what Bob Hope once called “a U-turn with a mayor”. When traveling back and forth from …

This guest-post comes to us from Mira Advani Honeycutt, author of California’s Central Coast, The Ultimate Winery Guide: From Santa Barbara to Paso Robles. She frequently contributes wine and travel pieces to the Good Food Blog.
Talk about palate fatigue and purple teeth!
At the recent four-day FLAVOR! Napa Valley, a festival celebrating the region’s bounty, I was privileged to taste pricey Cabs from Napa’s stellar wineries.

This guest-post comes to us from Mira Advani Honeycutt, author of California’s Central Coast, The Ultimate Winery Guide: From Santa Barbara to Paso Robles. She frequently contributes wine and travel pieces to the Good Food Blog.
Where else but in Napa Valley would a theater lobby be transformed into the House of Cab?

This guest-post comes to us from Mira Advani Honeycutt, author of California’s Central Coast, The Ultimate Winery Guide: From Santa Barbara to Paso Robles. She frequently contributes wine and travel pieces to the Good Food Blog.

As a cheese lover I always admired the elaborate cheese trays at my friend Joy’s wine tasting parties. “They are from Andrew’s Cheese Shop,” she would announce. “I’ve got …