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Olive Oil Infusion Recipe: A Cook’s Secret Weapon
This holiday season, let’s make a pact to give foodie gifts our friends and loved ones will welcome rather than re-gift (looking at you, fruitcake). Instead, try… Continue Reading
Top 10 Halloween Party Cocktail Recipes
Each Halloween, we host a ghastly good party at Jordan Winery. Elaborately themed costumes haunt the winery halls, with guests enjoying music, creative appetizers and unique potions.… Continue Reading
Four Fall Harvest Salads Made to Pair with Cabernet Sauvignon
With the brisk winds of fall come the long-awaited harvest of earthy vegetables and bright greens, and one of the best ways to capture this bounty is… Continue Reading
Enjoying a Delicacy: A Chef’s Three Creative Abalone Recipes
In Sonoma County, abalone diving and the meals following a good harvest day are legendary. If I serve abalone at Jordan Winery, it will be followed by… Continue Reading
Dinner Party Ideas: Vegetable Crudites Edible Centerpiece Recipe
Summer is my favorite season for entertaining because it makes throwing dinner parties so easy. Step into a garden or farmer’s market, and you have all the… Continue Reading
Elegant July 4th Menu Ideas
While America’s favorite summer holiday might be synonymous with fireworks, beer and hot dogs, we like to celebrate our country’s freedom with some elegant wine country flare.… Continue Reading
The Ultimate New Year’s Eve Cocktail Party Menu
Being the host for a festive occasion like New Year’s Eve can be a daunting task. The pressure is on to impress, entertain and serve elegant food… Continue Reading
Reinvent Authentic Hawaiian Poke with these Delicious Tuna Poke Bowl Recipes
The ubiquitous Hawaiian dish, poke, blends fresh cubed fish with layers of rich, savory flavors for a delicious, healthy bite. Growing up in Hawaii, I ate ahi… Continue Reading
How to Use Fennel: Go Wild in Cooking
Every year, leafy plants as tall as NBA players sprout up throughout Sonoma County wine country, spreading yellow flower “dust” from their crowns along fence lines and… Continue Reading
Spring Dinner Party Menu with Wine Country Recipes
Spring in Sonoma County delivers a burst of color—mustard fields bloom and wildflowers grow as tender green grape buds make their first appearances on the vines. It’s… Continue Reading