We are lucky to live in such a bountiful state. Where else can you have your pick of noble causes to help while drinking delicious wine, stroll through an outdoor art and wine festival, learn about Indian culture through food, music and dance and sharpen your knife skills all in one week? Some might say we’re spoiled, but for us it’s just another South Bay week. June 22-29.
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The small dose of campiness in CTC’s version of ‘The Servant of Two Masters’ freshens up the 350-year-old-plus play.
San Jose’s great and all, it’s good to get out once and a while. There’s so much Bay Area waiting to be explored just outside the city borders. On your next day off, take advantage of the free time and good weather and gather some friends in a car, putting one of these destinations at point B.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: J. Lohr wine tasting, dog-friendly author Wayne Pacelle, The Princess Bride, White Album Ensemble, Viviana Guzman and Jeremy Jouve.
We are lucky to live in such a bountiful state. Where else can you taste a range of microbrews while gazing at helicopters, meet a culinary superstar, have your pick of mouthwatering father’s day dinners and tour California in a glass of wine all in one week? Some might say we’re spoiled, but for us it’s just another South Bay week. June 15-22.
Our trip to California Cloverleaf Farms, just outside of Turlock, felt like our first journey into the heart of big ag country. Make no mistake, Cloverleaf is a big farm, and in the Bay Area, there’s a notion that only small farms can do right by the land and animals. But the Burroughs’ diversified farm will disabuse you of that idea right away.
“El huipil” refers to a traditional Mayan tunic, ornately decorated with embroidery that speaks to the cultural origins of the wearer. Redwood City’s El Huipil, a family-owned restaurant has a similar cultural throwback; each bite of food transports diners back to memories of warm Mexican beaches, Mayan ruins and food centered on simple, made-from-scratch ingredients.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: Hats Off to Tabard, Jethro Tull, Doug Benson, Freddie McGregor, The Imaginary Invalid.
The good-food movement isn’t just about good food. It’s about good people, and I’ve been privileged to meet some of them. People like David Hill, owner of Chef’s Table restaurant in Rocklin, an oasis of creative and delicious farm-to-table food in a sea of chain-restaurant homogeneity. David went out of his way to help us during our short stay there.
Tapestry’s lunch menu consisting of California classics offers too many mouth-watering choices, making it difficult to pick just one, but the true star of the meal is the dessert, which tastes as decadently delicious as it looks. Lemons, cream and fresh, ripe strawberries were meant to be together and Tapesty succeeds in creating the “destination dessert.”
