Chef Susie Jimenez recently returned to wine country for a unique winemaker dinner hosted by HipLatina and Hendry Winery. We gathered at Ramekins Culinary School and Inn located in Sonoma, where…
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All the people I’ve ever known to be truly good cooks have one thing in common: a real willingness to experiment. New ingredients, new ways to use old ingredients—just refusing…
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a new epicurean series in which we will be featuring our epicurean blogger and local food expert Amy Huggins Gaw.) If you were asked…
Marcela Valladolid is currently one of five chefs on the Food Network show, The Kitchen, which premiered in January 2014. She says she enjoys the show’s collaborative format, finding it a…
Pati Jinich is an Emmy and James Beard-nominated chef with two cookbooks, a PBS TV show filmed at her house (Pati’s Mexican Table) and an ongoing residency at the Mexican…
At the dining room table that occupies a prominent place at the rural “world headquarters” of Ceja Vineyards, Amelia Morán Ceja reveals her conviction that the diligent pursuit of a…
When the temperature dips and the summer sun becomes a distant memory, it’s time to plan an escape. Your solution might be right in front of you if you are…
When I went to college in England, I spent three years in bed with the covers up to my nose, eating as much chocolate as I could get my hands…
As a little girl growing up in Taos, New Mexico, cookbook memoir author Anita Rodríguez was mocked as a “coyota, coyota, coyota”—a half-Spanish, half-Anglo child in a town where the two cultures…
This fresh take on stuffed jalapeños will make you forget all about those gummy cheese poppers you had at your last tailgate party. By mixing light Ricotta, lemon zest, and…
Tienes hambre para un desayuno facil pero fuerte? Pruebe a esta receta de Dalia Ceja, nuestra Winecountry Lifestyle Ambassador y una hip Latina verdadera.
Chef Susie demonstrates the ease of chopping and cooking with parsley. Did you know that this delicious and vibrant taste and wonderful healing properties of parsley are often ignored and is…
When I went to college in England, I spent three years in bed with the covers up to my nose, eating as much chocolate as I could get my hands…
My grandmother, Pascuala Vasquez Enriquez, lived in Pico Rivera, California, for many years before I was born, but she was a native of Mexico. She was a woman guided by…
Chef Susie demonstrates the ease of chopping and cooking with parsley. Did you know that this delicious and vibrant taste and wonderful healing properties of parsley are often ignored and is…