Chris Cosentino Is More Than The Offal Guy
We recently spoke to California chef Chris Cosentino about getting people to eat brains, Napa post-wildfires, hunting and more.
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Festivals And Wildfire Relief: This Week In Food Events
Mark your calendar for the upcoming festivals.
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Solage Calistoga Is The Perfect Getaway For Wine (And Food) Lovers In Napa Valley
In Hungry Concierge, we travel the world to spot hotels that operate with their guests’ food and drink needs squarely in mind — hotels, both big and small, that are located in neighborhoods rich with bar and restaurant options. Because there’s nothing worse than having your trip derailed by crummy room service.Napa Valley, as you…
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3 Things To Try In Napa Valley Besides Wine
This post is part of an ongoing partnership with The Getaway , the celebrity-guided travel series produced by Food Republic parent company Zero Point Zero Production. This week's episode, featuring actor Kyle MacLachlan in Napa Valley, airs at 9 p.m. EST, Nov. 12, on Esquire Network. Travelers head to Napa Valley primarily for one purpose:…
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Wine Lover Kyle MacLachlan Drinks Up Napa Valley
Over his 30-year career, actor Kyle MacLachlan has played many prominent roles, both on film (Dune, Blue Velvet) and television (Sex And The City, Desperate Housewives). But, perhaps no role is more memorable than his quirky FBI agent, Dale Cooper, on the 1990s cult TV series Twin Peaks — a character with a particular affinity…
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When Thomas Keller Makes You A Drink, You Shut Up And Drink
Few American chefs are as revered as Thomas Keller. At his Napa nexus, The French Laundry, the three-Michelin-star maestro brought culinary credibility to the United States in the heart of wine country, Napa Valley. Now, for the first time in its 36-year history, The French Laundry has made a big, boozy shift. Its 10-course tasting…
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Stu Smith Is What You Might Call A Wine Artist
I always picture winemakers like they're portrayed in TV ads or on labels: walking amid the vines, looking pensive, touching the grapes. I can't picture Stu Smith doing anything so passive. The co-vineyard manager and winemaker for Smith-Madrone Winery in Napa would more likely philosophize with his grapes, cajoling them to produce better wine. The…
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Tyler Florence Is Really, Really, Really Into Wine
It's a blustery fall morning in Manhattan, and I somehow find myself in the basement of a nondescript hotel, awaiting the arrival of Food Network star, restaurateur, celebrity chef, cookbook author, baby food entrepreneur, former Applebee's spokesman, husband, father, instagram addict and now, apparently, winemaker, Tyler Florence. Appropriately enough, we're meeting in the Bacchus Room,…
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Josh Groban And Robert Mondavi Team Up
Maybe writing hit singles isn't enough anymore. How else to explain why Dave Matthews, Train and now Josh Groban are taking time out from their touring and recording schedules to stomp some grapes? (Figuratively, we imagine.) Groban joins the popular musicians turned oenophiles with today's announcement that he's, ahem, pairing with Robert Mondavi on a…
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Top 5: Northern California Tasting Rooms
Spring has sprung. The mustard is in full bloom and there’s no better time to visit Northern California wine country than now. You could easily spend a month (hell, years?) driving the backroads and main trails of Napa and Sonoma Counties, stopping every hundred yards for yet another sip and swirl. The choices are endless,…
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Top 5: Restaurants In Napa & Sonoma
1. Brassica Cindy Pawlcyn is the chef queen of Napa Valley, and her newest restaurant, Brassica, might be her crown jewel. It’s inspired by southern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean—but also North Africa and the Middle East. Dishes to try: Whole-roasted fava beans, bacon-wrapped dates, fried Greek cheese, roasted quail with pine nuts and raisins…
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Michael Chiarello: This Guy's A Charmer
I'm trying something a little different this week for Heart Attack. Instead of a straight-up column, I decided to interview Michael Chiarello about his thoughts on food and love. After watching him compete on Top Chef Masters and The Next Iron Chef, it's clear right away that the guy's a charmer. So he seemed like…
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Drew Bledsoe, All-Pro Winemaker
Drew Bledsoe will forever be remembered in New England as the reliable Pro Bowl quarterback who led Patriots teams into the playoffs throughout the '90s and helped set up the Tom Brady era (and win the team's first Super Bowl). This year, Bledsoe was even voted into the Patriots Hall of Fame. But while he's…
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Napa Valley Grille's Autumn Sandwich
Autumn is harvest time in Napa Valley, but most there think more about harvesting grapes than vegetables. Although the Napa Valley may not have an autumn like the Northeast (the temperature actually tends to rise rather than fall there), Napa Valley Grille in Westwood, California is certainly justified in celebrating seasonal vegetable combinations on a…
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Preview: Outside Lands Music Festival
There once was a time when a rock festival in the Bay Area meant good tunes and a groovy crowd under a massive cloud of pot smoke. But that’s your grandma’s music festival. This weekend, at the three-day Outside Lands Music Festival, 70 bands, including Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, The Decemberists, OK Go, The…
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Pesto Recipe With Blanched Basil
Chef, cookbook author, restaurateur, and winemaker—there's not a lot of the Napa Valley culinary lifestyle scene untouched by Michael Chiarello. He ties together his varied interests in a lifestyle brand called NapaStyle. From his iconic Tra Vigne restaurant in the 1980s to his current Bottega, he has helped define wine country cuisine. Today, Chiarello shares…
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