Food & Wine. Art & Food History at Abi's Farmhouse Kitchen
Continuing from yesterday’s New York Times “coup de grace” on the Mediterranean Diet, I thought I’d shuffle through my notebooks to see what bits I’ve jotted down on Olive Oil. * Yes, I am that much of a nerd that I write down neat tidbits from reading stacks of food rags, books, wine magazines, and […]
The New York Times just published a great Front Page article today in Health. I have to tell you about it. You know I love how we eat here at Annadel and overall in Sonoma Wine Country. Selfishly, I am a HUGE advocate of REAL foods, REAL fats, and REAL wine — a.k.a. the Mediterranean Diet — because […]
Artichokes comprise perhaps the single most complete, sensuously pleasing meal. Leaves softened by steam torn from the flower bulb and dipped into homemade, garlicky aioli before the tender fleshy base of each leaf is skinned clean by teeth. Initially painted with some vague aphrodisiac quality, the artichoke caught on because of its hearty vegetable stalk, […]
This is a delicious call to all of us fine foodies and wine lovers to eat more vegetables. Granted, I supe my veggies up with healthy amounts of butter and olive oil — then serve them with a lovely, rather large glass of wine but to each his own. This is a recipe for a […]