Food & Wine. Art & Food History at Abi's Farmhouse Kitchen
With so much of California’s natural beauty laid waste and charred this Winter, I took comfort in the beautiful Art works from friend Nicole Strasburg. In her celebrations of Nature’s most exquisite beauty! Nicole’s unique eye keenly appreciates atmospheric color, movement, and my personal fave, something I’ve come to think of as “coastality.” As in […]
It takes a lot to put me off my eggs. Or to leave a Mimosa half finished. But today’s breakfast was just such an experience. The next table over was occupied by a visiting foghorn for bigotry, racism, gender disdain (especially for “the very dangerous” FLOTUS Michelle Obama), and politically conservative extremes. Wave after wave […]
In the New Year, many of us Foodies make dietary resolutions to lose weight. Some will fail. But today, thanks to non-fad programs, many succeed. Changing lives by branching out to eat cleaner, greener, and leaner. Beginning to exercise and cook at home, bodies (& lives) will change for the better. (I, too, plan to […]
Sonoma and Napa Valleys LOVE and thrive on the Tourists flooding our wine regions each year. Bringing their laughter, joy, and that “aah” feeling experienced on vacation. However, there can be a small percentage every year who do NOT love us back. Who have packed their insecurities into their carry-ons, only to vomit them all […]
“It doesn’t all have to be Thomas Keller, Abi” Wilson said. I was arranging broccolini “just so” before snapping a quick shot. Maybe another. And THEN serving the hungry legion of family gathered ’round the table. Seeing me for exactly what I was… BEING LAME. Well, in all fairness…what I still AM. Which is an oft […]
