Santa Fe is known as one of America's great art centers.
But did you know that the New Mexico community also is a hotbed of artisanal chocolate?
Here are four confectioners to check out in-between gallery visits...
Two long-time Sonoma County wine country destinations have been selected to receive 2010 Bride's Choice Awards by WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings.
The awards recognize the top 5 percent of all-inclusive wedding venues, defined as demonstrating excellence in quality, service and professionalism. And making this year's list are the Vintners Inn and John Ash & Co. Restaurant in the Sonoma County town of Healdsburg.
Surrounded by the scenic northern California landscape, lush vineyards and beautifully landscaped grounds...
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The Volunteer Center of Napa Valley, in conjunction with
Balzac Communications and Marketing, has launched the first International Wine Label Design Competition.
The competition is open to any wine label design, including those not currently in production. Invitations to participate have been sent to vintners, graphic designers and graphic design schools around the world. Labels must have been designed in 2009 or 2010.
All proceeds from the competition, which are in the form of submission fees, will go directly to benefit...
For many years, two iconic restaurants along California's Mendocino Coast were the Noyo River Restaurant and the Rendezvous - owned by Lionel and Rose Jacobs.
More dedicated or passionate restaurateurs would be difficult to find. They took every detail seriously - and that included making their own gourmet salad dressings and mustards.
So popular were these condiments that customers more or less shamed Chef Lionel into making them available to take home...
Have you ever dreamed of living in a home that's adjacent to a vineyard and working winery?
But have the multi-million-dollar prices in the Napa Valley
virtually guaranteed that your dream will never become a reality?
Tom Swarthout, a Chicago area developer, may have the solution.
He's planning to develop just under three dozen homes on land in Lake
Forest, Ill., north of...
We've all enjoyed mozzarella cheese on a pizza, or perhaps melted over roast beef as part of a submarine sandwich.
But once you've had the opportunity to taste fresh buffalo-milk
mozzarella, you'll be tempted to say, "Hold the tomatoes and basil,"
when you order your next Caprese salad.
The real thing is that good.
Take a drive around the outskirts...
Special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun.
You know these as six of the seven ingredients of McDonald's Big Mac hamburger.
With all of those divergent flavors competing for tongue time, why
even bother with the beef? When you think about it, pairing wine with a
hamburger is much more about the condiments than...
The language of cheese has a decidedly French accent: Brie... Camembert... Roquefort... Chevre...
In fact, the French have created more kinds of cheese, or fromage,
than any other country. There are hundreds of cheeses to choose from,
enabling you to experience an amazing variety of flavors, styles and
aromas - each a product of the land, the traditions and the terroir of
its region.
French cheeses offer an array of tastes and textures. They are
unrivaled in their ability to excite and tempt the palate. Enjoying
French cheese with...
"Style" comes in many guises, especially when dining out.
We checked out new restaurants in three wine-centric countries,
and enjoyed three very different -- all delightful -- dining
experiences.
* ITALY --
Tuna in Rome is attracting seafood lovers from all over the city.
The restaurant is particularly popular among couples or...
The "Chocolate Research Facility" may sound a bit too academic to
be enjoyable... until you realize that you are the one doing the
"research."
The CRF is located in Singapore, which may be home to more foodies
per capita than any other country on the planet. That makes it the
perfect spot for a specialty shop that carries 100 flavors of chocolate
treats.
Just like at ice cream king Baskin Robbins, some of the flavors --
such as Cognac (for the adventurous) and strawberry yogurt (for the
kids) -- are on...