Aug 22, 2018 | Napa Valley Register Article
by Tia Butts Napa Valley Register School is officially back in session. Parents may breathe a sigh of relief, while teachers work on getting back into that early morning wake-up routine. It is also the time of year when we begin to see a variety of crisp, just-picked...
Aug 22, 2018 | Napa Valley Register Article, Recipes
by Annie Baker Napa Valley Register Pears are a very under-appreciated fruit. I will usually reach for an apple over a pear. I basically psyche myself out about pears, telling myself they are too mushy or too mealy for me to eat and they won’t have much flavor anyway,...
Aug 7, 2018 | Napa Valley Register Article, Recipes
by Janet Fletcher Napa Valley Register Farmers markets have been an addiction of mine for 40 years. The first time I bought food straight from the farmer, I was a college sophomore studying in France. I can still picture that market in Aix-en-Provence four decades...
Aug 7, 2018 | Napa Valley Register Article, Recipes
by Derek Bromley Napa Valley Register Every time I see a head of cabbage at a farmers market stall, I feel torn. Yeah, it’s just a head of cabbage, but it is potentially so much more. On the one hand, I could turn it into homemade sauerkraut, which tastes nothing like...