Most Recent Articles

New Holiday Crafting:
Building a Sugar Cube House

New Essay from Joanne:
Vitamin-Enriched Kids

Restaurant Review:
Bistro des Copains in Occidental, CA

Holiday Gifts (extensive)

Food-related DVDs

Two New Holiday Recipes:
Persimmon Bread Pudding
Apple Fennel Dressing

Restaurant Review:
Restaurant Eloise in Sebastopol, CA

Major new article:
Getting your Kids to Like
and Eat Diverse Foods
plus, Better Snacks
and Packed Lunches

Biodynamic Wine Producers List
Passes 500 producers!

New Recipe: Garbure (Duck Soup)

Great Cheese Find: Tumin del Dian

Major New Page: Directory of
Irish Farmhouse Cheeses

Mendocino, Ft. Bragg, Boonville
Restaurant Reviews:
 Café Beaujolais
Le Rendezvous
Mosswood Market



Stinging Nettle Simple Syrup


Recipes

 • Pork Tenderloin with Dukkah

 • Fast Lasagna

 • Brussel Sprouts with pancetta and walnuts



Books & Reviews
Cheese Slices - Will Studd Australian Cheese Expert
Cheese Slices
by Will Studd
I was very pleased to find Australia's authority on the world of cheese had a wonderful reference book and a series of videos! I understand we will start to see more of Will Studd in the US; his books and videos are a must-add to your cheese reference library. Worth seeking out.
F&B Recommends!
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Food Festivals of Italy by James Faioli and Leonardi Curti
Food Festivals of Italy
by James Fraioli and Leonardo Curti
This delightful new release highlights Italy's most diverse food fair soffering 100 recipes for food of the festivals. Lovely color photos throughout make this not only an inspiring cookbook but a wonderful book to flip through. A great find!
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Slow Food Nation's Come to the Table: The Slow Food Way of Living Foreward by Alice WatersEntertaining Simple
by Matthew Mead
Honestly, never having heard of Matthew Mead, I had low expectations, but this part cookbook, part entertaining guide has some wonderfully snappy ideas which will get you rearranging your pantry, adding a few essentials and putting a few great recipes into your repertoire. A great book for those who love to entertain and a wonderful wedding gift.
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Recommended Reading:
a platter of figs and other recipes by david tanis of chez panisseA Platter of Figs and Other Recipes
by David Tanis
With full colored photos throughout, Chez Panisse chef David Tanis, offers simple and attractive recipes to span a year of seasonal ingredients in 24 menus. The tone is both anecdotal and reflection on the nature of cooking and presenting a meal. Inspired Reading.
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Welcome to
Fork & Bottle
Fork & Bottle focuses on our love of food, especially wine and cheese. We are picky about where our food comes from, how it tastes and how sustainable it is. We are always hunting for great, real food – not the stuff found in big supermarkets and chain restaurants. We care about what we eat.

Fork & Bottle also covers organic gardening, cooking with kids and, our explorations of Napa Valley/Sonoma County wine country. We welcome your feedback.
– Jack & Joanne


Rosso Pizzeria

Restaurant Reviews

 • Cyrus in Healdsburg, CA - Our fourth visit finally achieves the grand dining experience that our earlier visits only hinted at.

 • The Restaurant at Meadowood in Saint Helena, CA, was excellent and showed us clearly that they are one of the very best restaurants in the Napa Valley.

 • Rosso Pizzeria & Wine Bar in Santa Rosa has become our casual restaurant of choice. The food is always good to excellent, and there is a wonderful emphasis on local and sustainable ingredients. Bonus: The wine list features affordable organic and biodynamic wines. June 2008: The new menu has arrived with some great additions; Lardo and Thursday night's Soft Shell Crab.



Recent Wine Tastings

 • Bonhams Pre-Auction

 • Barolo, Brunello & Bellavista

 • Rhone Rangers

 • 2005 Bordeaux



Baker Creek's Heirloom Seed Catalog 2009
Our Favorite Pages

 • Seed Sources - Heirloom, Organic, Biodynamic, Rare and Heritage sources for seeds.

 • Gingerbread Houses - How-to, Kits and Resources.

 • Biodynamic Wine Producers - simply the best list on the web for this very sustainable wine growing method.

 • Bonus Secrets of Wine Country - we live in wine country and share our secrets.
Selles sur Cher from Jacquin

Great Cheese Finds

 • Cahill's Porter      • Selles sur Cher

 • Seelander      • Timanoix

 • La Pierre Doree    • Abbaye de Tamie




Don't Miss...

Art of Eating Cover Issue 75 Edward Behr’s quarterly journal, the Art of Eating, covers food, wine, cheese, etc., focusing on artisanal sources and restaurants. The article topics are well chosen and delivered with terrific writing and editing (no ads).

The Fall, 2008 Issue (#79):

 • Throwing the Rest Out: A Personal Selection of Cookbooks  Edward Behr
 • West Coast Mussels  Jeff Cox
 • Mussel Recipes  Edward Behr and James MacGuire
 • Brown Sugar from Okinawa  Hiroko Shimbo
 • Medlar: The Rotten Fruit  Lee Reich
 • The Golden Spice: Saffron in Morocco  Corinna Sargood
 • Why This Bottle, Really? Alice Feiring on Côt from Clos Roche Blanche

Notes and Resources
 • Okinawa brown sugar, Taza chocolate

Restaurants
 • The Marche: John Irving on Da Maria in Fano

Books
 • Kenneth Davids on Scott Rao’s The Professional Barista’s Handbook
 • John Newton on Paul Richardson’s A Late Dinner
 • Fabio Parasecoli on Grant Achatz’s Alinea
Biodynamic Heirloom Tomato Plants
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