Dr. Connie Guttersen says you have to love to eat to be successful on her Sonoma Diet, a diet inspired by Mediterranean, Latin American and Asian cuisines.

Betty Teller

It’s traditional to eat latkes, also called potato pancakes, during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. The eight-day candle-lighting festival begins this year on the night of Dec. 15.

Truth be told, it’s kind of fun to announce plans to spend a day with the CIA, even if the answer to the subsequent question — “Doing what?” — is “baking cookies.”

No apres-ski menu is complete without chili. It’s a great way to warm up, and fill up, after burning calories cutting tracks in the snow.

Each Tuesday The Register reviews an area restaurant, with an emphasis on establishments where a couple can dine for $30 or less. Reader suggestions are welcomed.

Say sauvignon blanc and many think of the great Pouilly-Fumés and Sancerres from the Loire Valley in France or maybe the strikingly different New Zealand whites.

About 2 million people enjoy zinfandel on a frequent basis, and nearly one-fourth of them have at least four cases of the wine at home.

PARIS — Forget about things improving with age. Some officials here are saying French wine needs to be made more appealing to their not-so-vintage countrymen.

The public is invited to attend a meeting of the Napa Valley College Viticultural and Winery Technology advisory committee on Friday, to discuss the current and future activities of the department.

It seems that just about every month a report is published telling of a new study that links wine to improving people’s health.