Betty Teller
Amuse-bouche

Amerigo Vespucci would be amazed at what he started.

Calvin Ross
The Family Computer

Today and tomorrow, you are provided a world of opportunities for home improvement right here in our Napa Valley.

I called my boyhood friend Ray the other day to wish him a happy birthday. The years have gone by, but no matter the years and miles between us, we have shared too many happy memories to let "his" day go by.

Dan Berger

For those of you who do not have cable television, you may not know the Napa County Master Gardeners have their own TV show, affectionately called MGTV. It airs on local public access cable Channel 28 on Thursdays at 11 a.m. and Saturdays at 7 p.m.

Here are a few topics that have popped up in the past few days. Let’s see what there is to learn.

Ask Dr. Brothers

Dr. Peter Gott

We are off to Klamath Lake and then to Wickiup, Crane Prairie, Paullina, East and Billy Chinook Lakes and Reservoirs. This will be our 16th year to relive great fishing memories. Klamath Lake is a beautiful wildlife center with big trout. Each year when we fish Klamath Lake, there are very few, if any, fishermen on the lake.

A research study by the Academy of Neurology in Boston has revealed that a large and constant consumption of alcohol can cause your brain to shrink by up to 1.6 percent.

Daughter and I were bound for New York. After scrutinizing several hundred ads for Manhattan rentals on Craigslist, I found one that stood out.

In Memphis, barbecue means pork ribs and pork shoulder sandwiches.

Just in time for the upcoming outdoor grilling season, a pair of new cookbooks has been added to the shelves of local book sellers.

Dear Len & Rosie,

Napa Valley Vintner’s charity wine auction, Auction Napa Valley, will offer wine lovers around the world one-of-a-kind auction lots starting May 25. People will be able to bid on the E-Auction, placing pre-bids and maximum bids.