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L. Pierce Carson articles
November 3rd, 2009
Off the shelfGiving the gift of a new cookbook to the family chef — or to a good friend who loves to prepare meals for friends and family — is sure to evoke smiles all ’round during the upcoming season of holidays.
October 28th, 2009
Napa Valley Symphony opens season on festive Latin noteThe Napa Valley Symphony Orchestra launched its concert season on a high note last weekend, with celebrity trumpeter Doc Severinsen winning over a festive Saturday night crowd with a Pops program that ran the gamut from Argentine tango to Tin Pan Alley classics, le jazz hot to le jazz cool.
October 27th, 2009
There's no trick to pumpkin treatsFresh-from-the-garden pumpkin is the quintessential centerpiece of fall activities, as important to cooks as it is to trick-or-treaters at Halloween.
September 29th, 2009
Bistro Don Giovanni: Great food and service at one of Napa Valley's top restaurantsFirst at Piatti and now at Bistro Don Giovanni, Donna and Giovanni Scala have been major players in serving up superb wine country cuisine for more than two decades.
September 21st, 2009
Fall into soupWith the official arrival of autumn at 2:19 this afternoon and the valley harvest swinging into full gear, wine country cooks are turning their sights on meals to ward off the chill of impending fall nights — even as the valley endures a late summer heat wave.
August 25th, 2009
The changing face of Uva TrattoriaEntering the combination lounge/dining room at Uva Trattoria, diners can’t help but notice a large blackboard with the inscription, “Buon Cibo, Buon Vino, Buon Amici” (Good Food, Good Wine, Good Friends).
July 16th, 2009
Zinsvalley restaurant to move to First StreetBoosting confidence in the revitalization of downtown Napa, a popular neighborhood restaurant will join the burgeoning ranks of downtown dining rooms before summer’s end.
February 13th, 2009
Memories of a top maitre d'Wine country’s favorite maitre d’, Howard Lane, died Wednesday at 80 in the valley he called home for more than three decades.
February 11th, 2009
Prices up, grape crop downDespite an across-the-board hike in prices paid to growers, a 21 percent drop in tonnage caused a double-digit decline in the value of Napa Valley’s prized grape crop in 2008.
February 10th, 2009
Prices up, grape crop downDespite an across-the-board hike in prices paid to growers, a 21 percent drop in tonnage caused a double-digit decline in the value of Napa Valley’s prized grape crop in 2008.
August 19th, 2008
A second generation of Villaseñors carries on Villa Corona restaurants and cateringFor most of his life, Carlos Villaseñor has sold and prepared food for wine country residents with a taste for la cocina Mexicana.
August 12th, 2008
Who’s your Daddy?A good brush for the grill is an essential tool for every grillmeister.
From deep fried oysters to dreamy chocolate, Meadowood earns its starsConversations always seem brighter and decidedly more intimate in beautiful, romantic settings.
The evolution of Christopher Kostow’s creative cuisineFor his 15th summer in the Windy City, Christopher Kostow decided he needed to earn a little cash. Money, it seemed, would help loosen the apron strings.
August 7th, 2008
Jazzman Larry Vuckovich projects film noir on his classy keyboard for new CDA veteran of New York and San Francisco jazz scenes, Larry Vuckovich is one of the leading jazz pianists of our time.
Tomato timeWhether they’re from your backyard garden or the local farmers market, tomatoes are rapidly becoming the main ingredient of meals this time of year.
UB40 wraps up Mondavi festival with danceable hitsFor three decades, England’s UB40 have been ambassadors of a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
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