In mid-summer, the Sebastopol farmers market is thriving, though we'll have to wait a bit longer for the best local tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. And part of the charm of this market is the one-of-a-kind-only-in-west-county moments it offers.
A fete mistakenly listed in Mouthful as happening tomorrow is taking place RIGHT NOW at Davero's new tasting room in Healdsburg.
A reader emailed a question to me this morning. "Some time ago, you wrote a column about watching The Godfather and making a certain complicated dish. . . You [also] wrote of having the opportunity to cook that same dish for Francis Ford Coppola and he was most favorably impressed. [...]
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