http://www.marga.org/food/blog2/ http://www.marga.org/food/blog/]]> en-us 2007-07-24T09:35:19-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004483.html After our trip to the wine country, Mike and I seem to be getting into wines. We'll see how long it lasts. But we're happy with our half a dozen collection of good quality reds, 3 sweet wines and 2... Wine marga 2007-07-24T09:35:19-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004459.html As you know, I recently took a trip to the wine country and the mendocino area. Here are the restaurant reviews from that trip. Mendo Bistro is a bistro in Fort Bragg, Ca, which lets you chose what you want... Restaurants marga 2007-07-21T09:08:45-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004458.html As you can discern from my postings below, Mike and I spent three days traveling through the Napa Valley, tasting wine and relaxing. We had a few really nice dinners, and more conventional lunches. But as I swore to review... Restaurants marga 2007-07-20T16:29:18-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004457.html On our third day in the wine country, we tried the wineries in the Anderson Valley in Mendocino. I had never been to this part of California before and enjoyed the wine tasting experience very much. None of the wineries... Wine marga 2007-07-20T16:20:37-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004456.html On the second day of our wine country trip, we headed to the Russian River Valley. I'd been there only a couple of months before, when my friend Lola treated me to a wonderful girls-weekend-out for my birthday, and I... Wine marga 2007-07-20T10:12:18-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004455.html This week Mike and I took a mini-vacation to the northern California wine country. We spent three days wine tasting, in Napa, the Russian River Valley and Mendocino. Of necessity, we visited only a few wineries, but you can read... Wine marga 2007-07-20T09:26:41-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004415.html Last night we got take out from New Hong Kong. I always order the same things, orange chicken, szechuan beef, sesame chicken, orange chicken, and then I'm a bit disgusted by the gooiness of it all. This time I decided... Restaurants marga 2007-07-06T19:12:53-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004414.html According to Mike, there is a sign at Andy & Joe's Restaurant saying that the restaurant is for sale or rent. I'm not surprised, as every time I walked by (and as it's on my way downtown I walked by... Restaurants marga 2007-07-06T18:45:38-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004402.html I'm not a big pork eater in the first place, but once in a great while I'll have pork ribs or pork tenderloin. No more. This article by Rolling Stones magazine has convinced me not only that eating pork is... Food Items marga 2007-07-06T09:04:18-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004370.html Yesterday I made dulce de leche ice cream again. This time all I did was mix two cups of cream with dulce de leche. I can't tell you how much because I did it by pouring and tasting, but it... Ice Cream marga 2007-07-04T11:28:15-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/004364.html I'm disappointed to say that I was not impressed by Rocky's Charcoal's Grill, the latest restaurant to take the space on West Estudillo and Haste, next to the San Leandro History Museum. The burgers we had there were OK, but... Restaurants marga 2007-07-03T11:51:14-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/003746.html I just heard that a new Afghan restaurant has opened near Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. I don't know anything about it, so if you'd been there and have an opinion, please comment here. Still, for me any new Afghan... Restaurants marga 2007-05-07T09:15:18-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/003732.html Yesterday was my birthday (yeaaaay!), and while I'm having the main celebration Saturday (and I'll write more about the food for that in my next posting), Mike was nice enough to take me out for lunch and dinner yesterday. We... Restaurants marga 2007-05-04T10:49:47-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/003560.html Not actual cocoa butter if American manufacturers get their way. They want to be able to replace cocoa butter with vegetable oil (yuck!) and still call it chocolate. And you know, that the Bush-appointed industry-friendly FDA will probably be all... Text marga 2007-04-18T08:42:27-08:00 http://www.marga.org/food/blog/archives/003484.html I received the following complaint about the Apple Peddler in Sutherlin. I'm posting it at the request of the sender --- My kids were here on vacation-they wanted pie. We went to the Apple Peddlere in Sutherlin. We bought two... Restaurants marga 2007-04-08T15:14:23-08:00