April 1, 2015

“To dream awake,
to keep watch asleep,
to live while dying
and to already know oneself
resurrected!”

Julia Esquivel, poem Threatened with Resurrection

Trenton Tomato Pie (see "Top Tastes")

Trenton Tomato Pie (see “Top Tastes”)

This issue:

Top TastesMy Top 10 Dishes & New Openings of March.
Top Tastes3 Affordable New Standouts:  Three of my latest go-tos in Turkish, Mexican and vegan food.
Around the BayWeekend in Sebastopol: Talking food, coffee, distilleries, beer and more in the Sonoma town known for Gravenstein apples and wineries.
On the TownTop 5 Whiskies of Whiskies of the World 2015.

As your personal concierge who tells it like a good friend would, I also create personalized itineraries: trips, meals, explorations (under “Services“).

Virginia

CLICKABLE LINKS to Social Media & Articles:
Zagat SF Editor
Food Republic
Liquor.com
Editor, Distiller Magazine
SF Bay Guardian Critic (Weekly Column: 2009-2013)
Spoonwiz
Freelance:
Whisky Magazine UK, The Times London, Eater, PureWow, Drink Me Magazine, Citysearch, NBC’s The Feast, Blackboard Eats, Tasting Table, Grubstreet, Where Magazine