Sonoma & Marin Counties

Fresh from the garden, this is a salad we’ll be making all summer long. Nick’s Cove even incorporates one of the best creameries filled with goats in Marin County –…

The ice cream sandwich we all should have grown up with. It’s-It is a legendary ice cream sandwich from San Francisco, created in 1928. Nick’s Cove has rediscovered this icon…

Nick’s Cove is an institution in Marshall, California. Set on the edge of Tomales Bay, it’s the perfect escape from San Francisco. You’ll find oysters, salt air, and seafood galore.…

  California has a growing number of small artisanal creameries that produce amazing cheeses, rivaling the best of Italy and France. One of the first California cheeses that we fell…

  You may have seen that we decided to go car-free recently. If you don’t absolutely need a car, we can’t recommend it enough! While we love the city, we…

  Before moving to California from Chicago, we sat in the home of famous Napa winemaker Steve Matthiason, tasting wine, along with a lovely board of meats, cheese, and olives. Steve was…

  Parts of California often remind us of Europe, so when we heard that there were lavender fields in Sonoma, we decided to drive up to check them out. As it…

Over the holiday break, we popped up to Sonoma to visit Scribe Winery, a spot we’d been eager to visit for a few years. Scribe is the brainchild of brothers Andrew…

Autumn in wine country is famous for grapes, but it’s also the season for olive harvest. The Sonoma Extra Virgin Festival is coming up at B.R. Cohn Winery on November 5-6. It sounds…

  The Fremont Diner was always one of our favorite restaurants in the Bay Area, and we always made an effort to stop by when we headed to wine country.…

Hog Island Oyster Company raises our favorite oysters. They are easy to get in San Francisco or Napa at the Hog Island Oyster Bars, but by far our favorite way to…