Brewer's Dinner--Wow!

Had a fantastic dinner last night with G. at Silverado Brewing Company's Brewer's Dinner, in which owner Michael F., head brewmaker Ken Mee, and Chef Bernardo combined to create a five-course dinner, with a beer pairing for each course. Highlights included a Porcini Mushroom Risotto (Pale Ale), Cedar-planked Wild Pacific Black Cod (Wheat Ale), and an Organic Mixed Berry Crumble (Hefeweizen). Great food and beer, great people, and a lot of laughs -- what more could anyone ask for?

The next Brewer's Dinner will be in October, for SBC's Oktoberfest celebration. Stay tuned for more info about that. For now, here are some pics from last night. Enjoy!

Three Amigos

Chef B

It's All About Mee

Glasses

The Cod

TRIPLE-fisting?

Brewer's Dinner

Am looking forward to a special Brewer's Dinner later this month at Silverado Brewing Company. SBC chef Bernardo Ayala and Head Brewer Ken Mee are working on, as I write this, a special five-course menu in which SBC beers will be paired with (and used in) each course. Also, following the theme of It takes a lot of great beer to make good wine, there will be many Napa Valley winemakers in attendance.

Don't miss this opportunity for a unique food, beer and fun event, as seats are limited to just 40 lucky people.

Details:

Thursday, June 25, 6:30 p.m.

Silverado Brewing Company, in St. Helena

Cost is $65 pp

To grab your seat, call the Brewery at: 707-967-9876.

I'm Back!

Sorry, folks (and especially Jimmy Z). Lost my EMAF mo-jo there for awhile. But starting to get the juice back, as they say (not the A-Rod kind), and ready to dive in again. (In fact, the CARDS are coming better too -- look out, May 15; I'm going for the sheer blitz, the no-holds-barred pop-the-cork-and-duck type of thing).

Some cool events, for when I win a WSOP event or two:

The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival

Weekend Der Spontane Gisting

Ciao, all.

Fantastic Dinner

Had a fantastic dinner recently during the Wine Country Inn's Return Guest Reunion. Chef Bernardo Ayala of the Catering Company at Silverado Brewing Company prepared a wonderful meal: Maine lobster salad, pan-seared filet mignon, and, for dessert, dagoba organic bittersweet chocolate cake with raspberry ganache and passion fruit coulis. Wonderful! We also had wines from Benessere Vineyards, which make Italian varietals in the Napa Valley. All in all a wonderful time: great food and wines... and new friends from all over the country.

Thoughts of C in 2009

Happy New Year from Every Meal A Feast land. While I have many food and wine "resolutions" for this new year, at the top list certainly is a visit to the two-Michelin-star Cyrus Restaurant in Healdsburg. With a certain birthday coming up in February, let's just say that wheels-are-in-motion for a wonderful dining adventure there soon. More details -- of course -- to follow soon.

Ciao.

Happy Holidays!

...from Every Meal A Feast.

Paradise Picks

It's been fun meeting and hanging out a bit with Marty Paradise, who's a wine geek/foodie/chef... and author of the book Paradise Picks. Marty has gone around to Sonoma and Napa county wineries and picked his favorites. The book also contains great recipes from the winemakers for food pairings with each selected wine.

And it gets better: Each winery mentioned in the book will give a book owner a complimentary wine tasting for two. The book retails for $25, yet the tasting savings easily run several hundred dollars. In other words, SCORE!

To contact Marty for a copy of his book, or to set up a private wine tasting with him as a guide, send him an email at: paradisewines4me@yahoo.com.

Ciao!