Thoughts of a Middle Aged Man

My Dad use to say the difference between a regular meal and a gourmet meal is the gourmet meal has more butter. Gary, one of the Seamhead Tour members, was asked by his kids his favorite food, in anticipation of preparing his answer for his birthday meal. His answer was sauce, anything with [...]

A while back I got a new chef toy, the Vita-Mix blender, and it has become my new cooking partner. With enough power to grind nuts, this machine will mix anything, anytime and in minutes. It all started when I needed a new blender to create a [...]

Four the last three years we have been making a pilgrimage to San Francisco this time of year. With the help of friends, we volunteer at the Zinfandel Advocates and Producers (ZAP) annual festival and sell wine and wine related knick knacks to over 15,000 zinfandel fans who taste the wine from nearly 400 different [...]

We have had some different dining experiences the last couple of weeks. For a friends birthday, we visited a new restaurant in our area called The Winery Bar and Grill. Going into the evening, I was not expecting much, especially since the restaurant has only been open a few months. Developed by [...]

It started as a little trip to pick up my fall shipment from Tablas Creek Winery in Paso Robles. It ended up as an adventure cruising the back roads of San Luis Obispo county sampling some wine and some excellent food. The weekend got a little more extravagant when dining at our favorite restaurant, Citrus [...]