I can offer no good excuse for never having visited the Tri-Valley region in northern California. The area, which includes the towns of Danville, Livermore, Pleasanton, and Dublin, is a whopping 45 minute drive from San Francisco. There’s even BART train service, at least nearby. The region serves primarily as a bedroom community for people
Food & Drink
A dream kitchen doesn’t always have to be massive; sometimes it’s about the attention to design details as opposed to a gluttony of square footage. That’s the lesson these English homeowners learned firsthand by enlisting deVOL Kitchens — maybe Instagram’s most famous kitchen designers — to turn their townhouse’s small galley into an open, L-shaped cook space
Memphis, Tennessee is world renowned for its own distinct brand of the blues. And Blue Note Bourbon, a distillery based in Memphis, made its debut with its 9 year old small batch in 2018 with a mission statement to capture that Memphis vibe in a bottle. In their own words: “Like the blues, the bourbon
1800 Tequila markets The Ultimate Margarita, its brand of pre-made, ready-to serve margaritas, as “the #1 premium margarita.” This may be the case, but that perhaps says more about the general quality of bottled/canned margaritas than anything else. Made with “premium tequila, triple sec liqueur, natural flavors and certified colors” and available in six flavors
This week is looking to be a busy one for me, which means I’ll have less time and effort to devote to dinner. Yet I still really want some delicious meals that feel bright and springy. So with that in mind, I’m really leaning into minimum-effort, maximum-reward dinners. That means a lineup of recipes that