Food & Wine Weekly Picks

Update every Tuesday by end of day for inclusion in the Sacbee Food & Wine newsletter, which pulls at roughly 4am on Wednesday. The newsletter pulls up to 8 posts each week. Please remove the previous week’s posts.

A Girl And Her Fork
Sweet, fresh summertime strawberry and farro salad

May 21, 2013
Sweet, fresh summertime strawberry and farro salad

My poor blog has been a bit neglected lately and I apologize. Things have been pretty busy here around my cottage and at Mr. S.'s casa. We now have the kidlets full-time so a lot of our time is spent hanging out with them. Lately they've been into bike...

FOX40
Video recipe: Duck confit with braised cabbage by David Laroche from Hock Farm Craft & Provisions

May 21, 2013
Video recipe: Duck confit with braised cabbage by David Laroche from Hock Farm Craft & Provisions

What’s Cooking? Paul Robins hits the stovetop with David Laroche from Hock Farm Craft & Provisions.

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Pretty Yummy Foods
Recipe: Thin crust garlic pizza

Recipe: Thin crust garlic pizza

The first step to being good at something is being bad at it. It takes courage to try something new; to fall flat on your face and then get up, dust yourself off and try, try again. Every success I’ve

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Sacramento Magazine
Estelle’s Patisserie offers elegant pastries and confections

Estelle’s Patisserie offers elegant pastries and confections

We’re all busy watching our waistlines, but there are times when it’s appropriate to toss that nasty old calorie counter out the window. If you’re feeling rebellious (and craving quality sweets), head to Estelle’s Patisserie, whose refined, soothing European ambiance and elegant pastries will catapult you into vacation mode. Best known for its ethereal...

YubaNet.com
Consuming Coffee Linked to Lower Risk of Detrimental Liver Disease, Mayo Clinic Finds

May 20, 2013
Consuming Coffee Linked to Lower Risk of Detrimental Liver Disease, Mayo Clinic Finds

ROCHESTER, Minn. May 18, 2013 - Regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver disease, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings were being presented at the Digestive Disease...

Cowtown Eats
New wine and cheese bar opens Thursday in Midtown

May 19, 2013
New wine and cheese bar opens Thursday in Midtown

The Rind, the highly-anticipated cheese, wine and beer bar at 19th & L, will soft-open on Thursday, May 23. Initially, they'll be have extended hours on Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 midnight and will also be open...

Guava Rose
Candy Lei: Lemon Meringue and Strawberry Shortcake

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May 16, 2013
Candy Lei: Lemon Meringue and Strawberry Shortcake

Here are a couple of lei that are more heat stable than the Kukui Nut Candy Lei that I showed you last week. They’d hold up much better than the chocolate truffles at a graduation ceremony, or outdoors. These are just a couple of playful ideas&#8...

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The California Aggie
Beer culture expands in Davis with the Food Science Brewing Club

May 16, 2013
Beer culture expands in Davis with the Food Science Brewing Club

Twenty students are completely silent, brows beneath sunglasses furrowed in deep concentration as they scribble notes on a scorecard. They sniff, swirl, sniff, gulp and ponder. They’re tasting beer. Earlier in the evening, Brad Titus, an officer of the Food Science Brewing Club (FSBC), proposed a question: Without sight, can we discern different beer...

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FOX40
Linda Fat and Chef Jimmy Ma discuss winning James Beard award

May 15, 2013
Linda Fat and Chef Jimmy Ma discuss winning James Beard award

Lina Fat and Chef Jimmy Ma are cooking Yu Kwok, General Tsao Chicken, and Imperial Chow Mein with Paul Robins as they discuss Frank Fat`s 2013 James Beard Foundation award.



Sacramento Connect
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!

May 15, 2013
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!

A roundup of recipes from Sacramento Connect bloggers for National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.



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