Appetizers

Here's the latest on Daniel Pont and Chez Daniel, his new restaurant in Folsom. If you missed my story a couple of days ago (it ran in the business section), the 72-year-old French chef is getting back in the professional kitchen, many months after sel...

Some doughnuts, with their "come hither" sugar glazes, beg to be touched and eaten. These deep-fried confections taste deceptively light. What could be the harm in just one more? They're the worst. And, by that, of course, I mean they're the best. Th...

Well, that was quick. Before you can say, "And now, a word from our sponsors," Sacramento's Tyler Stone was given the boot within minutes of "Top Chef: Texas'" season debut Wednesday night. Stone, a local private chef, joined 28 other "Top Chef" contes...

Get ready to dig in. Restaurateur-chef Randall Selland will open another Selland Group restaurant, this one in the El Dorado Town Center and modeled after the popular Selland's Market Café in East Sacramento. He also mentioned the possibility of openi...

I love stories about how food connects us - to loved ones, to strangers, to our childhoods, to our memories. Thanks to the wonders of Facebook, I stumbled upon a poignant story about a man who happened to teach college speech classes and his father, wh...

If you love mushrooms and enjoy a glass or two of vino, the annual Mendocino County Wine & Mushroom Fest awaits you Friday through Nov. 13. It's been called "one of the top six food festivals in the nation" by the food and wine experts at www.oprah.co...

Gonul Blum's cooking has kept east Sacramento tasty for the past eight years or so, first with Gonul's J Street Cafe and now Vanilla Bean Bistro at 3260 J St. She mixes Sacramento's seasonal bounty with dishes inspired by her native Turkey and beyond, ...

Tonight is Halloween, a dress-up occasion in more ways than one. While your doorbell keeps chiming to announce another wave of trick-or-treaters, your party guests are looking for a round of adult beverages. Consider these: Vampire's Kiss, from www.r...

I was tempted to say this is a cool new tip, but that would just be corny, although this is about chilling wine in a hurry. I just read it in Cook's Illustrated, which is always tackling geeky things to make our lives in the kitchen a little easier. He...

The phrase "exciting restaurant news" and "Natomas" don't often appear in the same place, and that's too bad. No, the land of franchise eateries has had little to cheer about in the way of dynamic, locally owned food choices. But that just might be ch...