Appetizers

San Francisco-based Boudin ("boo-deen") Bakery has made sourdough bread since Gold Rush days. A few years ago, it expanded with a chain of cafes, two of them in our area. New to those menus is an item specifically geared to the cooler weather of fall...

While some grocery stores are

. Foodies and the culinarily curious are working up their appetites remembering last October's Lake Tahoe Food and Wine Festival. It was over the top in a good way, and past attendees are anticipating the next one. Well, get ready. The fest return...

While Sacramentans may still be smarting from a recent survey which ranked our city exceptionally low for dining, here's a new survey that showed two Sacramento are wine lists as being among the best in the country. Carpe Vino of Auburn and Sacramento'...

If your birthday's in October, get ready for some pretzels. The national Pretzelmaker company's own birthday is Thursday. To celebrate 20 years of baking and selling soft pretzels, the four Pretzelmaker stores in our area will give away a free order...

Shoppers can get a taste Saturday of what's to come during a pre-opening party hosted by Whole Foods Market at its new Folsom store, located at 270 Palladio Parkway in the Palladio shopping center. Called "Folsom Street Market," the event will be held...

If you've ever wanted to say, "Councilmember, will you please bring the table more bread and an extra place setting," then Sunday night is your chance. Members of the Sacramento City Council, minus the mayor, will be acting as restaurant servers on Sun...

By Bill Lindelof blindelof@sacbee.com A small-but-growing Sacramento area cupcake shop chain is now also selling its frosting without the cake. Icing On The Cupcake, with four stores in Folsom, Rocklin and Sacramento, announced it will sell frosting ...

>The "team members" who work at the 300-plus Whole Foods Markets in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom take their jobs very seriously. When your employer's motto is "Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet," and its "core values" are essential to its...

The Sacramento area's second Total Wine & More will open Thursday at 2121 Arden Way, featuring more than 8,000 bottles of wine, plus spirits and beer. 78 Total Wine & More stores operate around the country, with a Roseville location opening in 2008. Wh...