ISSUE 29: SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 05

Cover:

The Last Barn (Inverna Lockpez)

Features:

It's about pork. by Jan Greenberg

Gary Regan: Master mixologist. by Jennifer Warren

Munching Puerto Rico. by Leslie Coons

Big on bodegas. by Joseba K. Encabo

Honey, honey. by Leslie Coons

Departments:

By the glass: A gray area. by Steven Kolpan

At home in the kitchen: (Re)build it and they will eat. a Valley Table series

Locally grown: Of spuds and me. by Keith Stewart

Food by the season: Risotto. by Thomas Griffiths, CMC

Good stuff: Pickle festival; Winery map; Scholarship recipients; Curcumin; Clinton Vineyards award.

September-November 05 Events

Openings: Pamela's; Serevan; Sabroso; Double O.

Fabulous farms, food and markets.

Recipes:

The Aviation Cocktail (Gary Regan)

The Rose (Gary Regan)

The Twentieth Century Cocktail (Gary Regan)

Fennel risotto with lobster, corn and fava beans (Luis Ferraro / Cosimo's)

Butternut squash risotto with seared quail, mascarpone cheese, and white truffle acacia honey (Robert Mayerat / Belvedere)

Tomato-basil risotto (Franz Brendle / Nina)

Risotto with fresh truffles and spring peas (Thomas Griffiths / CMC)

Heirloom tomato concassee with risotto a la Milanese (David Lawson / Aubergine)

Mahi-mango ceviche (Roberto Trevino / Aguaviva)

Corn soup (Tomasa Gonzalez / La Mexicana)

Pork baked in leaves (Joseba K. Encabo)

Tamales wrapped in banana leaves (Joseba K. Encabo)