http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/ Artisan food, wine, home, garden, community-based-artful-living in Southern Sonoma County, Northern California en-US 2013-05-23T09:14:01-07:00 38.243734-122.69345SonomaCountryLifehttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/05/tara-firma-farms-2nd-annual-pig-roast-sunday-of-memorial-day-weekend-.html Memorial Day Weekemnd - time to gather family and friends for food, fun and music and where better than in the great outdoors at our favorite neighborhood farm? Suggested arrival time for Tara Firma Farm's 2nd Annual Pig Roast on...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/2qhKAvb9KLc" height="1" width="1"/> Green Taste frances rivetti 2013-05-23T09:14:01-07:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/05/tastiest-summer-school-in-soco-kay-baumhefners-come-home-to-cooking-classes-.html Kay Baumhefner's upcoming set of Come Home to Cooking classes, starting on June 26, will get you fully charged up for a delicious summer. "We’ll take full advantage of all the tomatoes, beans, squash, peppers and eggplant that flood our...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/KaQIxff2l2c" height="1" width="1"/> Taste frances rivetti 2013-05-23T08:54:10-07:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/05/help-for-oklahoma-tornado-victims.html American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Feed the Children, United Way, Airmile Donations, there are many ways to reach out and help the people of the devastated Oklahoma City suburbs. Click here for more info on NBC News.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/itaI0mPolNY" height="1" width="1"/> frances rivetti 2013-05-21T15:01:14-07:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/05/may-book-picks-joyce-carol-oates-the-accursed-and-edna-obriens-country-girl-.html My hometown Petaluma branch of Copperfield's Books, Inc scored a significant coup back in April, with a visit from one of the most pre-eminent American writers of our time. Prolific novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, literary critic, Princeton professor...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/KTipudYkR7M" height="1" width="1"/> frances rivetti 2013-05-21T13:23:14-07:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/05/straus-family-creamerys-two-new-gluten-free-ice-cream-flavors.html Yesterday's grocery shopping yielded a selection of local ice cream pints to stock up the fridge in preparation for my 18-year-old son's wisdom teeth extraction, today (all four). Armed with a basket of smoothies and yogurt and soups, in perusing...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/bzB-95Sz6Cg" height="1" width="1"/> Green Taste frances rivetti 2013-05-21T11:52:11-07:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/05/hotel-healdsburgs-third-annual-project-zin-a-fundraiser-for-down-syndrome-association-north-bay.html Discover many of the most sought after Zinfandels paired with indulgent bites from the region's top chefs at one of wine country's favorite philanthropic summer events. Winemaker Clay Mauritson and Chef Charlie Palmer invite you to the Third Annual Project...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/-WYpekauhJY" height="1" width="1"/> Arts Travel frances rivetti 2013-05-20T17:01:08-07:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/05/structural-landscape-designer-suzanne-biaggis-ecology-of-place-public-art-project-funded-.html Over 60 art lovers have stepped up to fully fund Sonoma-County-based Sculptural Landscape Designer, Suzanne Biaggi's Kickstarter campaign to complete an innovative new public garden at Cornerstone, in Sonoma. In partnership with Sonoma Ecology Center, considerable work was already underway...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/toj_o4DBOE8" height="1" width="1"/> Arts Green Travel frances rivetti 2013-05-20T16:39:41-07:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/05/botanicals-in-black-and-white.html Photographer David Gilman's series of botanical shots is described as being 'saturated in elegance and beauty'. A departure from his past photographic color or sepia monotone projects, this series of images was made in studio rather than outdoors. According to...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/9l9s-4T2OxE" height="1" width="1"/> Style frances rivetti 2013-05-20T16:16:27-07:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/05/historic-budweiser-clydesdale-barnwood-old-growth-redwood-now-at-sonoma-countys-heritage-salvage.html Photos: Heritage Salvage Petaluma-based Heritage Salvage has recently scored all of the framing materials from the original Budweiser Clydesdale Barn, framed with old growth redwood from original water tanks . In the process of being loaded on a semi along...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/JM0g1wGwgZQ" height="1" width="1"/> Arts Green Style frances rivetti 2013-05-15T16:42:01-07:00 http://www.southernsonomacountrylife.com/blogs/2013/05/wine-countrys-inaugural-first-blush-tasting-89-shades-of-pink-june-8th-2013.html The Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa invited all California wineries to participate in its inaugural First Blush California Rosé Wine Competition and now it's time to taste the winning wines. With judging complete the public is invited to taste...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonomaCountryLife/~4/TdtMK-XY9eE" height="1" width="1"/> Taste frances rivetti 2013-05-15T10:37:38-07:00