
Don't nap on Napa
Travel is my preferred means of learning about the world of food and wine aside from the average cookbook read. A chef recently compared the food industry to music as an art form in which we learn from our peers and manipulate dishes to make our own taste. One note could change it all and in this case, one spice can be the defining difference. In my recent trip to Napa Valley this became apparent even in wine. Every vineyard has its own form of growing grapes, different soil