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Holiday Cooking with Kids:
Pumpkin Pie in a Pumpkin

Holiday Cooking with Kids:
Gingerbread Houses

Joanne's Great Cheese Find:
Andante's Bel Canto

Joanne talks about Five Mistakes Parents make about Children’s Menus:
The Evolution of Kid Food, The Child Menu, Kid-friendly eating and its backlash…
Part two in the Dining out with Kids series.

Kids in the Kitchen:
Gifts for Children who Love to Cook

Holiday Cooking with Kids:
Building a Chocolate House

Holiday Cooking with Kids - Recipe:
Easy Apple Galette & Quick Pastry

Essay from Joanne:
Vitamin-Enriched Kids

Food-related DVDs

Getting your Kids to Like
and Eat Diverse Foods
plus, Better Snacks
and Packed Lunches

Natural and Biodynamic Wine Producers List
Passes 500 producers!

Directory of
Irish Farmhouse Cheeses

Popular Recipes

• Pumpkin Pie in a Pumpkin

• Fast Lasagna

• Brussel Sprouts with pancetta and walnuts

Great Cheese Finds

• Tumin del Dian

• Cahill's Porter      • Selles sur Cher

• Seelander             • Timanoix

• La Pierre Doree    • Abbaye de Tamie

New Cheese Book

Farmhouse Cheeses of
Ireland:
A Celebration
by
John McLaughlin
& Glynn Anderson
A guide to the Irish farmhouse cheese industry and its history. Includes a tasting guide to the cheeses, cheesemaker profiles and recipes. I haven't seen a copy yet, but it's described as having lavish photography. Can't wait!

Welcome to
Fork & Bottle

Fork & Bottle focuses on our love of food, especially wine and cheese. We are picky about where our food comes from, how it tastes and how sustainable it is. We are always hunting for great, real food – not the stuff found in big supermarkets and chain restaurants. We care about what we eat.

Fork & Bottle also covers organic gardening, cooking with kids and, our explorations of Napa Valley/Sonoma County wine country. We welcome your feedback.

– Jack & Joanne

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Seasonal Corn Pizza at Rosso Pizzeria in Santa Rosa

Favorite Restaurants

• The Restaurant at Meadowood in Saint Helena, CA, was excellent and showed us clearly that they are one of the very best restaurants in the Napa Valley.

• Rosso Pizzeria & Wine Bar in Santa Rosa has become our casual restaurant of choice. The food is always good to excellent, and there is a wonderful emphasis on local and sustainable ingredients. Bonus: The wine list features affordable organic and biodynamic wines.

Massandra Collection Wines 1953 South Coast Cahors

Our Favorite Pages

• Seed Sources - Heirloom, Organic, Biodynamic, Rare and Heritage sources for seeds.

• Gingerbread Houses - How-to, Kits and Resources.

• Biodynamic Wine Producers - simply the best list on the web for this very sustainable wine growing method.

• Bonus Secrets of Wine Country - we live in wine country and share our secrets.