The California Glove Requirement Law Heads for Repeal
Last month, a California law was passed that would require all bartenders to slap on a latex glove as part of their mise en place. This, predictably, stirred up a…
- story: Talia Baiocchi
Last month, a California law was passed that would require all bartenders to slap on a latex glove as part of their mise en place. This, predictably, stirred up a…
The Restaurant at Meadowood's Sam Levy is defining a new, more nuanced style of California cocktail. Peden + Munk capture his process both on the farm and behind the bar.…
Bartender Sam Levy created his riff on the classic using his own pear-and quince-infused apple brandy mixed with rye, sweet vermouth, Amaro Nonino, Peychaud's bitters and absinthe.
Across California, bartenders are grappling with a new law requiring them to wear gloves behind the bar. Citing environmental issues and safety concerns, five bartenders and owners share their thoughts.
This is the year California will hit the big time and connoisseurship will end predicts San Francisco Chronicle's Jon Bonné. He called it last year, and it's coming true: "wine…
For the third time in the last three years, former teen idol David Cassidy was arrested in California on Friday night on suspicion of drinking and driving. The Partridge Family was…
This sweet throwback—a mix of Galliano, white crème de cacao and heavy cream shaken to a frothy head—was supposedly made in 1952 for a newlywed couple and their gold Cadillac.
It's that time of year again. Roundup season continues with San Francisco Chronicle wine editor Jon Bonné's annual list of his top wines of 2013. Last year he concluded that we…
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Critic Jon Bonné's long-awaited book, The New California Wine, hits bookstores today. The book is part manifesto, part guidebook weaved together by Bonné's personal experience following…
M.F.K. Fisher’s lesser-known musings on wine and its indelible link to living well.