But then she would have dove in, taking (well, perhaps leading) the cooking classes, bouncing around on farm tours, carousing with the hottest chefs in town over meals, and indulging in the latest ...

2008 Santa Julia Tardio Late Harvest (85 percent torrontes, 15 percent viognier): soft and sweet, with flavors of apricots and honey; $13. • 2005 Santa Julia Malamado, port-style dessert wine ...

Julia Child was a force far ahead of her time on a global scale, demystifying fine food for the masses while establishing a place for women in modern media. But she was also a visionary on the ...

Oregon pinot noir may be the ideal wine for the cornucopia of the Thanksgiving table. Brooks winery, from the Eola Hills area of the Willamette Valley, is an excellent representative of the state.

“Santa Barbara’s epicurean reputation has been dramatically enhanced [by] Julia Child, a winter resident of Montecito,” Evan Jones wrote in his April 1986 article, “The Santa Barbara Scene.

It is festively fitting, then, that the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience and the Julia Child Foundation have partnered on Taste of Santa Barbara, a Maytime, meal-strong, appetizingly educational ...