Whether or not you’ve done Napa, you haven’t experienced the heart of Northern California wine country until you’ve explored Sonoma Valley. We’re partial to Sonoma, with its unhurried European pace and warm — here are our travel tips for a weekend away in Sonoma.
It’s hard to get more classic than this healthy, easy take on Tuscan ribollita soup. Made with day-old bread and loads of vegetables, this Ribollita Soup Recipe aka a Tuscan Bread And Vegetable Soup recipe it’s the ultimate in healthy comfort food!
San Diego has a growing urban winery scene — here are 5 tasting rooms to visit right now.
It’s time to travel to Franciacorta, Italy! Okay, truth is the Milanese have known about this corner of Lombardy for forever and a day and it is a premiere wine growing region, but it’s pretty unknown outside of Italy.
After falling in love with a Frenchmen and moving to Paris on a whim, Lindsey Tramuta — author of the wonderfully captivating site Lost in Cheeseland — has spent the last decade uncovering the city’s hidden gems, which she shares in her One Perfect Day Paris.
If you’ve spent anytime in Hawaii, then you know what the deal is, you get there and it’s all about the poke. I mean, sure, I love the boiled peanuts and a bowl of Saimin and a great malasada (or ten) is a must, but it’s the unofficial mission of our each and every trip to find the best poke of the moment of whichever island I’m on. It should be said that poke has become so popular in the last year that there’s every version under the sun. I like to make super classic shoyu poke but in this Spicy Ahi Poke Tostadas recipe, I put it on a slaw and a tostada for a bit of crunch and freshness.
Healdsburg isn’t jokingly known to insiders as “Beverly Healdsburg” for nothing. Equal parts rustic and chic, brimming with fabulous restaurants, biodynamic vineyards, and a town square like Mayberry; it’s not hard to find the appeal. Here are our picks for what to do in Healdsburg:
Can we all agree on something? We travel for food first and foremost. Sure, the sites, resorts, beaches, and people are just as amazing but, if you’re like me, you travel to taste a place. I mean, that’s why you’re here on Salt & Wind, right? Because, like us, you’re always in search of the best meal a place has to offer and how to recreate it back home.
Say hello to our favorite winter snack: Vanilla Pound Cake with Quick Kumquat Thyme Marmalade recipe.
The Hawaiian classic dish, Saimin, is seriously amazing but the store bought stuff can also be seriously salty. Here’s my Shrimp and Vegetable Saimin recipe homemade version that’s healthier than the original but just as Hawaiian as the original dish.