Category — Picnics

On select summer Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m. you can picnic on Wilson Winery’s redwood deck overlooking the Dry Creek Valley and listen to the music of various Sonoma County live bands.

If you don’t have time to make a picnic you can call or email the winery  by noon on Thursday to reserve a $20 plate of food and glass of wine. (707-433-4355 or info@wilsonwinery.com).

Free except Sept 25.

Here’s the line-up:

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Pamela Sheldon Johns of Food Artisans is perhaps best known for her cooking workshops in Tuscany (named a top cooking school by Food & Wine magazine). But she’s also the author of numerous cookbooks, including “Gelato!” (I know it’s not right for a picnic, but summer is here…) and “Festive Picnics“. For this Armstrong Woods picnic, she’s provided recipes with a decidedly Asian flair. [Read more →]

The Vineyard Cookbook giveaway ends on June 1, 2009. To be entered, just add a comment (before June 1) to any post that starts with “Picnic” —tell us your favorite picnic food, favorite picnic spot, favorite (or worst, picnic story). One commenter will be chosen at random to receive a copy of the Vineyard Cookbook.

There is something so relaxed and luxurious about brunch, but it can also be pretty pricey.  Mark Weiss from Raymond’s Bakery has created an elegant picnic brunch that rivals some of Sonoma County’s finest restaurants—and the view is to die for.

If you go in Spring, you can sip a take-out latte and watch the seal pups cavort on the beach; they’re more active early in the morning when the grown seals are back from their evening hunts. You may well have the beach to yourself in the morning, but if experiencing dawn on the beach is not your idea of fun, Weiss has some lunch picnic suggestions, as well. [Read more →]