This year’s festival wrapped up with a community affair. Held at Oxbow, the Truffle Marketplace brought together many of Napa’s finest food purveyors and wineries in a casual affair with decidedly haute cuisine. The concept of the event was to bring together the local community—the market’s regular visitors could even purchase individual dishes a la [...]

Today the Truffle Festival was hosted by the Robert Mondavi Winery. The day began with a cooking demo by the incredibly dynamic and charming Chef Suzette Gresham of Acquerello restaurant in San Francisco. In addition to teaching us how to make a carpaccio, (a perfect dish for showcasing the delicate, earthy flavor of truffles), Suzette [...]

The main event of the Festival was the Truffles & Wine dinner prepared by a team of Michelin-starred chefs from across the country. Hosted by La Toque restaurant, the dinner had a great deal of build up. But if the kitchen felt the pressure, it didn’t show. The night began with elegant passed appetizers–one from [...]

Words cannot describe the decadent, one of a kind Napa-meets-bordello luncheon created for us and hosted by Raymond Vineyards‘ new owner, the ever-charming Jean Charles Boisset. But here it is in a snapshot, (yes, that’s the tank room we’re in-Baccarat chandelier and all!)  

The Napa Truffle Festival was created by American Truffle Company’s Robert Chang. As partner in one of America’s fastest growing truffle cultivators, Chang, as a part of this morning’s activities, offered an in-depth seminar with insight into what it would take to become a truffle farmer, (sounds like a pretty good career–as far as farming [...]

The truffle fest officially kicked off last night, Friday the 13th, with a warm welcome from Chef Ken Frank and La Toque. The restaurant treated event goers to a sampling of truffle-laced passed appetizers including, (my favorite) hot gougeres oozing truffle cheese. The lineup of complimentary wines were offered by Raymond and Mondavi, the two [...]

Truffles are well documented as one of the world’s finest aphrodisiacs. Although we know they’ve been held in regard as aphrodisiac since the times of ancient Greece and Rome, we don’t know the exact origin of their reputation. Today, its generally accepted that a large part of their allure is their rarity. Technically fungi with [...]

Over the Holidays, I stopped in Oxbow Public Market to pick up some goodies for my family and that short visit got me very fired up about the upcoming Truffle Festival. Oxbow is the location of the Truffle Festival Marketplace on Monday, January 16. Its also one of my favorite spots in Napa. The Public [...]