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The Long Silence: Thirteen Dry Years, and the Thirty-Two That Followed
Prohibition wasn't a thirteen-year interruption for Southern California wine. It was the beginning of a thirty-two-year erasure. The industry appeared…
Jul 8
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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Consider the Oyster. The Reading Series Begins.
MFK Fisher wrote Consider the Oyster in 1941. She ate alone, she ordered what she wanted, and she told nobody about it until she wrote it down. That was…
Jul 5
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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Spinach Salad with Smoked Bacon, Fresh Berries and Goat Cheese
Smoked bacon, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, nectarine, goat cheese, toasted almonds, and a balsamic shallot vinaigrette. A summer spinach…
Jul 4
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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June 2026
What the Freeway Buried: The Pride of Cucamonga
In 1942, my great-grandfather Thomas Tatton was a carpenter at the Padre Vineyard Company in Cucamonga. The winery held California Bonded Winery License…
Jun 28
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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What the Valley Taught Me
WSET Diploma exams back to back, a citrus salad I will never forget at Robert Mondavi Winery, Inglenook's grand staircase, Walt Wines leaving the light…
Jun 21
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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While I'm Away
I'm on the road this week. Before I left, I quietly published three new recipes. Consider this your invitation.
Jun 14
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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Exams, Open Roads, and a Week in Wine Country
Flying into Napa for WSET Diploma exams, then driving to Carmel and San Luis Obispo for family celebrations. First stop after the tests: the newly…
Jun 7
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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Clara's Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Clara Weidman Baker's recipe box held a lot of wisdom in a small space. Her oatmeal cookies held the cloves. Chewy, spiced, and made exactly the way she…
Jun 1
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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May 2026
Raspberry Sorbet
Five ingredients, an ice cream maker, and under an hour. Homemade raspberry sorbet that's dairy-free, gluten-free, and good for a month. Part of a…
May 30
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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Before Napa, Los Angeles Was the Wine Capital
In 1857, Los Angeles produced 91% of California's wine. Sonoma was just beginning. Napa, hardly at all. This is the story of the City of Vines — and the…
May 28
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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Tarantula
I pulled back the shower curtain and jumped. Is that a tarantula? An essay about Archie, the desert, wine tests, and black and tan brownies.
May 24
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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Clara's Fudgy Double Dark Chocolate Brownies
Rich, fudgy double dark chocolate brownies made with Dutch-processed cocoa and dark chocolate chips. A heritage recipe adapted from a grandmother's…
May 24
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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