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Sasha Paulsen articles
October 27th, 2009
Lonely Planet seeks out 'Extreme Cuisine'What’s for dinner?
October 20th, 2009
An olive oil experience at the Villa CampestriThe Villa Campestri, high in the hills of Tuscany, is more than a luxurious and historic hotel: It is also the world’s first “olive oil resort.”
In a Tuscan kitchenFrom the terrace at the Villa Campestri, high on a Tuscan hillside, the view is of sweeping grounds filled with fig and cypress trees, grape arbors and olive groves. Beyond an ancient Etruscan wall is the Mugello Valley, filled with as much history as beauty. From this valley the Medici family headed to nearby Florence to make their banking fortune; yet many of the Medicis,like the illustrious Cosimo and Lorenzo the Magnificent, returned often to their retreats in the Mugello.
October 19th, 2009
Curls for the cureEverything was coming up pink at Saffron on Thursday: pink lemonade and M&Ms, pink balloons and wristbands, pink jewelry and chocolates wrapped in pink foil. The women who work at the Napa salon were all wearing pink, as well.
May 23rd, 2009
Napa High singers take top California honors - againOf all the times the Napa High singers have brought home the gold from the California Golden State High School Invitational Choral Competition, “this time was the sweetest,” Travis Rogers said.
April 11th, 2009
NV museum dodges evictionThe Napa Valley Museum has received an eviction notice, but it is unlikely it will have to leave its Yountville home anytime soon.
December 13th, 2008
Copia CEO resigns amid bankruptcyGarry McGuire, the interim president of embattled Copia, quietly resigned his position Dec. 5 at 5 p.m.
December 3rd, 2008
Reflections on 'a brilliant concept, created by a giant'Copia “isn’t only brick and mortar,” said Margrit Mondavi, as she reflected on the latest news about Napa’s shuttered, dark and bankrupt center for food, wine and the arts.
The big breakdownCopia, downtown Napa’s struggling center for wine, food and the arts, has assets worth between $10 million and $50 million and liabilities of $50 million to $100 million, according to documents filed Monday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Santa Rosa.
November 23rd, 2008
Copia closes without warningWithout warning, Copia — Napa’s cash-strapped wine, food and arts center — shuttered its doors Friday afternoon.
October 14th, 2008
Full of BeansSteve Sando was breathless. He’d just come from speaking to the staff of Per Se, Thomas Keller’s three-Michelin-star East Coast eatery. “They gave me a standing ovation,” he reported.
August 20th, 2008
Yeager at CopiaCopia has been quiet these last few months as it undergoes extensive changes under the leadership of its new director, Garry McGuire. Some rumors had it that the arts component of the American Center for Food, Wine and the Arts had been deleted.
August 12th, 2008
The welcome return of Juju’s Mediterranean specialtiesTo walk into Juju’s Mediterranean Kitchen is one of those adventures where you stumble onto something that is, well, real — if you were in a foreign country, you’d know this is where locals go; either that or you’ve accidentally opened the door and walked into someone’s home.
August 8th, 2008
The sleeping beauty wineryThis is a ghost winery with a ghost. Its strange and lurid past includes a murder and a stint as a perlite factory.
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