Please The Palate

This past week was spent traveling around the Langhe in Piemonte, visiting wineries in Novello, one of the communes of Barolo, as well as the...

18 September, 2021

Who does not love the salty, crunchy taste of potato chips? Potato chips are the ultimate snack food but did you know that they can...

04 September, 2021

A visit to wine country these days is about experiences and I cannot stop thinking about the experience I had at Trefethen Winery in Napa....

24 July, 2021

This past week I took a trip up to Napa for a few days and as soon as I got off the plane, my friend...

17 July, 2021

I love wine and I love dark chocolate. But pairing dry wines with high quality dark chocolate is typically a faux paux. However, after enjoying...

10 July, 2021

Summer is here and it is time for fun and sun! Summer 2021 also marks the 10th anniversary of Please The Palate. It is hard...

09 July, 2021

Windmills, souvenir shops, and pastry shops line the streets of Solvang in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley. No other town in wine country...

06 July, 2021

During quarantine over the past year, lots of people started baking. While I found myself enjoying cooking, I did not catch the baking bug that...

03 July, 2021

They are colorful. They are vegan. They are quite tasty. They are plant-based rainbow burgers from Flower Burger and the Please The Palate pick of...

19 June, 2021

Now that life is starting to get back to a sense of normalcy, I took a walk to Sawtelle Blvd this week. The normally bustling...

24 April, 2021