We know what you're thinking. Admission to the festival costs more than you make in a month. Maybe in six months. Still, the Naples Winter Wine Festival is the biggest social and charitable event of the vaunted Naples season. The real reason for all the hoopla, organizers remind us, is raising money for Collier County children's charities.
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar: 7956 Gateway East, $$, 598-7006. Chase a warm batch of spicy buffalo wings with the steak-and-riblet platter. Bennigan's: 10497 Gateway West, $-$$$, 592-7200. Featuring the world-famous Monte Cristo sandwich, fried and served with raspberry preserves.
Italian winemaker Marco Caprai saw the potential and crafted the first Sagrantinos that were actually drinkable. Before 2006 gets any further away, here are a few reflections on what turned out to be a very good year.
Eat This! is a list of recommended restaurants based on reviews by current and former CityLife critics. If you know of an establishment worthy of inclusion, contact A&E Editor Mike Prevatt at 702-871-6780 ext. 395 or mprevatt@lvcitylife.com . Restaurants occasionally switch locations or close on short notice, so please call before visiting.
Afghan Afghani House. 1103 El Camino Real (just past Lawrence Expressway), Sunnyvale; (408) 248-5088. Quiet, dignified, attractive -- and yet, a good bet for school-age kids. Have them try aush, a noodle soup, and buranee-e-kadu, sauteed butternut squash, or one of many rice dishes. Wonderful lamb -- kebabs, chops and ribs. Aushak are delicious dumplings in yogurt and meat sauce. Lunch weekdays, ...
Most wine consumers who peruse store shelves in search of bargains have probably tried a Chilean wine -- cabernet, most likely, or perhaps chardonnay or sauvignon blanc. But there's a less-familiar grape that is Chile's special contribution to the wine world: carmenere.
Each week, a Triangle wine shop recommends wines in three price ranges: under $10, $10 to $20 and more than $20. Wines mentioned are available locally; prices are suggested retail.
Raise a full glass to toast the 40th year of Robert Mondavi's landmark winery in the Napa Valley, where the founder has preached the gospel of American winemaking and California wine-country tourism to a once-skeptical world.
