Sip, Savor, & Experience Blog

Here you can read my latest thoughts and musings on recent sips, savors and experiences. The content has been organized by these three core passions. If you’d like to read about all of the above, simply scroll down and read on. To narrow your focus to any of the three categories alone, please click on the respective topic of interest above or in the menu.

Recipe: Smashed Potatoes with Smoked Trout

Smashed Potatoes with Smoked Trout

Recipe: Elk Kielbasa with Pomegranate

Recipe: Rhubarb Raspberry Polenta Cake

Rhubarb Raspberry Polenta Cake from Flavors Under the Big Sky by Stella Fong

Stella’s New Book: “Historic Restaurants of Billings”

Billings exploded when the railroad arrived, and good food was here to stay.

Lodi: Standing in the Sun

“Exquisite,” said the waitress with enthusiastic candor from behind the counter at Corner Scone Bakery in Lodi, California.

The Gems of Summer

While I have tasted wines and spirits side by side, I have never had the extraordinary opportunity to sit down and taste tomatoes organically tended to by two meticulous farmers.