{"id":786084,"date":"2012-06-30T19:34:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T19:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=786084"},"modified":"2012-08-03T16:43:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T16:43:22","slug":"culinary-tour-in-napa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2012\/06\/30\/culinary-tour-in-napa\/","title":{"rendered":"Culinary Tour in Napa"},"content":{"rendered":"

A super fun day was had! \u00a0Two of my good buddies, Crystal and Kristine, joined me for a Gourmet Walks<\/a> culinary tour of downtown Napa.<\/p>\n

First stop was the\u00a0Oxbow Public Market<\/a>. \u00a0This is a fantastic spot that offers a variety of culinary delights. \u00a0We were slightly late and missed the coffee tasting at Ritual Coffee Roasters. \u00a0We did make it for the artisan cheese tasting from the Oxbow Cheese Merchant<\/a>.
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Crystal and Kristine
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Next stop, a breakfast burrito at C Casa<\/a>. \u00a0The owner came out and introduced herself. \u00a0It was a nice touch.
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Next stop was an olive oil tasting at The Olive Press<\/a>. \u00a0Who knew there would be so many different kind of olive oils. \u00a0Not to mention fruit infused olive oils, and all the balsamic vinegars. (Little piece of trivia: \u00a0When my friend, Heidi, visited from Washington, a few years ago, we stopped by the Jacuzzi winery in Sonoma. \u00a0This is where The Olive Press makes their olive oil. \u00a0The Jacuzzi wine family is the same family that invented…wait for it<\/em>…
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A short walk from the market led us to a charcuterie called ‘The Fatted Calf’<\/a>. We enjoyed a plate of handmade charcuterie. \u00a0The pate was insanely good.
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Next door is the Model Bakery<\/a>. \u00a0 They have a famous english muffin that is so popular, you can only buy six at a time.
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Heading across the river, we stopped at a restaurant called Fish Story<\/a>. \u00a0Here, we had a beer tasting, one from a distributor and one they made there. \u00a0We also had yummy tuna ceviche with yucca(?) chips.<\/p>\n

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We then walked to a chocolate shop called, Annette’s Chocolates<\/a>. \u00a0They were kind to give us a back stage pass and show us how their candy is made. \u00a0They also gifted us a variety of yummy samples…<\/p>\n

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Making peanut brittle…
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Final stop was to a boutique wine shop for a terrific tasting of area wines. \u00a0The Vintner’s Collective<\/a>
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The tour was over and we walked back to the Oxbow Market. \u00a0Kristine introduced us to an amazing ice cream from the Three Twins Ice Cream.<\/a>\u00a0 They make a lemon cookie ice cream that is off the charts incredible. \u00a0It’s worth going to Napa just for that!<\/p>\n

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A super fun day was had! \u00a0Two of my good buddies, Crystal and Kristine, joined me for a Gourmet Walks culinary tour of downtown Napa. First stop was the\u00a0Oxbow Public Market. \u00a0This is a fantastic spot that offers a variety of culinary delights. \u00a0We were slightly late and missed the coffee tasting at Ritual Coffee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-786084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thisnthat"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786084"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786117,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786084\/revisions\/786117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}