Freelance writer specializing in food, nutrition, and education

Cheryl Sternman Rule

Everybody Must Get Stone Fruit

Everybody Must Get Stone Fruit

in the August 15, 2007 issue of Metro Silicon Valley

IF YOU THINK tastings are reserved for wine, think again. Attending a fruit tasting in the height of summer is one of the unsurpassed pleasures of life in Santa Clara Valley. Earlier this month I tasted 61 varieties of stone fruit at Andy’s Orchard (www.andysorchard.com) in Morgan Hill. Yes, 61. [more]


Restaurant Review: Ragoots

Restaurant Review: Ragoots

in the August 1, 2007 issue of Metro Silicon Valley

SAY you’ve lived in the same place for 20 years and were tired of leaving town to find the food you love. What do you do? Open your own restaurant and start serving it yourself. That’s what Colleene and Robert Isaacs, along with business partner Elaine Stoddard, did with Ragoots, their year-old cinnamon-and-honey-colored eatery in downtown Morgan Hill. [more]