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Chef Fall Recipe: Maine Lobster with Chanterelles, Fingerling Potatoes and Yuzu
With the arrival of every new season, our chef creates signature wine country recipes inspired by our garden and other seasonal ingredients. Two fall recipes, including Maine Lobster with Chanterelles,...
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Halloween party ideas: flowers, appetizers, cocktails, recipes
A month before John Jordan’s private Halloween bash, it’s time to create new appetizers and drink cocktails for the party menu. Todd and I always meet in the kitchen with our Sous Chef, Manuel, and...
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Thanksgiving recipe idea: roasted cauliflower with American caviar
If you’re looking for a festive way to dress up a vegetable side dish on your Thanksgiving table, Executive Chef Todd Knoll suggests Pan-Roasted Cauliflower and American Caviar. Florets of pan-roasted...
View ArticleChristmas gift ideas: best kitchen knives for home cooks and chefs
Trying to find great gift ideas for home cooks or burgeoning chefs? Chef Todd Knoll recommends three very different–and equally useful–kitchen knives this holiday season. When Chef Knoll suggested...
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Looking for a New Year’s Eve appetizer recipe? Try our Miso Crab
Our chef’s latest appetizer recipe, Dungeness Crab in Miso Vinaigrette with Micro Shiso, makes an ideal passed hors d’oeuvre for New Year’s Eve parties and cocktail receptions. Each umami-rich...
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A light, healthy recipe to celebrate spring: fava, tree blossom salad
The harbinger of spring on the Jordan Estate is the blossoming of our fruit trees. Our apple tree and fava bean blossoms inspired this light, healthy salad recipe to celebrate the new season. If you...
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Chef Knoll’s Hawaiian Tiradito recipe featured by Wine Enthusiast
Executive Chef Todd Knoll’s new Hawaiian Tiradito recipe is featured this month on Wine Enthusiast‘s website. This light, refreshing recipe is an homage to Chef Knoll’s childhood memories of Hawaii,...
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Some cheese with your wine? Fun tips from our chef
The cheese course is a staple on the Jordan table, both for our daily tours and tastings and guest meals. As a prelude to our next Viewers’ Choice Contest video on cheese and wine pairing at Jordan,...
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Viewers Choice Video #4: Pairing Cabernet and cheese at winery tastings
As part of our first Viewers Choice Video Contest, Cortney from Los Angeles requested a video about how we select the artisanal cheeses paired with Jordan Cabernet Sauvignons during our daily tours and...
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Dinner party ideas: a simple, fresh edible centerpiece from the garden
Summer is my favorite season because it makes throwing dinner parties so easy. Step into a garden or farmer’s market, and you have all the inspiration (and ingredients) you’ll need to entertain guests...
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Fall Recipe: Garden Fig Salad with Greens, Corn and Haricots Verts
In the Jordan kitchen, we always welcome the fall harvest season with our first basket of mission and kadota figs from the estate garden. One of our most-popular harvest lunch staples, Jordan’s Garden...
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Pumpkin desserts reinvented and other sweet recipes for the holidays
Executive Chef Todd Knoll has been on vacation for a few weeks, so we asked our baker extraordinaire, Cristina Valencia, to share some easy dessert recipe ideas for your Thanksgiving dinner table [...]
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Dungeness crab holiday dinner recipe to welcome crab season
Get your salt water ready. It’s time to boil. After almost two weeks of strikes, California fisherman finally struck a deal on pricing this week, and Dungeness crab is expected to arrive in markets...
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Holiday cookie recipe ideas and tips: French Macarons
Looking for new cookie recipes for your Christmas cookie exchange or holiday dinner party? We asked our estate baker, Cristina Valencia, to share one of her favorite cookie recipes this week, and she...
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Recipe: Roasted Leg of Lamb with Sumac Rub
Inspired by my wife’s Greek family heritage, this Roasted Leg of Lamb recipe makes for a fun, festive main course at a winter dinner party, with its warm spices and rich flavors. The sumac dry...
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Simple appetizer recipe: olive oil and citrus marinated goat cheese
When entertaining at home, one of my favorite appetizers to serve at dinner parties is aged goat cheese marinated with Jordan Extra Virgin Olive Oil, seasonal citrus, spices and fresh herbs. This...
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How to make dry rub pork shoulder for your summer parties
One of my favorite meals to cook for backyard parties during summer is a slow-roasted pork shoulder crusted in homemade dry rub. While you’re outside enjoying the weather with friends and family, your...
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Behind the scenes with food photographer Matt Armendariz
Photographer Matt Armendariz visited us recently to capture special moments for our 2013 edition of Estate Tales. Erin created a behind-the-scenes video of Matt’s three-day photo shoot, which Matt also...
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How to make pie crust video: flaky, delicious apple pie recipe
Our estate baker offers tips and techniques for making a delicious, flaky pie crust in this demonstration video. We hope this apple pie recipe makes its way into your kitchen this holiday season....
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New Year’s Eve party appetizer idea: Caviar Cups with Curried Cauliflower
If you’re looking for an elegant appetizer recipe to serve at a New Year’s Eve holiday dinner party, try our chef’s new Caviar Cups with Curried Cauliflower recipe. They have a festive presentation and...
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