ARRIVAL IN AMERICA; EARLY 1900’s The Demostene family has a long history in Healdsburg, and in the wine industry. It began when Manuel Demostene and Abele Ferrari both arrived separately from Italy in the early 1900’s. Their paths had not yet crossed but time would show that their destinies are linked. Manuel Demostene moved to […]
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A Brief History of Coffee Grinders
Coffee beans were discovered around 900 A.D. and were first used as a beverage in Yemen. It is also where the coffee beans were first ground. Before we talk about the grinding, we need to step back and look at how coffee cherries were first turned into coffee beans. Coffee cherries were first picked from […]
French Cooking Through History
French cooking through history will take you back, not to the Deluge (the great floods), but to the time when France was owned by the Gauls. I believe you will find this gastronomical journey interesting and amusing. The present grandeur of France might be contested by some. The greatness of her cooking and her wit […]