Sunset back issues from November 2004:
The main event.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Thanksgiving)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2004; ... True confession: I have never made a Thanksgiving turkey. Though I've made my share of pumpkin pies and side dishes, I've always been lucky enough to be invited to celebrations where someone else was master of the main event. My grandmother, Ila, used to start at dawn, wrestling ...
Outdoor living room.(LETTERS FROM OUR READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Nov 01, 2004; ... For the last two years, I've been clipping articles and pictures from Sunset for inspiration and ideas in designing a backyard makeover. Your articles on alfresco dining rooms, outdoor kitchens and fireplaces, and tropical retreats were all fantastic resources. The Best of Sunset Outdoor ...
Portland's Pearl shines.(LETTERS FROM OUR READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Nov 01, 2004; ... I've been a Sunset subscriber "for over 25 years," as my address label says each month. I've also been a gardener for all those years and always harbored a secret wish that someday one of you folks would discover my garden and say, "We must have it in our magazine." Well, it never ...
Bridge's sentimental meaning.(LETTERS FROM OUR READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Re: "River Town Rising" or "River Town" (September, page varies, all editions except Northwest). Sundial Bridge has special meaning for my family. As Redding's city-planning director in the mid-1960s, my father, Bob Keyes, fought hard to ...
A lake to love.(LETTERS FROM OUR READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Nov 01, 2004; ... We really enjoyed Steven R. Lorton's article "A Lake to Love" (September, page 31, Northwest edition). We agree with him that September is the best time of year to experience Lake Washington. It was in September 1977, ...
Email leads to "perfect" patio.(LETTERS FROM OUR READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Nov 01, 2004; ... The "Instant Patio" project came as a link in your email newsletter. My husband, Greg, and I finished it in two Saturdays. It's now the perfect spot to enjoy our morning coffee. LILLIAN MENDIBLES TUCSON EDITOR'S NOTE: The patio project is posted on our ...
Your guide to the West.(INSIDE SUNSET)
Nov 01, 2004 ... * We publish five regional editions (your region is identified on the table of contents) to provide local garden and travel information. To receive a different edition, please contact customer service (see below). [GRAPHIC OMITTED] * When offering garden advice, we ...
Sonoma, CA: garden gallery.(WINDOW ON THE WEST)(Cornerstone Gardens)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... When is a garden a work of art? "When it challenges our precepts of what a garden is and can be," says Chris Hougie, the force behind Cornerstone Festival of Gardens, a new 9-acre gallery of landscapes in the Sonoma Valley. The first of their kind in the United States, the gardens are a ...
Tour: fort night.(WHAT'S NEW FOR NOVEMBER)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... The edifice of Fort Point, the only brick fortress on the West Coast, casts an imposing shadow at the mouth of San Francisco Bay. Tour the 143-year-old structure's dark corridors and spiral stone staircase after sunset, your way lit only by wavering candles, and you'll jump at every bump ...
Spa: close shave.(WHAT'S NEW)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Unless you live in Mayberry, there's a pretty good chance your local barber has been replaced with a froufrou salon. As a result, the good old-fashioned straightedge men's shave has been nearly wiped out. That's why the opening of the Art of Shaving's first West Coast barber spa, in ...
Decorating: fall table.(WHAT'S NEW)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Bring a little fall indoors with this low centerpiece. Arrange bare twigs and leaves on your tablecloth as desired. One by one, secure each leaf to the tablecloth ...
Pairing: wine with oysters.(WHAT'S NEW)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Finding wines that pair delectably with oysters isn't easy, so Jon Rowley, a Seattle-based seafood expert, has led tasting competitions for the last 10 years. This year, more than 150 Pacific Coast wines were blind-judged alongside Kumamoto oysters by food and wine experts in Los Angeles, ...
Ingredient: Oregon truffles.(WHAT'S NEW)(Oregon White Truffles)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... White truffles are divine, but hefty prices are not, so why not nuzzle out the fabulous fungus growing right under our noses? Daniel Wheeler of Oregon White Truffles has been developing truffles in northern Oregon since 1986. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Considering the ...
Shopping: bargain Asian.(WHAT'S NEW)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Trendy stores are full of Asian accessories, but we found the same items for a lot less at import stores. While some of these places may not be as glitzy or conveniently located, the savings--and the fun of a scavenger hunt--make a visit worth the effort. Check out how much we saved ...
Produce: purple potato.(WHAT'S NEW)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... There's a surprise hiding underneath the pale skin of Hawaiian (or Okinawan) sweet potatoes. Cut one open and you'll find the flesh is purple; when cooked, the color deepens. It's believed that early Japanese settlers first brought these potatoes to the Islands and used them as a staple in ...
Vegas hits the jackpot: the city's new restaurants offer a big payout.(DINING)(Bradley Odgen)(Diego)(Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill)(Seablue)(Shibuya)(Bouchon)(Restaurant Review)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Dining in Las Vegas has been moving from buffet to gourmet for at least a decade, but with the latest round of restaurants, it's vying to become the country's culinary capital. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Westerners can attribute much of this to their own good taste: The ...
Yearning for yarn: knit holiday gifts at these San Francisco shops.(THINGS TO DO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... "Please touch" seems to be the rule when you enter a yarn store. It's like a petting zoo--faces are buried in fuzzy things, and exclamations of "so soft!" and "so sweet!" are bantered about. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Yarn's sensory appeal is only one of the reasons ...
Tasty retreat: the Park Chalet serves satisfying food near Golden Gate Park.(THINGS TO DO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA)(Restaurant Review)
Nov 01, 2004; ... The first time you step into the Park Chalet Garden Restaurant, you feel like Bill Murray hobnobbing with the country club set in Caddyshack. The stone fireplace, the skylights, the wide views out to the lawn fronting Golden Gate Park--they all make you worry some club bouncer is going to ...
Five great ... San Francisco kitchenware stores.(THINGS TO DO IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA)(Brief Article)(Directory)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Cookin'. From blenders to eggbeaters, it's all here, somewhere, in Judith Kaminsky's deliciously jumbled secondhand-cookware store. In a former life, Kaminsky taught English lit; if Shakespeare came in here, he'd proclaim, "All the world's a kitchen." Closed Mon. 339 Divisadero St.; ...
See Jane eat: retro West Portal is San Francisco's top spot for dinner and a movie.(NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DAY TRIP)(Directory)
Nov 01, 2004; ... "This is a real neighborhood," my friend Mark said as we made our way from the coffee shop to the movie theater one evening in West Portal, on San Francisco's southwest side. "It's so Dick and Jane." While there are a few reminders along West Portal Avenue that we have entered ...
Seaside savings: in winter, enjoy the Mendocino coast at its least expensive.(VALUE VACATION)
Nov 01, 2004; ... My grandmother lives in the frigid Midwest, so I wanted to treat her to a California getaway as a winter splurge. But with holidays approaching, I was watching my budget. The Mendocino coast was the perfect solution. The town of Mendocino, 150 miles north of San Francisco, is lined with ...
Natural survivors: rainfall alone waters these dry-climate beauties.(SOLUTION)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Anni Jensen's garden in suburban Richmond, California, doesn't have a lawn or foundation shrubs like other gardens in her neighborhood. Instead, it's filled with native and Mediterranean plants that put out an eye-popping show of blooms in spring, fed almost entirely by rainwater. Shrubs, ...
Perfectly made beds: how to shape, plant, and edge them.(DESIGN)
Nov 01, 2004; ... LaMina Smith puts together garden beds with the flair of a fashion designer. She has six of them in her garden in La Selva Beach near Santa Cruz, California--some filled with flowers, others with foliage plants. "I'm not a perfectionist," she's quick to point out. "Just an amateur gardener ...
Easy-care tapestry: tough, unthirsty plantings thrive in this Carmel garden.(NORTHERN CALIFORNIA STYLE)(Design by Claire Dungan)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Claire Dungan's Mediterranean garden in Carmel is well orchestrated for color and texture. It's also a solution for a difficult site where water is precious and deer visit regularly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dungan, a garden designer, found the chalky soil so hard, she ...
Events.(Classes and plant sales)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
Nov 01, 2004 ... PALO ALTO, NOV 20 "Introduction to Permaculture" and "Permaculture and the Home Garden." Learn the basics in two classes taught by Brock Dolman, director of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center's Water Institute and Permaculture Program. 10:30-12:30 and 1:30-3:30, ...
Bookshelf.(NORTHERN CALIFORNIA STYLE)(Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates of the San Francisco Bay Region)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Arid ideas. If you're looking for inspiration for your fall planting, check out a new book, Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates of the San Francisco Bay Region (East Bay Municipal Utility District, 2004; $35). Glossy color photographs by Saxon Holt, who also contributes to ...
Color solution.(NORTHERN CALIFORNIA STYLE)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... When faced with a landscaping problem that's costly to correct, try thinking of the irritant as an asset. Take the prominent but formerly unattractive wood fence enclosing Georgia and Benny Barnes's property, for instance. Rather than removing the fence, which would have been quite ...
Strawberry tree.(NORTHERN CALIFORNIA STYLE)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... The common name for Arbutus unedo comes from the puffy red berries that bedeck this evergreen during fall and winter. The fruit, which is edible but usually bland in flavor, appears at the same time as small, urn-shaped flowers. The dark green leaves and peeling red-brown bark are also ...
What to do in your garden in November.(NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHECKLIST)(Calendar)
Nov 01, 2004; ... PLANTING * Annuals. Sunset climate zones 7-9, 14-17: To make sure cool-season annuals become well established before cold weather sets in, get them in the ground before the end of the month. If planted too late, they just sit and pout until spring. From sixpacks, try calendula, ...
Versatile boxwood: fresh ways to use a favorite hedge plant.(TREND)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Boxwood has a mixed reputation in the gardening world--a bit too formal for some gardeners, obliging and versatile to others. "It's a great structural element to play off looser plants," says landscape designer Freeland Tanner of Yountville, California. Like other garden designers these ...
Tank farm.(SMALL SPACE)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... When horticulturist and landscape designer Greg Corman moved into a new Tucson home, he seized the opportunity to create a carefree vegetable garden that would take up little space while yielding abundant produce. Corman hit the bull's-eye by turning galvanized steel livestock-watering ...
First in a series: in building and product design, we must think green; The notion that buildings can benefit both people and the environment is gaining influence.(SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE)(Advertisement)
Nov 01, 2004; ... There's an old saying in the environmental movement: Think globally, act locally. That is, keep the planet's needs and processes in mind, and take action in your own community to help those processes continue and thrive. But what if we thought galactically and acted molecularly? ...
Dining rooms: forget formal--the new focus is on casual style.(DECORATING)
Nov 01, 2004; ... A few years ago, the dining room was headed for extinction, as many people favored family rooms with eat-in kitchens over more formal spaces. But the popularity of at home entertaining has generated a renewed appreciation for the dining room, though in a different form. Today's ...
Warm and modern: a Washington family builds a contemporary home with comfort in mind.(DESIGN)(Lane Williams Architects)
Nov 01, 2004; ... What makes the Kaneko family's house such a successful home? "The spaces are large enough to be flexible but small enough to be comfortable," explains Lane Williams, the Seattle architect who designed the home for Steve and Gail Kaneko and their two kids, 7-year-old Maya and 4-year-old ...
Tudor update: an old house is revived inside and outside.(BEFORE AND AFTER)(William Hefner Architecture and Interiors)
Nov 01, 2004; ... The remodel of this 1926 Tudor-style cottage in Los Angeles would have given the most stouthearted remodeling junkie pause. "The house had been unoccupied for seven years," says architect-owner William Hefner. "The roof was leaking, and it had termites." But the house was on a nice lot in ...
Sheet chic: simple bedding styles are bringing linens out from undercover.(TREND)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... More tailored bedding styles that downplay decorative pillows and shams are making the once humble sheet more visible than ever. This decorating approach is less expensive to pull together, making the most of small but punchy design elements. So instead of changing your bedding to suit the ...
Wine storage.(SOLUTION)(Brief Article)
Nov 01, 2004; ... During the holidays, when you need to stash a few more bottles of bubbly than usual, storage suddenly becomes a priority. Choices in wine racks range from simple variations on the wine crate to hutchlike cabinets for 24 or more bottles to elaborate wall systems designed to hold hundreds ....
Inspired holidays.(SPECIAL SECTION)
Nov 01, 2004 ... Make your celebrations even more memorable this season with our party entrees, innovative ...
Go slow: leisurely cooking makes a melt-in-your-mouth meal.(ENTERTAINING)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Mediterranean cooking expert Paula Wolfert takes it easy when she entertains. Her meals are not a blur of speed and anxiety but a measured cadence where food cooks unattended--often for hours--slowly and surely, retaining a succulence that's often forfeited in fast, high-heat cooking ...
Add some sparkle: easy touches that will make any party shine.(STYLE)
Nov 01, 2004; ... The first rule of holiday food is that it should be delicious, but when it comes to a party, a little glamour is in order. Luckily, beautiful presentation doesn't mean fuss or frills. Less is more when you're dressing up holiday party food, so stick to a few elegant touches ....
Savory spread: salt cod brandade makes a comeback.(APPETIZER)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Humble old dishes have a way of coming back with glory. Salt cod brandade, a homey blend of preserved cod and creamy mashed potatoes, traditional in southern Europe, is showing up on French-leaning restaurant menus all over. And the dried salt cod itself is readily available in Italian ...
Pasta paella: put a new spin on a one-pan Spanish dinner.(WEEKNIGHT)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Paella is one of Spain's great one-pan dishes, but in its best-known form, it's too much work for a quick weeknight supper. A lesser-known version, however, uses thin pasta instead of rice. It's a Spanish classic too, with a different character. And it's much quicker to make. Just brown ...
Favorite holiday dishes: recipes from our readers, tested in Sunset's kitchen.(READER RECIPES)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Cranberry Port Sauce THERESA LIU, ALAMEDA, CA The combination of cranberries, orange, and Port in this easy sauce makes a wonderful accompaniment for pork, duck, and turkey, writes Theresa Liu. PREP AND COOK TIME: About 15 minutes MAKES: About ...
Party wraps: give cannelloni a simple new twist with Asian egg roll wrappers.(STEP-BY-STEP)
Nov 01, 2004; ... When I first started entertaining, casseroles were a mainstay. They weren't always easy to assemble, but the payoff came later--you could pop them into the oven, charm your guests, then pull the steaming dish out and serve dinner within minutes. Casseroles still have this advantage--and, ...
Holiday polenta: dress up this simple dish for any celebration.(TASTES OF THE WEST)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Polenta--onetime food of peasants--now consorts with the grandest roast meats on restaurant menus. Chefs here in the West are putting delicious spins on the dish, giving it great holiday potential. A simply flavored, soft polenta laced with cheese is an appealing supper to come home to ...
Quick study: Walla Walla wines are earning high marks.(WINE GUIDE)
Nov 01, 2004; ... A three-college, Pleasantville prototype of a town, Walla Walla, Washington, anchors a wine-growing region in the southeast corner of the state. Clearly, students there are doing their homework, since this appellation, just 20 years old, is producing some outstanding wines: structured ...
Upside-down cakes: now they have fresh fruit--and they're simpler to make.(NEW CLASSIC)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Easy enough for everyday treats and pretty enough for company, upside-down cakes are an unbeatable dessert for the holidays. Especially when they're accompanied by ice cream or whipped cream. In our new variations, we use fresh fruit rather than canned. And instead of cooking ...
Perfect turkey: how to cook the classic Thanksgiving dinner.(GETTING STARTED)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Pumpkins and pilgrims aside, a beautifully browned roast turkey is what Thanksgiving is all about. We've tested a mind-boggling number of variations in our kitchen, but we still love a simple, butter-glazed bird. Here's how we produce it, as well as classic gravy. Follow the chart at right ...
A Southwest Thanksgiving: Denver chef Sean Yontz cooks a feast that draws on his family roots.(Cover Story)
Nov 01, 2004; ... When Sean Yontz was growing up, holidays were all about food in his large Hispanic family. "Everybody got together at my grandmother's house for an enormous meal: posole, menudo, tamales," he says. "My mother brought her special green beans; my aunt brought her special salad." ...
Inspired by nature: when designing for indoors, a renowned style setter looks outdoors.(Alta Tingle)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Plants, colors, textures, light: Not the usual stock-in-trade of a home store, but then Alta Tingle is not your usual store owner. Twenty years ago, Tingle, a former landscape designer, opened the Gardener in Berkeley, California. It's a store where every item is inspired by nature, ...
Road to enchantment; Santa Fe, Taos, ancient wonders, and sublime food: take the ultimate drive around New Mexico.(SUNSET GRAND TOUR)
Nov 01, 2004; ... Always take the backroad. It's the smart traveler's truism everywhere, but nowhere will it work magic more reliably than in New Mexico. Set your course with all the certainty of a cottonwood leaf surfing an autumn breeze, pack a thick road atlas so you won't get irretrievably lost, and ...
The directory.(SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION)(Advertisement)
Nov 01, 2004 ... "The Art of Sunset" Poster The first 100 readers who request information from our advertisers featured in THE DIRECTORY will receive "The Art of Sunset" poster FREE. This large (24" by 36"), beautiful poster features historic covers from Sunset magazines dated 1898-1934. We hope ...
Craig and his list.(WESTERN WANDERINGS)(Craig Newmark and www.craigslist.org)
Nov 01, 2004; ... My friend Fred wasn't looking for a saxophone case. But during his daily cruise of the For Sale Musical Instruments board on Craigslist, there it was: a baritone sax case, near-new, one-third off retail. Emails were exchanged; Fred met the owner in a parking lot, bought the case, and had a ...