Spotlight on Marti–Tour Guide
Marti Bommarito was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She began cooking at a very early age as the entire family–including her father–bonded by preparing dinner together regularly. She gained further inspiration from her watching her Sicilian grandmother make homemade sausage, bread, pasta and sauce from homegrown tomatoes and basil.  In the late 70s she lived la vie bohème in Paris, France, and later studied Italian and Italian Renaissance culture and language in Italy.  She graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University with a degree in Art History. Marti in the kitchen Marti attributes her adventuresome palate to the fact that she was “raised in a household where the only dinner-table rule was that you had to at least try everything before leaving the table. Cleaning your plate was not a requirement but disliking something that you had never…
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October 5, 2011
Drinking in the Dark
Our lovely Coaster Train Wine Tour today started off beautifully in a scenic north San Diego Village. We ate more than enough at our partner fine-dining Italian restaurant and learned all about wine tasting and the process of evaluating wine. Once full of delicious Italian fare, we strolled over to our first urban Winery and…
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September 9, 2011
Train Wine Tour
La Jolla Wine Tours, Train Tour, April 14, 2011 (Written by Marti Bommarito) An Oenophile Takes to the Rails I could sense that this was going to be an exceptional group to pass the time sharing good food, wine, and company. Four Brits, Elaine and Andrew, Romi and Matt; three Nebraskans, Shawn, Shelley and Mayra;…
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April 23, 2011