tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74405626326656488332024-03-13T03:22:52.099-07:00Welcome to Helena's Kitchen"The answer is yes, you can trust a skinny chef"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10313tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440562632665648833.post-5782183374437111712014-11-30T20:03:00.001-08:002014-11-30T20:03:46.780-08:00Helena Gustavsson-Giesea resurfaces at Santa Rosa’s Station 1870<br />
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<span style="background-color: #660000;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;">Chef</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;"> </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;">Helena Gustavsson-Giesea</strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;">is back in business, running the kitchen at</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;"> </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;">Station 1870</strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;">in downtown Santa Rosa. The last time we saw her, she was</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;"> </span><a href="http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2013/12/06/whitetail-winebar-unveils-helenas-kitchen-in-guerneville/" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 12.4800004959106px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">cooking at Whitetail Winebar</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;">in Guerneville, but she departed a while before the bar</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;"> </span><a href="http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2014/05/14/whitetail-winebar-closes-in-guerneville/" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 12.4800004959106px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">closed in May</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #660000;"><span style="color: white;">Now, she offering a similar experience at the wine bar and live music lounge on Fourth Street in Railroad Square. The idea is small bites like duck tacos with tropical salsa and cotija cheese (three for $15), butter baked pancetta crusted oysters (three for $9) or her signature meatball trio made with shrimp, turkey and beef ($12).</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000;"><span style="color: white;">There are also weekly three-course specials ($20 / paired with wines $35). This week, for example, guests can get onion soup, pink peppercorn pork with quinoa squash, and a lemon tart (you can see the entire menu <a href="http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/files/2014/11/station-1870-menu.pdf" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">here</a>).</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #660000;"><span style="color: white;">Other specials play off Gustavsson-Giesea’s Swedish heritage, such as a meal of cream of winter vegetable soup, Swedish meatballs with cranberry rice, and chocolate cherry bread pudding with green tea custard sauce.</span></span></div>
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<strong style="background-color: #660000; line-height: 12.4800004959106px;"><span style="color: white;">Station 1870: 123 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa; (707) 623-9619 or <a href="http://www.station1870.com/" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">station1870.com</a>.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: #444444;">"Thank you James for including me in your article" ~ Chef Helena</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Sweden’s leading wine club, Munskänkarna, has chosen Sonoma County, along with Napa Valley, as their wine region of the year in 2014. Throughout 2014, Munskänkarna will host tastings and seminars for its 23,500 members, as well as publish articles in its consumer magazine, focusing on wines from our region. Sonoma County follows up Porto in 2013, and Chianti Classico in 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The nation that hosts the Nobel Prize for literature is surely a nation of discerning, literate citizens. But did you know many Swedes take wine as seriously literature, architecture, and design? Although Sweden produces virtually no grape wine of its own, Munskänkarna pursues the study and appreciation of wine with both passion and precision.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">“We are thrilled to receive this recognition and host Munskänkarna this week in Sonoma County,” said Comfort, in a press release announcing the event. “We relish the opportunity to show them our range of high-quality wines, stunning natural beauty, and connect them with our winegrowers and winemakers who are so passionate about producing wine in this special place.” (Photo Munskänkarna by George Rose).</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">At Kunde Estate, Sundkvist said that the occasion had particular significance for her personally, bringing her full circle on a journey of wine discovery, because the first wine she ever tasted was a Sonoma County wine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">What is a Munskänkarna? It’s literally a “cup-bearer,” but Sundkvist said that it loosely translates to mean, “A person who really enjoys wine!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">In the sumptuously wood-paneled meeting room at Kunde’s Hill House, a delegation of Munskänkarna board members sat down to take in four flights of wine and a presentation of the geological, climatic and historical foundations of Sonoma County Wine Country.</span></div>
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<img alt="" class="media-image" height="200" src="http://cdn.sonomacounty.com/sites/default/master/files/styles/large/public/PHOTO_utdeln_sonoma3.jpg?itok=euafENYe" style="border: 0px; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" typeof="foaf:Image" width="288" /><span style="color: white;">The members’ discipline — most of them! — in refraining from swirling, sniffing, or sipping any of the tantalizing wines before them, throughout a discussion of plate tectonics, was notable.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">A panel of winemakers introduced Sonoma County Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, and Petite Sirah. La Crema’s Elizabeth Grant-Douglas presented the Pinot Noir flight with vim and verve, inspiring me to seek out one of the wines selected for the Munskänkarna delegation’s tasting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Scheduled for release in April, <a href="http://www.sonomacounty.com/wineries/red-car-wine" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Red Car Wine</a>’s 2012 “Heaven & Earth” Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir ($68) is grown in the coastal Bohemian Station Vineyards near Freestone. It’s got a teasing, dusty sandalwood incense aroma, with cool cherry fruit and a slice of cherry fruit leather. Flavors remain in the cool category of cranberry and cherry, while the spicy, chewy palate sensation is on the warm side. The contrast makes a pleasing wine, better with the right earthy food.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">I took the food pairing question to one of Sonoma County’s most preeminent Swedes — at least, that’s what I think when I find myself at a lunch or dinner prepared by Helena Gustavsson Giesea.<a href="http://www.helenaskitchen.com/" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Chef Helena</a>, a native of Sweden, seems to always subtly transform her Wine Country cuisine with a bit of earthy, Scandinavian magic. Chef Helena came up with an intriguing entrée.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Recipe: Biff a la Lindström and Creamy Potatoes with Feta Cheese</span></h4>
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<span style="color: white;">4 portions</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Directions for Biff:</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Mix all ingredients until evenly blended, without over mixing. Make 4 large patties or 8 smaller ones. Fry in butter mixed with a little vegetable oil on medium hear 4-5 minutes per side or until nicely colored.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Directions for Creamy Potatoes with Feta Cheese:</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Peel and quarter potatoes. Cover with cold water, add a pinch of salt and simmer until soft enough to mash. Mash with butter. Whip up with milk and nutmeg until light and fluffy, add more milk if needed. Fold in cheese and taste off with salt and pepper.</span></div>
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