Saturday, November 21, 2009

Elizabeth McKinney at Cindy's: Happy Days



One of the highlights of my weekend in Napa Valley with the cousins was a meal at Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen in St. Helena. The menu looks simple enough, but Cindy Pawlcyn, best known for her Napa restaurant, Mustards Grill, breaks all the rules with nearly every dish she makes.

"Forget everything you've known about tamales," our waitress told us when we asked about this dish on the menu. She was right. [Big sigh] The meal was as refreshing and soul satifying as our day at Indian Springs spa.

And what is a good meal without fabulous art. Here's one artist work I fell in love with at Cindy's. I can't find anything about her on the web, but the staff told me he name is Elizabeth McKinney.

2 comments:

painted fish studio said...

i just love reading about heavenly meals like yours... and the art is great, too!

JaimeErin said...

The spelling of the artist is Elizabeth McKinne, here's her website: http://elizabethmckinne.com/index.html