Your insider s guide to Wine Country
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Takeout from Valette in Healdsburg included pumpkin soup, porchetta, ItsNotA’Snickers’ dessert plus soy-glazed mushrooms and steak tartare. (Heather Irwin / Sonoma Magazine)
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Pro tip: Pre-order family meals from restaurants like The Spinster Sisters in Santa Rosa. More family meals here. (Courtesy of The Spinster Sisters)
First, the good news: takeout is getting great
Pre-Christmas takeout meals are shaping up to be pretty spectacular this year. From roasted Mount Lassen Trout with creamed kale, five-spice carrots and olive-oil potatoes from the Girl and the Fig in Sonoma and Wagyu prime rib from Seared in Petaluma to cider-brined pork shoulder and apple strudel from Franchetti’s in Santa Rosa and Snake River Farms beef Wellington from Glen Ellen Star, all those little sugarplums and hunks of meat are dancing in our heads!