Doris Muscatine writes on food, wine, and cultural history. Her articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers in the United States and abroad. Her books include "A Cook's Tour of San Francisco, A Cook's Tour of Rome, " and "Old San Francisco: The Biography of a City, " for which she received an Award of Merit from the city and county of San Francisco. She owns a vineyard in the Napa Valley and has beena home winemaker for a number of years. Maynard A. Amerine, Professor of Ecology Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, and currently a consultant to the Wine Institute, S...