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https://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/Poetry-in-a-Bottle-Forget-wine-Napa-Valley-s-2762703.php

https://napavalleyregister.com/lifestyles/cindy-pawlcyn-has-just-released-her-second-cookbook-from-valley-favorite-mustards-grill/article_0fe479b5-fe23-5204-8da9-d7dbd322c6f0.html

Murdo Laird

Her home in the hills above the Napa Valley was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine in 2009. It included a 1-1/2 acre fruit and vegetable garden, a swimming pool, a ceramic studio, plus a canvas walled guest cabin. The kitchen was the largest room in the remodeled home, and had lower than usual countertops because Pawlcyn is only 5'-2" tall. Her library of thousands of cookbooks occupied an entire room, with some volumes overflowing into her office.

The driver of the other car pleaded no contest to a charge of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. He had fallen asleep at the wheel, had been driving on a suspended license, and was sentenced to 60 days in jail followed by 120 days of home detention.

In April, 2014, Pawlcyn and her husband John Watanabe were injured in a head-on collision in the Carneros district between Napa and Sonoma. The driver of the other car had crossed the center divide of the highway. A four year old boy in the other car was killed and his mother was injured. Pawlcyn suffered 22 broken bones, was hospitalized for 15 days, and was confined to a wheelchair for months.

In the New York Times, food critic Eric Asimov wrote, "Cindy Pawlcyn has a talent for creating popular dining environments that meld satisfying, unchallenging food with just a bit of shtick."