Beachwood Pizza & Beer is honoring a late pioneering chef known as the father of Wine Country cuisine by taking inspiration directly from one of his cookbooks to create a temporary menu at its Hunting Beach location .

The award-winning brewery and restaurant will be adding three new dishes to its menu from Oct. 23-Nov. 2 that include a pizza, a chicken pasta dish and a peach dessert, all inspired by the iconic cookbook “From Earth to Table,” which was written 30 years ago by the late Chef John Ash, who passed away at the age of 83 in August.

Ash was known as an early proponent of sustainable cooking using local, seasonal ingredients and the wines of Sonoma County. He also founded the restaurant John Ash & Co.

“He was a man who used items that were in season all the time, and he real

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