Food Blog
Historic News: Restaurant 1833 Earns Nomination as James Beard Best New Restaurant
It's only appropriate that word come in the thick of Grammy-Oscar-award season. The imminently ambitious, thoroughly delicious, new standout taste landmark Restaurant 1833 (643-1833) has ...
Ellen Show Hip Hop Star Talks Lessons From America's Got Talent
Pacific Grove resident and master musician Carol Kuzdenyi touched off a viral YouTube video pandemic after her giggling niece caught the 63-year-old uncorking some pretty ...
Ten Late-breaking, Epicurean Ideas for Valentine's Day
So this is love: wild, forest floor flavor oozing from a fresh, housemade pasta pillow. OK, this is actually the wild mushroom ravioli at Stone ...
Grammy Winning Willie Nelson, Chipotle and Factory-Farmed Foods
Maybe the nicely designed animation caught your eye. Or the timeless timbre of Willie Nelson's voice caught your ear. Or the sound of him singing ...
Rich Pepe for Mayor, or at Least for My Favorite Restaurateur for Mayor
Say what you want about Rich Pepe, the Carmel restaurant magnate behind Little Napoli (626-PEPE), Vino Napoli Wine Bar (626-7373), Peppoli (647-7433), Vesuvio (626-7373), Carmel ...
How to Save Money to Spend It in Restaurants (and Help Save the Economy)
Tawra Kellam, editor of LivingOnADime.com, was spending a lot of time online chatting while pregnant with her first kid. She detected a pattern. "Everyone kept ...
Peeking Into Carmel Valley's Lokal, Its Menu and Its Future
As sexy as the reclaimed-wood-and-chalkboard-wall setting is, much of the excitement around about-to-be-open Lokal in Carmel can be found in the food. Both the ambiance ...
EcoFarm 2012: Notes from Thursday's Plenary
Apocalyptic visions are on Dave Henson's mind. Peak oil, biological collapse, widespread water crises, global warming evidenced by a rapidly shrinking California snowpack—Henson, founder and ...
Video Spotlight: Tasty Dametra Cafe Parties on in Carmel
How many places can you feed an appetite for spanakopita, salmon burgers and dancing between tables to oud music? It’s a daily discipline at Dametra ...
Manresa Dinner at Happy Girl Kitchen and Two Other Outstanding Events
Todd Champagne, fittingly enough, is a bubbly dude with some pop to his conscious preservation tactics. Player knows how to pickle. He'll speak at this ...
Babaloo Cuban Food Truck Earns National Cooking Channel Spotlight Tonight
Babaloo Cuban Food Truck (262-4150) is rolling big time. Its national television debut—and mine, caught fawning over the Lucy Lucy and Ricky Ricardo pressed sandwiches ...
Top Foodie Events for 2012: Save the Date, and Your Appetite
For a minute, the moist masses who have come to swear by the Big Sur Chanterelle Festival and Cook-off were trembling like candy caps in ...
Lobster Boils, Pastrami Feeds and a Liquor License for Mundaka
Mundaka (624-7400) already does a mean ambiance between the 40-minute perfect poached egg and papas bravas tapas, the big values on the wine list and ...
Cibo's New Happy Hour, Menu Items Merit a Peek
Downtown anchor Cibo Ristorante (649-8151) isn't known for its food, but that is partly because its music and bar scene are such strong elements—and it ...
Gluten Freedom, Part Two: Bakeries Detail Their Wheat-Free Treats
Baked goods often aren't so good if you're a wheat-free eater. Fortunately many of our favorite local, family-owned shops are adding gluten-free items, albeit not ...
Gluten Freedom, Part One: Great Tastes, From Pizza to Polenta
This week's paper, out tomorrow, Jan. 19, features a piece on St. Tropez (624-8977) in Carmel and its ongoing efforts to present gluten-free alternatives, including ...
Local Lady Dances Usher in Her Kitchen, Video Goes National
I'm reminded of what Aubergine (624-8578) pastry chef/seer Ron Mendoza and I talked about on the way to a Dinosaur Jr. concert: If you want ...
Great Restaurant for Live Music Gets Chomped by County—Then Given Another Chance
Sure the Tex-Mex fajitas ($16) are tasty. Or the saucy enchiladas rancheras, another house specialty ($14). Then there's the tequila tasting ($12) that comes with ...
Celeb TV Chef Robert Irvine Teams with CSUMB Film Students, Yells a Lot
Food Network's *Restaurant: Impossible* visits Santa Cruz, with help from local CSUMB grads, one of whom raps about what he learned.
Monday Magic at Wickets Bistro in Bernardus
Rarely does the responses to "It's Monday," go anything like "Oh yes!" or "Lay it on me." But that is changing. Last Monday I went ...
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