Peeking Into New Vesuvio With Rich Pepe
The volcano is starting to smoke: Vesuvio Bistro Italiano, Rich Pepe's latest adventure, is really starting to heat up with activity. That has the Carmel ...
Aubergine Pastry Chef Competes for Best Dessert in the World
Here's something to chew on. There are quite a few restaurants in little Carmel, let alone California or the wider country. So when one of ...
Andre's Bouchee Tasting Bar Teams With Tudor Wines
One of Carmel's best restaurants, one of the region's finest French destinations, and arguably the top spot-by-sea for devilishly subtle and tasty sauces, Andre's Bouchee ...
Two Tuesday Japan Benefits at CRBC, CSUMB
Grab the kimono and prepare to party with a purpose. At Cannery Row Brewing Company, a full complement of six different DJs (Hanif Wondir, Brandon ...
Chef Shuffle: Grapes of Wrath Scores Top Talent; Todd Fisher Finds New Home
Grapes of Wrath Catering (649-3445) scored a talent in new Chef Jon Moser (above), who has most recently played chef de cuisine at Melons in ...
Post No Bills Craft Beer Tasting House to Pour in Sand City
As the Brewers Association reports an 11 percent volume growth for U.S. craft brewers in 2010 and a total U.S. brewery count that has climbed ...
Pebble Beach Food and Wine: Year Four
There aren't many places on the planet where one can eat caviar and sip Champagne with Jacques Pepin, quiz Ming Tsai on his cooking tips ...
"In Your Dish": A Video Spotlight on Rio Chef Cy Yontz
Rio Grill Exec Chef Cy Yontz is a bad-ass. There are the tattoos, the goatee, the towering presence, the steely gaze, and the fact that, ...
10th Annual Cooking for Solutions Goes Bigger, Better
"Spiritual experience" is right. Only Cooking for Solutions chief Ginger Hopkins wasn't talking about the incredible fennel soup, saffron toast or fresh crab louie tasters ...
More Doggy Spots and Top Five Animal Videos
The questions include "Why is this news story longer than that one?" and "Is your movie reviewer an angry woman?" and the classic, "Who is ...
New Chef Tommy Noel at Fernwood is Good
In a weekend bursting with inspired tastes, Tommy Noel's stood out. The gang and I were in Big Sur for the Big Sur Chanterelle Cook-off, ...
Singing French Bulldogs (And Why There Are More Dog Friendly Restaurants in Monterey County)
Last week two French bulldogs sang me an enthusiastic (and ear-splitting) National Anthem in the Weekly lobby. No way, you say. Fine, you're right. It ...
'Que Syrah' Delivers Small-Batch Santa Lucia Tastes for a Song
The land of Santa Lucia does some incredible Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays with ever-increasing fame. But its Syrahs are something special themselves. A big fat ...
Eight Food Truths to Nom Nom On
Little is more noble than a nibble. Scratch that. Nothing is cuter than a nibble, as the above video demonstrates in vivid detail. Below follow ...
Late Night Nirvana (or at Least a Killer Torta)
You could call it a savior in the dark. An oasis in the desert. A star in the night. I call it Cypress Bakery Company ...
Dan Dunn's Advice on Charlie Sheen
Last week, after the Food Blog announced the debut of friend-of-the-Weekly Dan Dunn's new Living Loaded: Tales of Sex, Salvation and the Pursuit of the ...
Scenic Drummond Culinary Academy Opens for Bargain Dinner
At-risk education center Rancho Cielo's Drummond Culinary Academy will start serving dinner to the public starting this week.
A Look Back at Big Sur Chanterelle Cook-Off
That incredible feeling that comes when you touch a redwood's grand trunk is the result of hundreds of gallons of water running up its stately ...
