Category Archives: Cooking & Chefs
12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Day Four: Jack O’Neill Restaurant
Jack O’Neill Restaurant & Lounge at Dream Inn Santa Cruz is today’s partner for the “12 Days of Christmas Giveaway” with a $50 gift card prize. Keep reading for how to enter. Gus Trejo, who currently serves as executive chef … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Restaurant News, Restaurants
Tagged 12 Days of Christmas, Big Sur Salts, Christmas, Dream Inn, Dream Inn Santa Cruz, Far West Fungi, Friend in Cheeses Jam Co., giveaway, holiday meals, Holidays 2021, Jack O’Neill Restaurant, restaurants, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants
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Christmas offerings, cheese event from Whole Foods Market in Santa Cruz & Capitola
Christmas is around the corner, and Whole Foods Market in Capitola (1710 41st Ave.) and Santa Cruz (911 Soquel Ave have lots of special offerings to choose from. In addition, the annual “12 Days, 12 Cheeses” promotion with a 30 … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Food & Food News
Tagged Capitola, cheese holiday dinner, Chloe Coscarelli, Christmas, holidays, Santa Cruz, shopping, vegan, Whole Foods Market
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Santa Cruz Foodie Holiday Gift Guide 2020: Local gifts, part 7
Welcome to the final installment—part 7—of my holiday foodie gift guide with information for several local businesses if you have some last-minute shopping to do. Contact me at tara@santacruzfoodie.com with questions or comments. Also see: Gift guide part 1 Gift … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits, Cooking & Chefs, Food & Food News, Wine
Tagged Carmel Honey Company, Cheese Shop 831, Counter Cultures Kitchen, Edith Meyer Wedding Cakes, el Salchichero, Farmer Freed, Five Star Catering, food gift, food gifts, foodie gifts, Hammond Glass Engraving & Gifts, Happy Girl Kitchen, holiday gifts, holiday shopping 2020, Itso Hot Sauce, Jerome’s Carmel Valley Market, Magnolia Fine Gifts and Apothecary, Michelle Kneads Dough, Mountain Feed & Farm Supply, Mutari Craft Chocolate, Notso Hot Sauce, Other Brother Beer, Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company, Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County, shop local, support artists, support small business, Sushi Market Sprouts, Visual Artists Network, WInes of the Santa Cruz Mountains
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Foodie Holiday Gift Guide 2020: Local gifts, part 5
Here is part 5 of my holiday gift guide to encourage everyone to shop local and shop from small businesses—it mostly has food-related gifts. I’ll post another guide soon. Also see: Gift guide part 1 Gift guide part 2 Gift … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee, Cooking & Chefs, Food & Food News
Tagged Anouchka Bakery, CASA, Cat & Cloud Coffee, Center for Farmworker Families, Coffeetopia, cookies, cupcakes, Digital NEST, Homeless Garden Project, Imagine Supported Living Services, Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services, Love Cultivated, Mutari Chocolate, Pacific Coffee Roasting Co., Resource Center for Nonviolence, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Co., Santa Cruz shopping, Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County, shop local, shop small, Teen Kitchen Project, The Giving Cake, Ventana Wilderness Alliance, Verve Coffee Roasters
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Foodie Holiday Gift Guide 2020: Local gifts, part 4
Here is part four of my foodie holiday gift guide to support local small businesses. I’ll try to post another guide in a couple days. Happy shopping & stay safe out there! Also see: Gift guide part 1 Gift guide … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Events, Food & Food News
Tagged Big Sur Foragers Festival, Carmel restaurants, El Pajaro CDC, El Pajaro CDC Incubator Kitchen, Foodsmith, Golden Roots Kitchen, Hakouya, HANLOH, Hanloh Thai Food, Haute Enchilada, Hofsas House, Il Biscotto, Monterey restaurants, Montrio Bistro, My Mom's Mole, Rio Grill, Rogue Pye, Santa Cruz Balsamics, scrumptious fish & chips, Tarpy's Roadhouse, The Green Waffle, Yoli's Adobo
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Gourmet Grazing on the Green benefits cancer research: enjoy lots of delicious food and wine
The 16th annual Gourmet Grazing on the Green—noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Aptos Village Park—is an always-fun annual celebration with more than 75 vendors including local restaurants, caterers, wineries, breweries, and spirits distilleries. Proceeds benefit the … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Benefits, Cooking & Chefs, Events, Restaurants, Wine
Tagged Aptos, Aptos restaurants, beer, benefit, Capitola restaurants, Gourmet Grazing on the Green, Santa Cruz restaurants, Scotts Valley restaurants, Watsonville restaurants, Wine
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Valentine’s Day gifts for the coffee & breakfast lover
If you’re looking for a special Valentine’s Day gift for someone who takes their home coffee and breakfast making seriously, I got to sample some Hamilton Beach products recently and can tell you about a few. Hamilton Beach products are … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Recipes
Tagged breakfast, breakfast sandwich, coffee, gifts, Hamilton Beach, K-cup, Valentine's Day, Valentine’s Day gifts, waffle maker, waffles
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Last-minute Cuisinart gift ideas for chefs and foodies
Have some last-minute holiday shopping left to do? If any of these gift recipients are amateur chefs or just plain foodies, Cuisinart has a few gift ideas. Retailers that carry some of these selections include Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s, … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Fryer, Christmas gifts, Christmas shopping, cooking gifts, cuisinart, food processor, holiday shopping, holiday shopping 2018, recipes, toaster oven
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Thanksgiving, Hanukkah at Whole Foods Market in Santa Cruz & Capitola
Thanksgiving is almost here, and after that Hanukkah is right around the corner! Whole Foods Market locations in Capitola (1710 41st Ave.) and Santa Cruz (911 Soquel Ave.) have many Thanksgiving selections and several Hanukkah items, and they graciously gave … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Food & Food News, Wine
Tagged Capitola, cheese, crab, eggnog, Hanukkah, holidays, Ice cream, Organic, Santa Cruz, Thanksgiving, Whole Foods Market, Wine, wine and cheese pairings
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