Category Archives: Cooking & Chefs

Pre-order Thanksgiving food in Santa Cruz county and Los Gatos

Posted on November 18, 2015 by admin

Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, and there are many stores, bakeries and caterers that can help you with prepared food options. These include New Leaf Community Market; see comprehensive article on their offerings or visit store web site. ManresaBread is offering … Continue reading →

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New Leaf Community Markets: Thanksgiving offerings & holiday-themed classes

Posted on November 15, 2015 by admin

Organic, Santa Cruz-based New Leaf Community Markets is offering lots of options for Thanksgiving Dinner. The store will be open until 2pm on Thanksgiving Day itself (Nov. 26) for any last- minute holiday needs. Also, they’ve added online ordering; you … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Food & Food News | Tagged cooking classes, New Leaf, New Leaf Community Markets, Organic, Santa Cruz, Thanksgiving | Comments Off

This weekend’s food and wine events in Santa Cruz

Posted on November 13, 2015 by admin

There are many food and wine events occurring this weekend in Santa Cruz county. Below are details for a few of them. Friday, Nov. 13: Food Lounge’s “Artisan Food Market” From 4-9 p.m., the Food Lounge is the site of … Continue reading →

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Santa Cruz hosts family-friendly Mole & Mariachi festival

Posted on September 11, 2015 by admin

The 3rd annual Mole & Mariachi Festival is Saturday, Sept. 19, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Santa Cruz Mission Adobe State Historic Park. The food and music festival has free admission. If you want to sample moles, … Continue reading →

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Second Los Gatos restaurant coming soon from Manresa’s David Kinch

Posted on September 1, 2015 by admin

Fans of David Kinch’s cooking have a reason to celebrate: the owner/chef of Michelin-starred restaurant Manresa is opening New Orleans-inspired The Bywater this fall. This is the first casual bar and eatery for Kinch, who is opening The Bywater with … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Restaurant News, Restaurants | Tagged Cajun cuisine, Chef David Kinch, David Kinch, Los Gatos, Los Gatos restaurants, Manresa, New Orleans cuisine, restaurant news, The Bywater | Comments Off

Santa Cruz, Capitola, Gilroy, & San Jose food and beer events this weekend

Posted on July 24, 2015 by admin

There are many food and beer events occurring this weekend in local cities including Santa Cruz, Capitola, San Jose, and Gilroy. Below are details for a few of them, including two that start today. Friday, July 24-Sunday, July 26: Gilroy … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Cooking & Chefs, Events, Food & Food News | Tagged beer, Capitola, events, family-friendly, Festival del Nopal, free, Gilroy Garlic Festival, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Silicon Valley Beer Week, Wharf to Wharf, Whole Foods Market | Comments Off

Santa Cruz Farmers’ Markets Pop-Up Breakfast Series continues Saturday

Posted on July 14, 2015 by admin

The summertime pop-up breakfast series at the Westside Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley farmers markets is in full swing, with the next event this Saturday, July 18 in Scotts Valley. There is limited seating; tickets are $36 and are available … Continue reading →

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Event Santa Cruz hosts PopUp Santa Cruz Night

Posted on June 14, 2015 by admin

Matthew Swinnerton has done it again: he started Event Santa Cruz in September 2013 to tell stories about local businesses and the people behind them, and he’s been bringing our community fantastic monthly events—always sell-outs—ever since. The next one, “PopUp … Continue reading →

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Chef Jason Franey transforms Monterey’s Restaurant 1833 into its best incarnation yet

Posted on May 22, 2015 by admin

I can’t recommend Restaurant 1833’s revamped menu highly enough—my recent dinner there was one of the best meals I’ve had in a very long time. Restaurant 1833 closed for a few days in March so that Chef Jason Franey and … Continue reading →

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Chef Andrea Mollenauer wins award and caters 2015 NEXTies

Posted on May 8, 2015 by admin

Imagine one venue that has limitless potential for Santa Cruz community members: you can drink gourmet hot chocolate anytime, eat savory dumplings there on one night, fried chicken another night, and be enticed by many other popup brunch or dinner … Continue reading →

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