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Carmel Valley’s Bernardus offers lavender event and Lucia has new menus

The renowned Carmel Valley-based Bernardus Lodge & Spa and executive chef Cal Stamenov are hosting a lavender harvest celebration at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 11. The annual event honors the 1,000 lavender plants that are in full bloom among the … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz County food & wine events this week

There are many food and wine events occurring this week in Santa Cruz County. Below are details for a few of them–including one tonight, July 6. Monday, July 6: Chaminade’s “Happy Yappy Hour” From 5-7 p.m., Chaminade Resort & Spa … Continue reading

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Soif reopens tonight with expanded menu, new wine bar, revamped wine shop

Downtown Santa Cruz’s Soif Restaurant & Wine Bar has just finished a month-long renovation, resulting in expanded food and beverage menus plus a new wine bar and an upgraded wine shop. Soif has been closed for a few weeks, and … Continue reading

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Artisan Food Market: Farmer Freed culinary salts, oysters, & other local treats

Farmer Freed culinary salts and Belle Farms olive oil to enhance your cooking, Mortal Dumpling dim sum and comfort food from Kickin Chicken to provide a delicious easy dinner: these are just a few examples of what will be available … Continue reading

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Peet’s Coffee and Tea adds Javiva beverages and partners with Mighty Leaf Tea

Peet’s Coffee and Tea recently added a new line of Javiva drinks that’s available in retail locations, including all of its Northern California stores in cities like Santa Cruz, Capitola, Berkeley, San Francisco, and Monterey. It also announced that it … Continue reading

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Restaurants for Easter in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel

Dining out on Easter is a great way to celebrate with friends or family or both, and Santa Cruz and the Monterey/Carmel areas have many restaurants offering special menus this Sunday. Also see: Passover & Easter food in Capitola SF/East … Continue reading

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Manresa inspires Los Gatos bread venue: products also available at Verve Coffee in Santa Cruz

ManresaBread opened its first retail storefront a couple weeks ago; inspired by the bread program at the two-Michelin-star restaurant Manresa, ManresaBread in Los Gatos offers hand-crafted, small batch breads and pastries by Manresa head baker Avery Ruzicka. The hours are … Continue reading

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San Francisco restaurant A16: female guest chefs & wine experts for International Women’s Day

A16 is hosting its 10th annual Festa della Donna celebration on Sunday, March 8, 2015. The dinner will feature southern Italian fare from prestigious Italian chefs Laura Brunelli and Rosetta and Maria Costantino. Make reservations at 415-771-2216 or a16sf.com. Note … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz area restaurant news highlights through February 2015

Some of this is more recent restaurant news for the Santa Cruz area, and some is much older. I recently discovered that quite a few people I know weren’t aware of certain closings, so I am distributing information that might … Continue reading

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2015 Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off Results including top-rated Pleasure Pizza

Interested to learn who made the best soup at the 2015 Santa Cruz Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off after reading my preview article? Pleasure Pizza Eastside Eatery, led by Derek Rupp, was a big winner – he was awarded 1st place … Continue reading

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