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Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival 2014: Here’s what you get to taste!
The 2014 Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival is Sunday (1-4pm, Cocoanut Grove) with more than 25 vendors. Benefiting re-entry student scholarships via the UC Santa Cruz Women’s Club, the chocolate festival is a popular event you don’t want to miss! Read … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits, Events, Food & Food News, Restaurants
Tagged Alfaro Winery, benefit, chocolate, family-friendly, family-friendly activities, India Joze, Lifestyle Culinary Arts, Original Sin Desserts & Catering, restaurants, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival, Santa Cruz restaurants, Snake & Butterfly
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Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival with wine, food, and more benefits UCSC scholarships
The 7th annual Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 benefits UCSC scholarships, and I have lots of delicious food and wine highlights to share. The event is from 1 – 4 p.m. at the Cocoanut Grove by … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits, Events, Food & Food News, Restaurants
Tagged Alfaro Winery, benefit, chocolate, Chocolate the Restaurant, family-friendly, family-friendly activities, India Joze, Mission Hill Creamery, Original Sin Desserts & Catering, restaurants, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival, Santa Cruz restaurants, Saratoga Chocolates, Silver Mountain Winery, Snake & Butterfly, Sones Cellars, Theo Chocolates, Zizzo's Coffee
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Mushroom cooking demos & activities for kids at Santa Cruz Fungus Fair
Mushroom fan alert: the 40th Annual Santa Cruz Fungus Fair is this weekend — you can watch cooking demos, buy mushroom-related food, see lots of unusual mushrooms, and more. The event is at Louden Nelson Community Center in downtown Santa … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Events, Food & Food News
Tagged Cooking, events, family-friendly, India Joze, kids, mushrooms, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Fungus Fair, Santa Cruz restaurants
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Upcoming Santa Cruz restaurant Assembly hires veteran San Francisco chef
The team behind Santa Cruz’s The Penny Ice Creamery and The Picnic Basket are opening their first full-service restaurant – Assembly – in a few weeks. They just hired Carlo Espinas as Executive Chef, and this is great news for … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking & Chefs, Restaurant News, Restaurants
Tagged Assembly, California Culinary Academy, Chef Carlo Espinas, Penny Ice Creamery, restaurant news, restaurants, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurant news
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Santa Cruz restaurant Kianti’s 10th anniversary party with specials and prizes
Santa Cruz restaurant Kianti’s is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Fri. January 3, 2014 with fun activities and great specials on pizza and more. Kianti’s has been offering excellent pizza and pasta, including affordable and delicious kids’ selections, since it … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurant News, Restaurants
Tagged events, family-friendly, Italian Restaurants, Kianti's, kids, pizza, restaurant news, restaurants, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants
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Santa Cruz and San Jose restaurants open on New Year’s Eve 2013, Part 2 of 2
Yesterday I published details on many Santa Cruz area restaurants – plus a couple in Los Gatos — offering dinner on New Year’s Eve 201; here are a few more highlights for Santa Cruz area venues plus a couple in … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants
Tagged Arcadia, Arya, Booka, Chaminade, Chaminade Resort & Spa, Cupertino restaurants, holidays 2013, Hotel Paradox, Hula's, Left Bank Brasserie, New Year's Eve, Open on New Year's Eve, San Jose restaurants, Santa Cruz restaurants, Soif, Solaire
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Santa Cruz and South Bay restaurants open on New Year’s Eve, Part 1 of 2
Planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2013 at a restaurant in Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, or another nearby South Bay city? Here are details and menu highlights for a variety of venues; I’ll publish a few more tomorrow. Santa Cruz … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants
Tagged Aquarius, Dio Deka, Hindquarter, Johnny's Harborside, Los Gatos restaurants, Michael's on Main, New Year's Eve, Open on New Year's Eve, restaurants, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants, Soquel, The Cocoanut Grove, The Lexington House
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Santa Cruz and South Bay restaurants open on Christmas, Part 1 of 2
It’s the countdown to Christmas; do you have your restaurant reservations yet for Santa Cruz or another South Bay area? Here are details and menu highlights for several venues; I’ll publish a few more tomorrow and also let you know … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurant News, Restaurants
Tagged Aquarius, Chaminade, Christmas, Hindquarter, Hoffman's, holidays 2013, Hotel Paradox, LB Steak, open on Christmas, restaurants, San Jose, San Jose restaurants, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants, Solaire
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Whole Foods Market Dungeness crab, Wellshire ham, & Capitola holiday tastings
Whole Foods Market in Northern California, including stores in Santa Cruz and Capitola, has lots of tasty offerings for the 2013 holiday season including Dungeness crab and Wellshire Spiral Sliced Hams. I’ve had the great fortune to eat both in … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Food & Food News, Recipes
Tagged Capitola, Dungeness crab, holidays 2013, Organic, recipes, Santa Cruz, seafood, sustainable, Wellshire ham, Whole Foods Market
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