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Bay Area restaurants celebrating Julia Child Centennial with special dinners

It would have been the fabulous Julia Child’s 100th birthday on August 15, 2012, and many Bay Area restaurants, from Carmel to San Francisco and beyond, are celebrating this Julia child Centennial with special dinners. Julia Child is basically the … Continue reading

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Soquel cooking school Let’s Cook! hosts celebration party including chef demos & wine tasting

Soquel cooking school Let’s Cook! is celebrating being open for 7 months with a party on Saturday, August 11th. The party will include chef demos, food, beer and wine tastings, and a raffle. The free event is from 2-4p.m. Guests … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz’s Soif has 10th anniversary party with waiters race, food, and music

Santa Cruz’s Soif, a great restaurant and wine bar, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a party from 1:30 – 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 5th. The party commences outside Soif with a special “waiters race.” Live music by Hot … Continue reading

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Annieglass hosts summer food and wine series in Watsonville

The Annieglass Watsonville studio has been hosting a Saturday summer food and wine series, which has occurred on most – but not all – Saturdays this season. You have just a few more opportunities to enjoy it (the series began … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz restaurant news: Nuevo closed, new Avanti open, and other changes in town

Here is some news about selected restaurants in the Santa Cruz area that recently opened, closed, or had significant changes. Now Closed: Nuevo Southwest Grill The well-loved upscale Mexican restaurant, located on Eastcliff near 15th, closed about three weeks ago. … Continue reading

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Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz offers organic, farm-to-table benefit dinner with wine pairings

Santa Cruz’s Homeless Garden Project (HGP) is holding an organic benefit dinner at its farm on Saturday, July 28, the latest in its “Sustain” series. “Sustain” is a seasonal gourmet dinner series featuring organic produce from the farm, wine pairings, … Continue reading

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Top Chef Masters begins new season which includes San Francisco chef Chris Cosentino

As Top Chef fans know, July 25 is the premiere of the new season of Top Chef Masters; 12 chefs are competing including San Francisco’s Chris Cosentino. Cosentino is quite a well-known celebrity chef these days. He has appeared on … Continue reading

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Special cooking lesson and feast at Santa Cruz’s MAH with India Joze chef

Talented and unique chef Jozseph Schultz, from Santa Cruz restaurant India Joze, is offering a cooking lesson and feast at Santa Cruz’s Museum of Art & History on Wednesday, July 25. The event is from 5:30-9 p.m. Attendees are asked … Continue reading

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Eat pizza and drink beer to benefit Shakespeare Santa Cruz

There are two upcoming occasions to eat pizza and drink beer to benefit Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC), a professional repertory theater company located at UC Santa Cruz. On Monday, July 16, Woodstock’s Pizza is donating a percentage of its dinner … Continue reading

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Wine and dine in Santa Cruz with 12 restaurants & wineries at outdoor benefit

Surf City Vintners is joining with Second Harvest Food Bank and a dozen local restaurants and food vendors for a party in Westside Santa Cruz on Saturday night. The second annual “Sunset at Surf City Vintners/Food & Wine Faire” benefits … Continue reading

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