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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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Upcoming New Leaf classes include miso, paella, beer, anti-inflammatory cooking
New Leaf Community Markets in Santa Cruz has lots of interesting cooking classes in the near future, including classes on making miso and paella, beer tasting and beginning home brewing with two local breweries, and learning about anti-inflammatory eating. … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Cooking & Chefs, Recipes
Tagged anti-inflammatory diet, anti-inflammatory eating, beer, beer tasting, Cooking, cooking classes, Elkhorn Slough Brewing, Japanese food, miso, New Leaf, New Leaf Community Markets, paella, recipes, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Spanish food
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Mother’s Day restaurant highlights for Santa Cruz & Monterey: Shadowbrook, Chaminade, Portola & more
Dining out on Mother’s Day is extremely popular, so if you haven’t made reservations yet, better hurry: here are a few restaurant highlights for Santa Cruz County and Monterey. I’ll publish more in the next few days. Santa Cruz, Capitola, … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurant News, Restaurants
Tagged Aptos, Aptos restaurants, Capitola, Capitola restaurants, Chaminade, Hollins House, Monterey, Monterey restaurants, Mother's Day, Portola Hotel & Spa, restaurants, Sanderlings, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants, Shadowbrook
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Mother’s Day gift ideas from Tea Forté
If you’re looking for a special Mother’s Day gift for a woman who is a tea lover, I got to sample some Tea Forté products recently and can tell you they are both beautiful AND delicious! Plus, there are a … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Food News
Tagged gifts, Mother's Day, tea, Tea Forté
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Eat soup Thursday & help Santa Cruz’s Homeless Services Center
Santa Cruz’s Homeless Services Center (HSC) invites the community to eat unlimited soup from dozens of local restaurants, caterers, and other food businesses from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the Cocoanut Grove. The 19th annual Soupline Supper assists … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits, Events, Restaurants
Tagged 99 Bottles, Assembly, benefit, Cafe Cruz, Cocoanut Grove, Erik's Deli, Gabriella Cafe, Homeless Services Center, India Joze, Kelly's French Bakery, La Posta, Manuel's, Oswald, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurants, Shadowbrook, Soif, Soupline, The Bagelry, Walnut Ave Cafe
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Teen Kitchen Project: two brunch dates remain in series, plus new kids’ classes
Teen Kitchen Project has been running a brunch fundraiser series since March. There were two Sundays in March, then they skipped Easter, and now two Sundays remain — April 8 and 15. Entrees rotate each time and have included Huevos … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits, Cooking & Chefs, Events
Tagged Aptos, benefit, brunch, Cooking, cooking classes, kids, nonprofit, Soquel, Teen Kitchen Project
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