Category Archives: Cooking & Chefs
30-minutes-or-less Indian cookbook author Ruta Kahate in San Francisco Bay Area
Popular author Ruta Kahate, whose cookbook “Quick-Fix Indian” was published in May 2012, has been doing book signings and classes in the San Francisco Bay Area recently and has a few more coming up. For more details see her Facebook … Continue reading
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Food and Wine Classic at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga: nearly sold out
Montalvo Arts Center hosts the ninth annual Food and Wine Classic Sunday with 21 chefs from prestigious Bay Area restaurants and 22 wineries. Held from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on June 3, the gourmet event benefits Montalvo’s arts and education outreach programs. … Continue reading
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Tagged benefit, chefs, events, food and wine pairings, Manresa, Montalvo, Montalvo Arts Center, restaurants, Saratoga, Wine
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Cooking for Solutions 2012 at Monterey Bay Aquarium with 70 chefs, 60 wineries
Monterey Bay Aquarium is holding its annual Cooking for Solutions on May 18-20, 2012. The three-day event supports the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program, which empowers seafood consumers and businesses to make choices for healthy oceans. Browse the fabulous … Continue reading
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Tagged benefit, chefs, Cooking, Cooking for Solutions, family-friendly, kid-friendly, Monterey, Monterey Bay Aquarium, seafood, sustainable, Wine, wineries
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New cooking school in Soquel fills unique niche and offers lots of fun classes
Let’s Cook! is a fun new cooking school located in Soquel; attendees can choose from many three-hour classes that cover a variety of culinary topics. Patricia Poritzky started the school in January, and the local community has responded with enthusiastic … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, chocolate, Cooking, cooking school, Dessert, Indian cuisine, Santa Cruz, Soquel
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James Beard Award finalists include San Francisco restaurant AQ and author John Besh
The final nominees of the James Beard Awards were announced a few weeks ago, and the Bay Area contenders include San Francisco restaurant AQ. Another finalist is John Besh, a Louisiana chef who has several restaurants and two cookbooks including … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, cookbook, Cooking, James Beard Awards 2012, John Besh, restaurants, San Francisco
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Santa Cruz Homeless Garden Project events: Cigare Volant dinner/film, & kale festival
Santa Cruz’s Homeless Garden Project is hosting two events this week: “Dinner and a Movie” at Le Cigare Volant on Tuesday, and “Kalefest” on Sunday. Dinner and a Movie Dinner and a Movie, part of HGP’s Sustain dinner series, sounds … Continue reading
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Tagged benefit, Bonny Doon Vineyard, farm, Homeless Garden Project, kids, movies, Organic, Santa Cruz, sustainable, Wine
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Bonny Doon Vineyard: restaurant renamed Le Cigare Volant, offers new chef & expanded lunch menu
Bonny Doon Vineyard’s restaurant, formerly known as the Cellar Door, is now Le Cigare Volant and boasts a new Executive Chef, Ryan Shelton. Bonny Doon Vineyard has also expanded lunch service to its tasting room. The restaurant’s renaming officially took … Continue reading
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Tagged biodynamic, biodynamic farming, Bonny Doon Vineyard, farm, Le Cigare Volant, Organic, restaurants, Santa Cruz, Wine
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Dinner and reading at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga
Montalvo Arts Center has an Artists Residency program, and its 2012 culinary fellow-in-residence – Niki Ford – is the centerpiece of an event this Thursday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at the Historic Villa in Saratoga. The evening is entitled … Continue reading
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Tagged Chez Panisse, dinner, events, Literary reading, Montalvo Arts Center, performance art, Saratoga
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Home, Garden, Culinary & Wine Expo 2012 in Santa Cruz this weekend
The 2012 Central Coast Home, Garden, Culinary & Wine Expo takes place at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz from March 24-March 25 (10am-5pm each day). The trade show, which has long focused on topics including home improvement, gardening, sustainable … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, Cooking, events, India Joze, Santa Cruz, sustainable, The True Olive Connection, Wine
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