Category Archives: Cooking & Chefs
Sugar, Sugar authors in San Francisco — plus read this article to win cookbook
Authors Kimberly Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero, also known as the Sugar Mommas, are appearing on Saturday November 5 at popular San Francisco culinary bookstore Omnivore Books to promote their new cookbook Sugar, Sugar: Every Recipe Has a Story. And you can … Continue reading
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Award-winning chef Donia Bijan plus free food at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Award-winning Iranian chef Donia Bijan is speaking at Bookshop Santa Cruz and the free event features food samples inspired by Bijan’s new book. The samples are being provided by the wonderful downtown Santa Cruz restaurant Laili. The author talk, book … Continue reading
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Fig gelato recipe from gourmet cookbook Scoop by Ellen Brown
As mentioned in my article last week, Ellen Brown’s “Scoop: 125 Specialty Ice Creams from the Nation’s Best Creameries” is filled with great recipes and she has agreed to share one for fig gelato with my readers. Enjoy! Recipe from … Continue reading
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Learn how to make gourmet ice cream: Scoop includes recipes from Bay Area shops
Just because summer’s over doesn’t mean you have to give up summertime desserts like ice cream – and you can even learn how to make your own gourmet ice cream with the new book “Scoop” by Ellen Brown. Many of … Continue reading
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Gourmet Grazing: Organic food, wine, and beer festival helps Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group
The 8th annual Gourmet Grazing on the Green, with lots of gourmet organic food cooked by local chefs, a variety of local wine and beer, plus food-related exhibitors, raises vital funds for the Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group. The event … Continue reading
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Tagged Aptos, beer, benefit, chefs, events, Johnny's Harborside, Organic, Santa Cruz, Shadowbrook, Wine
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Cookbook author reading in Berkeley with Romney Steele of Plum Gorgeous
Talented Bay Area author Romney Steele published her new cookbook, “Plum Gorgeous: Recipes and Memories from the Orchard,” on July 19, 2011 and she’s giving a reading on August 23 in Berkeley to celebrate. Oakland resident Steele is the featured … Continue reading
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Taste wine plus lots of meat from local chefs at San Francisco Lamb Jam
If you’re a lamb fan, don’t miss the 2nd Annual San Francisco Lamb Jam this Sunday, July 17, where you can taste lots of wine plus delicious lamb cooked by top local chefs. The event, featuring many renowned Bay Area … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, chefs, Cooking, events, lamb, Morimoto Napa, San Francisco, SPQR, Tacolicious, Thirsty Bear, Wine
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Vegan cookbook author and restaurant owner Ann Gentry at Bookshop Santa Cruz
If you’re interested in cooking healthier food that still tastes great, I recommend attending restaurant owner and vegan cookbook author Ann Gentry’s appearance at Bookshop Santa Cruz on Wednesday, June 22 at 7:30pm. She’ll be discussing her newest book, “Vegan … Continue reading
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Cooking for Solutions: Great Chefs, Wine, and Demos at Monterey Bay Aquarium
The 10th Annual Cooking for Solutions celebration, May 20-22 at Monterey Bay Aquarium, features more than 70 chefs, 60 wineries, plus sustainable seafood and much, much more. The event is billed as an “elegant and engaging way to discover how … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, Cooking, farmers markets, free, kids, Mark Dommen, Monterey, Monterey Bay Aquarium, One Market Restaurant, Organic, Penny Ice Creamery, Santa Cruz, seafood, sustainable, Wine
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