Category Archives: Cooking & Chefs
12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Day Six: reissue of vintage vegetarian book
It’s Day Six of Santa Cruz Restaurant Examiner/Santa Cruz Foodie’s “12 Days of Christmas Giveaway.” Today’s prize is a facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1838, entitled “Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, Cooking, Dessert, giveaway, holiday gifts, holidays 2012, vegetarian
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12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Day One: Santa Cruz holiday cookies
Front Street Kitchen opened in early 2012 in Santa Cruz, and it is the first participant in the Santa Cruz Foodie/Santa Cruz Restaurant Examiner’s “12 Days of Christmas Giveaway.” That’s right: today is Day One of TWELVE DAYS of food-related … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, contest, family-friendly, Front Street Kitchen, giveaway, holidays, holidays 2012, Santa Cruz
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Gluten-free cornbread Thanksgiving recipe plus gluten-free Thanksgiving pie available in Santa Cruz
Melinda Harrower, chef/owner of Santa Cruz company Melinda’s Gluten Free, has a great Thanksgiving recipe for Gluten-free Maple Corn Skillet Bread (see below). She says, “My philosophy of eating gluten free is to keep it simple when mixing flours, so … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, Cooking, cornbread, gluten-free, gluten-free recipes, Melinda's Gluten Free, recipes, Santa Cruz, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving recipes
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Cranberry chutney Thanksgiving recipe and ready-to-go meals in Santa Cruz
Lifestyle Culinary Arts chef/owner Andrea Mollenauer has graciously shared her recipe for Signature Cranberry Chutney (see below). She’s also taking orders for Thanksgiving dinner or Thanksgiving sides. Mollenauer, a graduate of Cabrillo College’s Culinary Arts program, is a fabulous … Continue reading
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Tagged catering, chefs, cranberry, cranberry chutney, easy Thanksgiving meals, Lifestyle Culinary Arts, recipes, Santa Cruz, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving recipes
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Restaurants and chefs participate in 2012 Santa Cruz chili cook-off
Many restaurants, professional chefs, and amateur chefs are participating in the third annual Chili Cook-Off at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk on Saturday October 27. Admission is free, but if you want to partake of chili the “tasting kits” cost $9 … Continue reading
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Tagged benefit, chefs, chili, events, family-friendly, restaurants, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz Chili Cook-Off
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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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Tagged Bay Area, Berkeley, Carmel, Chez Panisse, Jardiniere, Julia Child, Julia Child Restaurant Week, Oakland, San Francisco
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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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Tagged beer, Cooking, cooking school, events, family-friendly, free, Let's Cook!, Santa Cruz, Soquel, Wine
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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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Tagged Bravo, chefs, Chris Cosentino, Cooking, restaurants, San Francisco, Top Chef Masters
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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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Tagged affordable, Cooking, cooking class, events, family-friendly, farmers markets, India Joze, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz
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