Category Archives: Coffee
Solar-powered roaster offers Valentine’s coffee, tea specials
Fresh Roasted Coffee is a solar-powered roaster that has been around since 2009, and roasts its coffee in eco-friendly Loring™ Smart Roasters. They recently offered me some coffee samples and I enjoyed them. The company is offering a “buy one, … Continue reading
Foodie Holiday Gift Guide 2020: Local gifts, part 5
Here is part 5 of my holiday gift guide to encourage everyone to shop local and shop from small businesses—it mostly has food-related gifts. I’ll post another guide soon. Also see: Gift guide part 1 Gift guide part 2 Gift … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee, Cooking & Chefs, Food & Food News
Tagged Anouchka Bakery, CASA, Cat & Cloud Coffee, Center for Farmworker Families, Coffeetopia, cookies, cupcakes, Digital NEST, Homeless Garden Project, Imagine Supported Living Services, Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services, Love Cultivated, Mutari Chocolate, Pacific Coffee Roasting Co., Resource Center for Nonviolence, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Co., Santa Cruz shopping, Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County, shop local, shop small, Teen Kitchen Project, The Giving Cake, Ventana Wilderness Alliance, Verve Coffee Roasters
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Santa Cruz County food & drink changes & closures, as of May 18, 2020
Here is the current status of many local restaurants, grocery stores and other food/drink vendors, as of the end of the day May 18. Sad news: downtown Santa Cruz’s Pono Hawaiian Grill, which first opened in 2011 and was closed … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Coffee, Food & Food News, Restaurant News, Restaurants, Wine
Tagged Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz restaurant news, Santa Cruz restaurants
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Santa Cruz County food & drink changes & closures, as of May 12, 2020
Here is the current status of many local restaurants, grocery stores and other food/drink vendors, as of the end of the day May 11. Some of the items in this article with new or updated listings: a few Felton/Ben Lomond … Continue reading
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Tagged Santa Cruz restaurant news, Santa Cruz restaurants
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Santa Cruz County food & drink changes & closures, as of May 3, 2020
Here is the current status of many local restaurants, grocery stores and other food/drink vendors, as of the end of the day May 3. Some of the several items in this article that are new since last time: Coffeetopia (some … Continue reading
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A Cuisinart Christmas: Gift ideas for chefs, bakers, coffee lovers and more
If you have last-minute holiday shopping left to do and you have chefs or bakers on your list—or even just people that appreciate good coffee or an excellent toaster!—here are a few gift ideas from Cuisinart. The items cover a … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, chefs, coffee, coffee gifts, Cooking, cooking gifts, cuisinart, holiday shopping, holiday shopping 2017
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Win a year of coffee from Peet’s Coffee & learn about holiday drinks
Earlier this fall, Peet’s Coffee launched a campaign called “What Fills Your Cup?” In honor of this new campaign, it’s offering fans a chance to win a year’s supply of coffee (via a $1,000 Peet’s gift card)—and there will be … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, contest, holiday drinks, Peet's Coffee and Tea, Peet’s Coffee, restaurant news
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NEXTies honor Santa Cruz businesses and individuals
The 2017 NEXTies event will include people from Santa Cruz’s food, coffee, art and music communities. The NEXTies, which celebrate “the area’s brightest doers,” are in their eighth year. For the annual awards ceremony, held this Friday, March 24, event … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee, Events, Food & Food News
Tagged Artisan Hand Food, Cat & Cloud Coffee, Community Agroecology Network, Event Santa Cruz, Food Lounge, HANLOH, La Sofrita, My Mom's Mole, New Bohemia Brewing Co, NEXTies, Nubo, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Food Lounge, Tanglewood
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Manresa Bread in Los Gatos now ships nationwide
Fans of Los Gatos-based Manresa Bread who live outside the Bay Area are now in luck: starting Nov. 22—just in time for Thanksgiving—the bakery will ship its artisan bread anywhere in the Continental U.S. The web site manresabread.com is already … Continue reading
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Tagged bakery, bread, delivery, Los Gatos, Los Gatos restaurants, Manresa, Manresa Bread, restaurant news, Thanksgiving
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Manresa Bread in Los Gatos adds espresso bar and more bakery space
Manresa Bread in Los Gatos has expanded its bakery space and added a full beverage program including an espresso bar, which is open as of Oct. 1. The new offerings feature Santa Cruz-based Verve Coffee Roasters, and include espresso drinks, … Continue reading
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Tagged bakery, coffee, Los Gatos, Manresa Bread, restaurant news, Santa Cruz
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