Category Archives: Food & Food News

Midtown Café & Burn Hot Sauce partner for Standing Rock benefit pop-up

  Stand with Standing Rock: A Pop-Up Fundraiser, from 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 16 at Santa Cruz’s Midtown Café, will feature creations from Burn Hot Sauce, Assembly and Outstanding in the Field.   Amanda Pargh of Burn Hot Sauce, … Continue reading

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December classes at New Leaf Community Markets include gingerbread houses for kids and free health lectures

New Leaf Community Markets has a few lectures and classes this month. Here are some highlights; these are all at the Westside Santa Cruz location at 1101 Fair Ave. (831-426-1306). Preregistration is required at newleaf.com/events.   If you want to … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving 2016 at Whole Foods Market on the Central Coast

Whole Foods Market locations in Capitola, Santa Cruz and Monterey have a wide array of Thanksgiving selections. You can place your Thanksgiving dinner orders in person or online http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/online-ordering — and if you order by Tuesday, Nov. 22, you get … Continue reading

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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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Trifecta of food events in Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley Friday, Oct. 28

There are several food- and wine-related events in the Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley areas this weekend; here are three going on tonight, Friday Oct. 28 — actually they all start in the late afternoon, at 4 or 4:30 p.m., … Continue reading

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Fun October class topics at New Leaf Community Markets include apple butter, candy apples, tapas & wine pairings

New Leaf Community Markets has lots of cooking classes this month, including many with autumn-related themes (apple butter anyone? Yum). Here are a few highlights; these are all at the Westside Santa Cruz location at 1101 Fair Ave. (831-426-1306). Preregistration … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz food event highlights for Friday, October 7

If you’re lucky enough to be in Santa Cruz on Friday, Oct 7, you have an incredible array of one-night-only food choices. Here are details for three events. Ocean2Table will be at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center … Continue reading

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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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Food, wine and beer at 2016 Grazing on the Green benefiting cancer research

The 13th annual Gourmet Grazing on the Green—Saturday, Sept. 24 at Aptos Village Park, features 70-plus vendors including local restaurants and caterers, other food businesses, and local wineries, breweries, and spirits distilleries. Proceeds benefit the Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group … Continue reading

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Alpine cheese night Tuesday Sept. 13 at Whole Foods Market

Attention cheese lovers: there is a cheese night from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 at Whole Foods Market stores across the country; this includes the local Santa Cruz and Capitola stores as well as locations in the South … Continue reading

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