Tag Archives: Cooking
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
Santa Cruz’s H&H Fresh Fish offers sustainable seafood subscriptions
Santa Cruz’s H&H Fresh Fish offers subscriptions to its sustainable seafood “CSS” (Community Supported Seafood). This program is similar to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), a subscription that many local farms offer to customers where folks receive a box of … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
Meet chefs and taste free samples at Aptos Farm to Table Tour
You can meet chefs and taste free, delicious samples at the Farm to Table Tour on Saturday April 9, 2011 from 8am-noon at the Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College. Plus if you go to three of the demos, you … Continue reading
Two food events for Persian New Year with Santa Cruz restaurant India Joze
Through Santa Cruz restaurant India Joze and organic market New Leaf, you can enjoy two fun food celebrations associated with Nowruz, or the Persian New Year. There is a class at New Leaf on March 17, and a dinner at … Continue reading