Wine tastings, feasts and a correction on Santa Cruz’s newest gastropub.

I know the entire Santa Cruz community joins me in congratulating the tireless visionaries at Staff of Life celebrating (I can’t believe it) 44 years in the heart of the natural food business.

Charcuterist Justin Severino headlines the July 5 Outstanding in the Field dinner, with white tablecloths and wine glasses along the edge of the Pacific Ocean—Secret Sea Cove—starting at 3pm.

Le Cigare Volant space to become taproom; UCSC’s Sprint Plant Sale on.

A company with the glamorously nerdish name of Alpha Dominche has devised a sleek bit of computer-industrial eye candy that makes four cups of micro-tuned coffee in under a minute.

Lively and—given the weather—getting livelier each week. Not only does the Buttery make some of the best coffee in town, it also puts my taste buds in touch with the amazing and always addictive Zucchini Muffin.

Choice selections, from seasonal eating to spirits.

It has definitely started to feel like spring on the coast. And now is the time to put a weekly visit to a local farmers market on your schedule.

Emily Thomas, owner and brewer at Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing was selected by the Brewers Association to speak at the annual Craft Brewers Conference last week in Washington, D.C. Thomas, a top micro-brewing entrepreneur talked at the brew-expo about creative fundraising, something she has done with flair at her popular brewery in the Ingalls Street complex.