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Staff of Life Celebrates 44 Years
NewsCuisineWine May 14, 2013, by Christina Waters
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.
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Does Santa Cruz Have a West End?
NewsCuisineWine Apr 30, 2013, by Christina Waters 10 Comments
Le Cigare Volant space to become taproom; UCSC’s Sprint Plant Sale on.
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Craft Brewers Look to Santa Cruz
NewsWine Mar 26, 2013, by Christina Waters
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.
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Big Week for Santa Cruz Wine
NewsWine Mar 19, 2013, by Christina Waters
Bonny Doon tasting room to move to Davenport, Pinot Paradise summit returns.
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New Leaf’s Spring Cooking Classes
NewsCuisineWine Mar 12, 2013, by Christina Waters 1 Comments
New Leaf cooking classes focus on cleansing foods, gluten-free brunch and paleo diets.
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According to Bon Appetit magazine, we have even more reason than ever to be culinarily smug. Santa Cruz resident David Kinch’s Manresa in Los Gatos, which has collected two Michelin stars, has now also been named among the twenty “Most Important” restaurants in the country. In fact, it was ranked # 5 (even above the hallowed Le Bernardin in New York). The editorial staff of the magazine chose these restaurants as defining how we eat out. “They’re the fearless spots that drive chefs to innovate, restaurateurs to imitate, and the rest of us to line up.”
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Plastic Wine Plugs from Zork Cork
NewsWine Feb 05, 2013, by Christina Waters
We discovered a bottle of delightful Sauvignon Blanc 2010 from a Sonoma estate named for an old adobe, Leese-Fitch. We found the wine itself light, crisp, lemon grassy and utterly easy to drink. The $10 price tag didn’t hurt, either. But what was most intriguing about this bottle of wine was its closure. Not a cork, nor the infamous Stelvin screw cap. It was something much, much different.
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Post-Holiday Dining
NewsCuisineWine Jan 08, 2013, by Christina Waters
Soif is closed until Jan. 11 for its annual refreshing, but the restaurant at Casablanca Inn & Bistro is closed for renovations prompted by what a spokesperson called “damage from a recent storm.” There’s no word on when the beachfront landmark will reopen. So meanwhile, there’s Michael’s on Main, continually reinventing itself, most recently by opening its kitchen up on Tuesdays to ambitious guest chefs.
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New Year’s Eve Dining News
NewsCuisineWine Dec 25, 2012, by Christina Waters
‘A restaurant requires 200 percent of an owner’s time,’ admitted winemaker Randall Grahm, whose large-scale restaurant will close as of December 31. ‘Til then, fans of chef Ryan Shelton’s cooking—and his wife Oomi’s cosmic pastries—still have a few more days to stop by.
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Q&A: Barry Jackson
Wine Dec 18, 2012, by Christina Waters
Barry Jackson is the winemaker for Equinox Champagne and Bartolo Wine, which he co-owns with his wife, Jennifer.
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