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October 9, 2024

Green New Meal

Like the food he proudly serves at Emerald Mallard, chef/owner Lance Ebert’s culinary career is made from scratch with passion, discipline and unmitigated grind.

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October 9, 2024

Cool Company

There's a baaaaaaaad-ass antidote to the heat wave that’s been stalking Santa Cruz: sheep’s milk popsicles by Garden Variety Cheese

October 9, 2024

Et Tu, Brut?

The Anderson Valley has an abundance of tasting rooms to visit, including the two sister wineries of Roederer—Scharffenberger Cellars and Domaine Anderson.

October 2, 2024

Brave New Name

The molcajete, served sizzling hot in a deep-dish black rock, burgeons with a diverse blend of seafood

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October 2, 2024

Ripe Development

Here’s a sentence you won’t read often: The Santa Cruz Mountains AVA has a new vineyard and winery. Tucked-away upstart Rosscienda Vineyard

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September 25, 2024

Catching Up

Monterey Bay and a thriving fishing community might seem synonymous. Sadly, shockingly and in all seriousness, they are not.

September 25, 2024

Toast to Italy

Cuisine at Obló is modern Italian with California influence and includes ...pancetta-wrapped shrimp, and grass-fed elk carpaccio sliced thin...

September 25, 2024

Acid Zest

Baldacci Family Vineyards is one of an abundance of superb wineries boasted by Napa Valley.

September 25, 2024

Sippin’ on Something Good with the Expendables

Santa Cruz’s own reggae/ska/surf rock band, has released the Expendables Pleasure Point Hard Pink Lemonade

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September 18, 2024

More Adorbs

Its croissants are so good, the San Jose Mercury News named its flaky beauties among the very best in the Bay Area.

September 18, 2024

Doggie Styles

They take hot dogs seriously, featuring diverse authentic selections. The true Chicago Dog is their signature.

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September 11, 2024

Taste Sensation

Options include pork belly teriyaki, spicy chili chicken, inventive chicken wings, phos, noodle soups, dumpling soups, Sichuan-style fried tofu.

September 11, 2024

Sense of Place

The breakfast menu has customizable burritos and bagels, cheese Danishes with fresh fruit and wildly popular coffee cake.

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