Spontaneous Confections features unique French-leaning pastries that combine worldly inspiration with Chef Justin’s own creative instincts and talents.
Downtown Santa Cruz is finding fresh momentum through food, drink, and community—from a thriving farmers market to pop-up taprooms and creative holiday markets.
At Moss Landing's Sea Harvest, the cioppino shines, also grilled fish Caesar salad, shrimp Louie, steak-cut calamari strips and inflation-proof $2 brownie.
Spontaneous Confections offers pumpkin tarts with vanilla chantilly and candied hazelnuts, apple tarte tatin domes over caramel and almond cream, and chocolate tarts with ganache and chocolate whipped cream
Intimately involved with food throughout her entire life, Kae Bailes was born and raised in northeastern Thailand before moving to Santa Cruz 22 years...
Silver Mountain’s Alloy, a Cabernet-dominant Bordeaux-style blend is one of my favorites with its smooth medium tannins, and dark-fruit notes of blackberry and plum.
