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Running to Wine Fun
Saturday, May 10, combines two of my favorites: wine and running! Read story.
s’COOL Food Says Feed Your Children Well
The s’COOL Food Initiative continued to educate Santa Barbara on the need for school food reform in its latest event, Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children, on April 16. Read story.
Piatti’s Arancini
Chef Edward Huante of Piatti is kicking off a summer Winemaker Dinner Series with Byron Winery’s award-winning winemaker, Jonathon Nagy, on April 24. Read story.
There’s the Beef
“Normal grass-fed beef is darker; this is lighter,” Jason Tuley, chef at Square One, explained. Read story.
Taste of the Nation
Fighting Childhood Hunger
Share Our Strength hosts Taste of the Nation event to raise funds to fight childhood hunger. Read story.
Feeling (La)Fond of Earth Day
Pierre Lafond Celebrates Earth Day
Pierre Lafond celebrates Earth Day with six-course vegetarian meal and wine pairing. Read story.
XanaMOO
Images and thoughts of San Simeon and the castle loosely ascribed as Xanadu do not usually bring the word “natural” to mind. Read story.
Open Table
If you have reservations about using the phone to make reservations, Open Table (opentable.com) is for you. Read story.
Chad’s Leaves Us Hanging
The rumors are true — after 16 years, Santa Barbara institution Chad’s (625 Chapala St., 568-1876, chads.biz) is for sale. Read story.
Kolache, but Slovak Style
It’s Easter, so Eastern European-rooted me thinks wistfully of kolache, one of the few foods from my mom’s Slovak heritage I miss. Read story.
Don’t Balk at Bok Choy
Bok choy is not the sound emitted from Bruce Lee’s pet fowl, but rather a tasty member of the Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa) family. Read story.
Best if Far from Busiest
Like anyone with an over-valued sense of self, I wonder why things I like aren’t always immensely popular (and then am grateful they aren’t). Read story.
Great to Dine with the Danes
It would be both glib and inaccurate to say that taste and Solvang go together like drink and Death Valley. Read story.
Quantum’s Flat Iron Steak Sandwich
Too often steak sandwiches seem an excuse to clear out inferior cuts of meat. Read story.
It’s Elemental, Being Green
It figures that Elements Restaurant and Bar (129 E. Anapamu St., 884-9218), named after the four states of matter — earth, wind, fire, water — would care about those very things. Read story.
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