Gabriella Cafe chef Adrian Cruz is cooking up gorgeous dishes of sexy, seasonal items – they taste as good as they look.
A case in point is this impeccable bowl of tagliatelle, sensuous thick pasta noodles tangled with Monterey Bay calamari, octopus and a dice of kobucha squash. Utterly sinfully perfect.
Come out to Windy Oaks Winery and taste some of Jim Schultze’s Burgundian-style 2010 pinot noirs, at a pre-Halloween Barrel Tasting, this Sunday, October 30th from 1-5pm.
Sample new releases, Corralitos sausages, gourmet cheeses, and other special ‘treats.’ The best thing —other than the luscious wines —is that a portion of ticket sales ($15 adv/$20 on event day) will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank.
The views at this spectacular winery are inspiring, the vineyards in their fall glory and the company will be filled with knowledgeable and inquiring wine buffs.
Actually, it could be about any packaged product on the market today. The incredible shrinking product.
It started with the size of the cardboard roll inside toilet paper rolls. The cardboard cylinder is noticeably (i.e. MUCH) wider in diameter than it used to be. This means the manufacturer can put less actual product (toilet paper) on the cardboard roll. BUT it will look the same size from the outside. It isn’t. It’s less toilet paper. More air, less product.
But I really went ballistic when (more…)
Santa Cruz author Thad Nodine’s book is a complete page-turner. Read my complete review here.
We checked out the new Global Village Cafe—loaded with the fabulous aromas of Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting company espressos and stocked with pastries, soups, smoothies and even ice creams from Penny Ice Creamery. The Cafe, managed by Adam Hoffman, is very strategically located at the entrance to the newly expanded UCSC main library and provides aid and comfort for students who want to work the computers and finish their homework, without experiencing blood sugar crash.
Things are still being finetuned (more…)
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.