Restaurant No-No’s
I can’t take it anymore! Surely this has happened to you. You are out dining, enjoying your main course and your server comes by the table and asks: “Are you guys still working on that?” (more…)
Oral Oracle
Oral Update: It takes a dentist. And that’s not a book by Rick Santorum. Like my dentist, bon vivant William Christie, a guy who does lunch in a big way. So I checked in with the doc about the new place in the downtown Santa Cruz Art Center, Center Street Grill, right across from his office. (more…)
Yes – Oswald is still open!
Relax, food fans. Downtown’s cozy bistro Oswald is not going anywhere anytime soon. According to longtime staffer Janet Silverglate the restaurant will remain in its present location between Pacific and Cedar Streets for many, many months to come. “We don’t feel any immediate pressure to move,” she told me this week. “The only change for now is that we aren’t open on Sundays.” So now you know and should be making reservations for some of the finest dining in the area. Oswald – 1547 Pacific Ave., SC – 831/423-7427.
Bites: Hula Scoop
Dear Muffie: I’m dying to tell you about the new place called Hula’s I tried in Santa Cruz last week . . . (more…)
Hot Plates
November was a great month for dining around the Bay Area, and I want to praise a few special dishes served in some exciting surroundings. We made a run for Absinthe after the opera last week and were charmed to pieces by an authentic version of earthy coq au vin, (more…)
A Different Thanksgiving
It was just the two of us this year, so we down-scaled our Thanksgiving feast into a manageable dinner focusing on seasonal, local and wild. I especially like wild dining.
So I picked up a gorgeous filet of wild Alaska King salmon at Dave’s, and a few russets from New Leaf. (more…)
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.