Winter Pinot – Windy Oaks Terra Narro
How nice of winemaker Jim Schultze to provide an elegant Burgundian-style Pinot Noir, bearing the Windy Oaks label and made from Santa Cruz Mountains grapes, for under $30. The 2010 Terra Narro ($27.99 @ Shoppers) is a sensational companion for salmon or pork, and...
Silver Linings Playbook
Now I get it. Now I see what all the Bradley Cooper fuss is about. As the sensitive, sexy, bi-polar misfit centerpiece of David O. Russell's new film—Silver Linings Playbook—Cooper manages to register sweetness, rage, and screwball genius, sometimes all at once....
Rio Theater screens award-winning docu
Sasha Friedlander's Where Heaven Meets Hell will be back on the big screen in Santa Cruz for one day only — January 19 @ 2pm, followed by a Q&A with the director herself. Don't miss this screening. Find out why by reading my review. Then make plans to be at the Rio...
New Winter Plates @ O’mei
Cold weather, warm flavors. If you sip something at O'mei's front bar these days, you might be tempted by a new slew of tiny Asian tapas. We like the little bites involving bacon and potatoes, even a comforting cube of omelet. This particular dish offers peppers,...
Eye Candy – Watermelon Radish
1. Go to the farmers market. 2. Check the Happy Boy stand. 3. Grab a big ole radish that's white on the outside, but brilliant pink on the inside. 4. Slice it over some arugula (just like in this picture). 5. Drizzle with garlic-infused olive oil and white balsamic...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.