Surf That Wine!
Surf City Vintners continue their on-going educational mission with the newest season of Surf Wine University! This coming Sunday, May 27 kicks off the workshop series, from noon to 2pm one Sunday a month through September. Individual classes are $30, $25 for wine...
Iconic Chef dinners @ Love Apple
At the first dinner, chef Josiah Citrin served wood-fired lamb—rare, perfect!—from Elysian Field Farms, the very lambs served by Thomas Keller at The French Laundry. The second dinner in this mouth-watering al fresco series is coming up and stars Dominique Crenn,...
Opera @ UCSC – May 31 – June 3
Little Women, an opera by exciting contemporary composer Mark Adamo, plays at the Music Recital hall from May 31 - June 3. Super talented singers and musicians from the music program, under the direction of Brian Staufenbiel and with maestra Nicole Paiement at the...
details on Doon
This is the week that Le Cigare Volant introduces lunches daily (as in "every day") from noon to 3pm. So you can see what chef Ryan Shelton is up in the middle of the day. Dinners from Wednesday through Sunday, 5:30 - 9pm, and if it's been a while since you stopped by...
Best Meal of the Year
The place was the upper garden terrace at Love Apple Farm, high atop Vine Hill overlooking the ocean. The chef was Josiah Citrin, whose 2-star Michelin Santa Monica dining room, Melisse, belongs on your short list of where to dine in southern California. The...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.