HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (PRWEB) – The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay welcomes Jakob Esko as its new Executive Chef. Esko joins the oceanfront resort having most recently served as Executive Chef at W Barcelona. Raised in Sweden near the Arctic Circle, hunting was an important means of survival for Esko and his family – moose…
“We will be returning to the City of Angels with a our national Feast event and will continue to feature the best up-and-coming chefs in the Los Angeles area. Popular Pop-Ups will be joined by brick-and-mortar mainstays under one roof, with plenty of Asian-influenced cocktails from the city’s top mixologists to help wash down the…
Cocktails on the Roof News: Thanks to everyone that bought a ticket, volunteered, signed up as a vendor and participated in the 4th Cocktails on the Roof event held September 7. The Day After Waking up to 71 notifications on Facebook = must have been a great night! Once I cleared those there were 76…
Dear friends, From time to time, we like to call out extraordinary things our friends are involved with. Perhaps the most inspiring project to come of out the Napa Valley in recent years is Kelli White’s encyclopedic book Napa Valley Then & Now. Those of you who have visited Press Restaurant in St. Helena may…
La Cañada Flintridge, CA, August 8, 2018 – Descanso Gardens is excited to announce that tickets to its enormously popular light show, Enchanted: Forest of Light, will go on sale on Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. Enchanted will run from Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018 to Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. Tickets to Enchanted have timed entry…
It isn’t a secret that I love Rhônes, whites and reds alike, so reading the wine list for a recent tasting with Turtle Rock Vineyards already whet my palate. Paired with another multi-course lunch created by Chef Kenny Spost of the Napa Valley Grille in Westwood for the #LAWineWriters group I’m in, the table was…
I did the Carmel-by-the-Sea Wine Walk three years ago. At that time I stayed in nearby Monterey. What a difference not driving makes! Free to finish a taste and not pour out everything, I still split my tasting with my husband Eddie, but this time I enjoyed visiting MORE tasting rooms: We started at the…
Santa Monica, CA – After a fun day of surf and sun, when the tide begins to rise and the moon makes its nightly arch, The Moon Bar at Lunetta opens its doors and welcomes guests to partake in an evening of progressive, chef-driven elevated New Californian Cuisine and masterfully Handcrafted Cocktails. Presented by Chef…
Kind of excited…the restaurant I grew up with, California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) has had a remodel…well…not exactly just a remodel. Met by Susan Halstead, the General Manager of our local Valencia CPK, the first thing she told me was that people that now walk in the door don’t recognize that they’re in a CPK if…
Solvang, California, USA –Tracy Farhad, Executive Director of the Solvang Conference & Visitors Bureau, has announced the debut of the organization’s inaugural Solvang Stomp, a “Footie” Wine Harvest Street Festival, happening on Saturday, October 13, 2018, from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in downtown Solvang on First Street (between Mission Drive/Hwy 246 & Copenhagen Drive). Farhad enthused, “Solvang…