Two House-Made Ramen Dishes, Local Uni from Urchin Diver Stephanie Mutz Now Offered on Friday and Saturday Nights at Les Marchands WHO: Chef Weston Richards, Executive Chef of Les Marchands Wine Bar & Merchant in the Funk Zone of Santa Barbara WHAT: Early this year, Les Marchands’s Chef Weston Richards introduced his personal interpretation of…
If you only know hot Sake, like it or not, there’s so much more out there in the Japanese world of rice wines. You are cheating your palate if you stopped at the one being offered at your corner sushi bar. I learned this years ago and have since made it a point to peruse…
Hubby printed out this recipe for me. Then he asked me to replace the sweet potatoes with boring brown ones, but I got red hoping to reach a middle ground. Other changes are in italics below. Not sure what prompted hubby to choose this one, and after I went to their website I wondered, what…
Happy Fourth of July – Celebrate with style and light up that grill, make your favorite burger… sip your favorite wine… but for some, which wine to pair with the plethora of grilled goodies? Let me suggest some guidelines followed by my choices of wines to pair with those delectable patties, no matter what protein…
Egads, when I started posting recipes on Wednesdays I had just left my job and began working from home. With lots of time on my hands I cooked, cleaned and even washed cars…https://thecifhw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/png/lipitor.html until “I dedicated myself full-time to wine,” as my brother put it. With writing, consulting and planning events it has now become…
Chef Chris New has the only gadget in Santa Clarita that was the winner of the Food Network’s Award for Tasty Technology: The “Anti-Griddle” quickly freezes sauces and purees into solid, unique forms — or freezes just the outer surfaces while maintaining a creamy center. It’s the perfect accompaniment for a modern chef that prides…
We spent last weekend celebrating Earth Day in Paso Robles, in case you missed all my hints in the Dear Wine Friend e-newsletter. We started out with a lovely tour and overnight accommodations at the Creekside Bed and Breakfast formerly owned and operated by Per Cazo Cellars owners Dave and Lynne Teckman. From there we…
Last week a much-needed rain storm pummeled Santa Clarita, but the day of the much-anticipated Opolo Wine Pairing Dinner at Salt Creek Valencia, it was a beautiful day. And the patio at Salt Creek screams out for events! Perfect for a group of, I don’t know, maybe 60, to mingle, hear a speaker, have their…
The Collins College of Hospitality Management at Cal Poly Pomona has been around an incredible 75 years. Per their website, it “is the oldest and largest hospitality management program in California”. They recently held a dinner to celebrate this achievement at their on-campus restaurant – The Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch. In attendance were alumni of…
The Salt Creekers are pretty excited about their upcoming Paso Robles wine dinner on February 27. They tasted through an extensive line-up of wines from Opolo Vineyards last Monday and Chef Munoz then came up with a very inspired menu. I’d have to say there is something for everyone here: Foodies and Wine peeps alike. …