Celebrating Craft Beer Week erupted into an unexpected kaleidoscope of beer tastings that had me feeling like a true bon vivant by week’s end. To kick it off a little early, a few of us craft beer lovers descended on The Globe Belgian GastroPub in Garden Grove to sample an array of what are really […]
Drinks
A Craft Cocktail for Cinco de Mayo
The mystical Chupacabra is a Cinco de Mayo cocktail from Dirty Habit in San Francisco that raises the bar with tequila, mezcal, Aperol, and grapefruit to celebrate Mexican heritage, but before we dive into celebrating, we should know a little about what we’re celebrating, right? Jump to Recipe What Does Cinco de Mayo Celebrate? Here’s […]
Cure for the Common Cold: The Bee’s Knees
A cure for the common cold and whatever else might ail you, The Bee’s Knees is a honey-sweetened Prohibition-era cocktail that’s simple, clean and refreshing – the perfect drink to usher in Spring. The phrase “bee’s knees” was prohibition-era slang for “the best” and its namesake cocktail is traditionally made from gin, lemon juice, and […]
Let’s Dance: Tangerine Tango
Signs of Spring are fleeting in many areas of the country, but Daylight Savings Time tells us it’s coming soon, right? I know many of you are hoping that the first day of Spring (March 21st) will herald the end of this seemingly never-ending frigid winter, and I’m sending positive energy and today’s bright, sunny, […]
Red O Celebrates National Margarita Day
Red O Restaurant Newport Beach is celebrating National Margarita Day, February 22, 2014, as soon as they can catch their breath from the weekend Valentine’s Day celebration. Since Southern Californians are serious margarita lovers, Red O thought it appropriate to extend tribute to this iconic cocktail, born in the 1940’s, for two weeks! Beginning Sunday, February 16th […]
Solita’s Tacos and Margaritas – Oh Yeah!
The success of SOL Cocina in Newport Beach has spawned a sister restaurant solita Tacos & Margaritas at Bella Terra in Huntington Beach. And we couldn’t be happier. In SoCal, you can never have too many Mexican restaurants – tasteful, high quality ones that is. With a distinctive menu centered around a custom wood fire grill, Solita’s […]
10 Smoothies to Stay Healthy All Year
“Lose weight” is one of the top New Year’s resolutions every year – no surprise there. We’ve probably all said this at one time or another. I like to call them “goals” versus resolutions and some years I set some and some years I don’t. Maybe I thought life was just fine as it is, […]
Handcrafted Cocktails at Scott’s Restaurant & Bar
Scott’s Restaurant and Bar is moving with the times and jumping on the trend for craft cocktails by bringing aboard master mixologist James Wood. Just as diners now demand food from local farmers and fresh produce, the same is true in the bar where clientele now desire their cocktails to be made with house made […]
Grand Chablis Tasting At Lucques
Recently, I was fortunate to attend an extraordinary Chablis wine pairing dinner at renowned Los Angeles French restaurant Lucques hosted by Pure Chablis and Jean-François Bordet, the current President of the Chablis Wine Board (and legacy winemaker at Domaine Séguinot-Bordet). Guests relished a unique tasting tour through the region’s various levels paired with James Beard award winner Executive […]
Join the Cocktail Revolution
Cocktail revolution – indeed. The revolution has been raging for several years now and many of us have joined in the revolution by becoming mixologists at home. I was super excited to receive a copy of Savory Cocktails to review. The first drink I made was the Green Tea Gimlet cocktail and it was fantastic— […]