New App Saves Restaurants Money, Reduces Waste, and Feeds Hungry
Meal Pass is giving restaurants tax breaks while uplifting the greater Santa Barbara community.
Recent Stories
Historic Santa Barbara County Wine Properties Change Hands
The new owners are embracing the legacies of Fiddlestix Vineyard and Buttonwood Farm & Winery.
Lil Bams Throwing Posada at La Casa
The Santa Barbara hip-hop star is hosting a fundraising concert at La Casa de la Raza on December 18.
Full Belly Files | Zooming into Omakase
As we hopefully start to shift away from having most of our food & drink sessions on Zoom, I’m still learning about new places to eat through digital experiences.
Santa Barbara’s Got Paella Takes Tradition to Frozen Food Aisles
Carol Vanegas-Schuster and Ben Schuster turn his catering recipes into your 10-minute meals.
Mizuba Tea’s Matcha Mastery
Santa Barbara’s Lauren Danson imports directly from Japanese farmers to highlight heritage.
Topa Topa and Carhartt Collab Produces Harvest Swoon
The Ventura brewery and Santa Ynez Valley winery have created a “sangria-style kettle sour.”
Wine Pros Compete on SOMM TV’s ‘Sparklers’
Santa Barbara–raised sommelier and restaurateur Matthew Kaner stars in a new cooking show.
Full Belly Files | Going Vertical, Twice
Two recent vertical wine tastings reveal the wonders of wine as it ages, whether it’s a spicy red from the Santa Ynez Valley or a crisp albariño from the Edna Valley.
Two Decades of Margerum Wine’s M5
Doug Margerum shares 18 vintages of his signature red Rhône blend.
