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You had your fill-and perhaps even someone else’s-on Turkey Day. So that means it’s time to lighten up and get effervescent and check out East Beach Wine’s Annual Mixed Brand Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting Plus Port on Friday, November 23, from 4-7 p.m.
As we enter the season of indulgences, which so wisely precedes the season of new beginnings and atonement we call resolutions and Lent, it’s good to think about ice cream.
So what’s up at the new Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse (2815 State St., 563-5674), beyond Carpenters Local 150 picketing them for hiring a construction company that doesn’t pay prevailing wage? Why does it have a name sure to leave lispers at a loss? Here are some facts about the restaurant proud to answer “where’s the beef?”
Although it sounds like one of Sophia Loren’s costars, cavolo nero is actually kale. A hearty, very green green, it’s good for you, available at our farmers’ markets, easy to cook, and plenty yummy.
An era will come to a close this week-end, as the Brown Pelican Restaurant-nestled sandside at Arroyo Burro Beach for the past 25 years-is set to serve its final meal on Sunday, November 25. A purveyor of beachfront breakfasts, sunset cocktails, and classic California dinner cuisine, the Pelican’s long-term lease with the County of Santa Barbara-which was not renewed this past fall-is set to expire at the end of the year, forcing the family-run business to close its doors.
The typecast pumpkin has fallen victim to its own success, at least in Iowa. According to the Department of Revenue there, as of this year, pumpkins are decorations, so Iowans have to pay sales tax on this delicious and absolutely edible food.
If you ache for the Aegean yet your bank account hurts even more, let Cynthia Daddona and her latest DVD release, A Greek Islands Destination Cooking Class, take you to the spectacular archipelago of Santorini.
If I could only stop writing about Hungry Cat (1134 Chapala St., 884-4701, thehungrycat.com), I would. But Chef Fultineer has come up with a surf ‘n’ turf that’s oceanic in its otherworldliness.
Jim Knight, winemaker and owner of Jelly Roll-the fun and sophisticated wine brand known for its critically acclaimed syrahs from Santa Ynez Valley-also owns a wine shop and a restaurant with his family.
Comebacks are huge in music, fashion, and apparently frozen yogurt. Penguin’s, which once reigned as king on the corner of State and Carrillo streets, is long gone, but the new generation of the frozen stuff is making a comeback on State, only this time at Rockin’ Yogurt on the 600 block.
