A real taste of Santa Cruz at El Salchichero
California Highway One becomes Mission Street for several miles on the west side of Santa Cruz, as you learn whether you are driving south, making the c-shaped curve around the Monterey Bay, or north,...
View ArticleA Heavenly breakfast
There’s a great breakfast place in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, between Scotts Valley and Felton, California – the Heavenly Cafe. It’s filled with roadside country charm and offers...
View ArticleSanta Cruz’s age of Aquarius
There really aren’t that many restaurants in Santa Cruz County that have an excellent ocean view with equally engaging food. And THAT is why I love Aquarius restaurant at the Dream Inn. The Dream Inn...
View ArticleMusing about caffeine and rational thought at Verve Coffee
I've long thought that there was very little scientific and technological progress in the Middle Ages because, seeing as water quality was dicey at best, people sat around drinking beer and hard cider...
View ArticleReinventing the Crepe
I had lunch at The Crepe Place with a friend who has been doing a great deal of her own cooking lately. She has been busy reinventing the "comfort food" of her childhood into dishes that are, well,...
View ArticleRiva House Reminiscences
Every family needs a dependable, kid-friendly restaurant, one with enough of a variety of menu items to interest the adults and familiar enough for children. Ours was Riva House. Our family Riva House...
View ArticleFeeding the Spirit at Soif
I discovered Soif Wine Bar & Merchants at the end of one of Those Weeks. Kid One was too sick to go to school, but well enough to want to make things. Like marble-and-wire wizard rings and dried...
View Article“Rollos” are my new favorite family entree
Santa Cruz’s El Palomar Mexican restaurant has an incongruously named appetizer item: “rollos,” that they describe as “crispy flour tortillas filled with grilled chicken, whole beans, bell peppers,...
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