Years before Los Alamos became the apple of every gastronome’s gut,
Stephan Bedford celebrated all things mycological with an annual
Mushroom Festival at his eponymous winery on Bell Street. Now, for its
13th year, the Mushroom Festival has thrown many spores, you might say,
and will take over Los Alamos for the January 25-27 weekend.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Sip This: Carr 2016 Sangiovese Santa Ynez Valley
Carr 2016 Sangiovese Santa Ynez Valley: It’s easy to think that not enough Santa Barbara wineries make Italian
varietals when you enjoy this Carr sangio. Or, perhaps just enough make
them, as sangiovese makes up less than one percent of all red-wine
grapes grown in California. You’re not going to find many straw-covered
bottles of chianti here.
Want to read the rest then do so at the Independent's site.
Want to read the rest then do so at the Independent's site.
Monday, January 7, 2019
Everything You Need All Day at Café Ana
The Santa Barbara culinary scene can often seem stodgy — so slow to
move thanks to old money set in older ways and because tourist dollars
are easy targets for turn-and-burn spots that serve mediocre food. Or
maybe paradise simply doesn’t need amazing eats on every corner, because
it’s so darn easy-living beautiful anyway.
But the upscale all-day café is finally here, and we should all be thankful it’s Café Ana. It took more than two years for wife-and-husband owners Katherine Guzman Sanders and Julian Sanders to renovate the former Coffee Cat location. “Restaurant construction — always a joyful experience,” quipped Guzman Sanders sarcastically, before adding more seriously, “That bought us plenty of time to fine-tune the concept.”
Want to read the rest then do so at the Independent's site.
But the upscale all-day café is finally here, and we should all be thankful it’s Café Ana. It took more than two years for wife-and-husband owners Katherine Guzman Sanders and Julian Sanders to renovate the former Coffee Cat location. “Restaurant construction — always a joyful experience,” quipped Guzman Sanders sarcastically, before adding more seriously, “That bought us plenty of time to fine-tune the concept.”
Want to read the rest then do so at the Independent's site.
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