Sip + Sushi: A bit of a twist at Margerum’s new tasting spot in Los Olivos Doug Margerum is at it again, this time with a gem of a new tasting room in Santa Barbara Wine Country’s charming Los Olivos. The spot offers a new twist on wine-pairing: a bento box with your...
Yes Store comes home at last by Jeff Miller It’s known as “the nation’s longest running seasonal arts & crafts cooperative.” But The Yes Store can’t make that claim anymore, since it’s no longer seasonal. It’s year-round. And it’s not nomadic anymore, because...
A natural winner The first step to success is often failure. Failures like Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, and J.K. Rowling all agree on that. And you can add Kelly Brown to that list. For Brown, the watershed night was May 7, 1993. “I screwed up,” he recalled. Brown and...
Easy dinner hack If you’re looking for a 10-minute dinner that basically requires boiling water, look no further. Poached egg with smoked salmon and asparagus…hollandaise sauce (optional) Ingredients: One fresh egg 3 ounces smoked salmon. (Cambridge House Royal) 3...
Grilled Japanese Sweet Potato Skewers and Herbed Labneh A scrumptious mix of earthy sweetness and creamy tartness. Makes 20 skewers 20 wooden skewers, soaked for at least 30 minutes Ingredients: Herb labneh 1 cup homemade or store-bought labneh 1⁄2 preserved lemon,...