Community
- Welcome
- Most Popular
- Latest Discussions
- Latest Activity
- Topics
- Home Cooking
- Cookware
- Cocktails & Spirits
- General Discussion
- Food Media
- Cookbook of the Month
- Dish of the Month
- Table Talk
- What's for Dinner
- Coupons and Deals
- Recipe Fixes
- Ingredient Substitutions
- What Are You Baking?
- Food Trends
- Meal Planning
- Trader Joe's Yay / Nay / Meh
- Costco Food Finds
- Weight Watchers Foodies
- Cooking from [X Cookbook]
- Gift Ideas
- Show More ›
California
Find the best restaurants, bars, coffee shops, ice cream, and more in California. We also have tags for many of the individual cities in the state, which you can browse here.
15 Destinations to Get Your Wine Fix on the Central Coast of California
2020/21 Local Dungeness Crab in Markets and Price Agreement
Today the crab fleets in California and Oregon reached price agreement with wholesalers to start the season. Yesterday's offer from the fishers was $3.10 per pound. https://wildrivers.lostcoastoutp...
Next food supply shortage: Boba on the West Coast
"Shipping containers from Asia are piling up at West Coast ports, delaying the arrival of much of the country’s supply of chewy tapioca balls. Boba wholesalers say their orders of boba just aren’t ...
To Go Meals from Michelin Stars
In this time of Covid-19 and stay at home orders statewide, restaurants are limited to take-out and delivery services. Many have closed. Others have soldiered on converting their operations to offe...
Grocery Outlet - April 2021
The GO spring wine sale (20%) off will run from April 7 thru April 13. https://grossoutwine.wordpress.com/
The red abalone is dying off
“For people who think they don’t like fish…it’s amazing to see their eyes just sparkle when they take a bite and go ‘this is absolutely incredible,’” says Joe Cresalia, a recreational diver who liv...
April 20 - In the Grain Pit: Modern Missives from Small-Scale California Grain
"The small-scale grain movement in California has been growing and gaining steam for years, but the shifting market demands in the last year have certainly infused the grain community with new ener...
Salinas City Barbeque Opens in Salinas
For the last month, I've been watching progress on Salinas City Barbeque toward opening. The restaurant has taken over the former location of Smalley's RoundUp. I'd noticed the sign painting unde...
DoorDash pushes back against fee delivery commissions with new charges
More nasty deeds from DoorDash . . . as cities and states place caps on commission rates it can charge restaurants, DoorDash (and Uber also) has instituted additional local fees to make up the diff...
Cayucos Sausage Company
Somehow for as many times as I've passed through, stopped or eaten in Cayucos in the last 10 years, I'd never noticed Cayucos Sausage Company at its current location or past venue. I'm interest...
Highway 1 at Rat Creek to Open to Traffic by April 30
Caltrans announced today that Hwy 1 in Big Sur will open by April 30. Check out the photos of the construction fill.
Artisan cheese collections selected by Straus Home Ranch
While many places are opening up again, those planning to stay at home a bit longer might want to check out the California farmstead cheese collections curated by the Straus family. Shipping is inc...
Keoki's Hawaiian Barbeque Carry-Out | Marina - Monterey Peninsula
Last week we checked out Keoki's in Marina (across the street from Grocery Outlet). I'd heard about it from Mom's CPA who lives in Hawaii and I remembered seeing the stand at farmers markets where ...
Wild Caught Seafood in the Desert...
Hi... Just trying to find some good sources of wild-caught seafood in the low desert area, Palm Springs, La Quinta, Hot Desert Springs, etc etc etc etc anywhere in the desert area. Good quality. Oy...
Grocery Outlet - March 2021
I haven't reported for a long while...have generally been outsourcing my shopping, but I miss GO! San Jose -- Williams Road, 3/3/21 Shishito peppers, Freida's, 99 cents/8 oz. They look fresh, ...
Fundraisers for Steinbeck House in Salinas: BBQ 4/10 & Mothers Day Tea 5/8
The historic Steinbeck House and its restaurant has been closed during the pandemic. To try to re-open by summer or fall, it will be hosting two fundraisers. Pre-order drive through take out ava...
Tacos El Grullense #3 | South Pearl & East Alisal - Salinas
Tacos El Grullense #3, a new truck from Taqueria El Grullense, launched on March 17. I noticed it passing by the neighborhood a couple days later and stopped to check it out. I actually ate here tw...
Krispy Kreme free doughnuts to the vaccinated
" . . . The chain says it will offer a free original glazed doughnut to anyone who shows their vaccination card for the rest of 2021, starting today. And the offer is not a one-time deal. Custom...
"The Families that Fed America": Andrea Nguyen on the History Channel
One of our favorite cookbook authors stars in the pilot episode of "The Families that Fed America". She makes Bò Kho, but shares so much more about her family's path and the recipes they saved and ...
California 2022
So any rumours for 2022 Michelin Guide 2022? I am sorry to any ventures that closed due to covid-19.
Fresno Tostada Compuesta
Long ago, Fresno had a Spanish restaurant called "Estradas" and they had, by far, the best salad on a tortilla that they called Tostada Compuesta. Anyway, I've tried a lot of comparable dishes at ...
