California

by Melanie Wong 1 month ago

" . . . For nearly 30 years, the company behind Sriracha, Huy Fong Foods, used peppers supplied by Underwood Ranches. Now, the two companies are in the midst of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, accor...

SF Mission GO: Horizon Organic Unsalted Butter (labeled 3.99, rang up 2.99) Pt Reyes Blue 4.99 Leonidas Belgian chocolate bars (30% milk with salted caramel or hazelnuts) 2.99 Wellshire Uncur...

by Melanie Wong 26 days ago

Recently William and I enlisted a friend to join us to check out the new spot, Villa Azteca, in Oldtown. We had noticed its opening day on Steinbeck’s birthday in February. Happy to say that Salina...

by Melanie Wong 10 years ago

For those of you looking for a “something for everyone” old school kitchen type of place for visiting kin during the holidays, I thought I’d post about the Golden Tee restaurant, an old-timer compl...

by Melanie Wong 28 days ago

Marina GO (Monterey Peninsula): Finlandia cheddar cheese dip, 99¢ Daphne's Creamery 82% butterfat butter, $2.49 Siggi's Triple Cream strained yogurt, $2.49 Maple Hill drinkable yogurt, $1.49 ...

We are doing a cross country road trip from Alabama and I would like your "DO NOT MISS THIS" food suggestions for ALB, LAS, LAX and SFO. We are also going to the grand canyon, but I think we are v...

Any recommendations for good pizza on the Monterey Peninsula?

by foodchick45 12 years ago

After living here practically my whole life, I finally made it to the Chicken Pie Shop down in the Tower district. I originally wanted the fried chicken giblets on the menu, but the waitress said ...

Based on a post by Melanie quite some time ago, my wife and I found ourselves near the tourist wharf around lunchtime. I remembered what she said about the locals menu there so we decided to give ...

by Melanie Wong 22 days ago

Construction is underway for Bob's Well Bread of Los Alamos to expand to the long vacant site of the former Ballard Store in Santa Ynez Valley. Completion is estimated in the fourth quarter of 2019.

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 ...

by Melanie Wong 3 years ago

Recently I've returned to the weekend ritual of menudo as the morning meal for its restorative powers and leisure time celebration in soup form. I'm starting this thread to collect recommendations ...

by Melanie Wong 4 months ago

In the course of reading everything I could find on social media for updates on last week's storms and disastrous flooding on California's North Coast, I came across the FB page for the F/V Princes...

by Melanie Wong 26 days ago

Open now for a year and a half, Central Coast Meat Market was founded by a local who spent six years in Texas. Beef is king here, barbecued Central Texas style over oak, though other meats are also...

I'm a freelancer heading to the Mendocino area for a work / 10 year anniversary. I would love recommendations on what to do / where to eat while visiting.

by Melanie Wong 8 months ago

15th Annual Native American Christmas Market Dec 1 & 2 Food booth offering Indian tacos, fry bread & rez dogs. Spreckels Memorial Building 5th & Llano Spreckels, CA (Between Monterey & Salina...

by glbtrtr 2 months ago

Did an overnight to SOLVANG which surprised us with a very nice culinary triangle on Highway 246 from Buellton on Highway 101 - well worth the drive for those of us living in Santa Barbara who want...