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The Cookie Department’s Fully-Functional Cookies

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By Greer Wylder
March 21, 2018

The Cookie Department, a Los Angeles-based food company, offers a unique line of all-natural individually packaged fully-functional cookies without artificial preservatives or trans-fats.   The idea of creating fully-functional cookies took shape one afternoon in 2009 when Founder Akiva Resnikoff refueled with a jolt of caffeine and a sweet snack at the original Peet’s Coffee in Berkeley, California.  He noticed other patrons were also experiencing an afternoon slump.  It was at that moment that he decided to combine his love of coffee and baking to create a functional treat.  After creating more than 50 batches of cookies in his mother’s kitchen,…

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The Elite OC

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By Greer Wylder
March 21, 2018

The Elite OC, a nonprofit business league that empowers leading young professionals to positively impact the local community and grow professionally, has grown organically to be the largest young professionals group in Orange County.  Focused on quality programming for leading, charity-minded individuals, Elite OC has hosted over 100 events to date benefitting a variety of local Orange County-based charities.  Instead of charging for events, Elite OC asks attendees to bring a donation for the chosen monthly charity, which has resulted in donations of over $135,000 and 23,000+ life-enhancing items given to 95 local charities since inception.  Items such as books,…

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Sushi Roku’s Wagu Week

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By Greer Wylder
March 20, 2018

Sushi Roku Newport Beach received a special delivery of award-winning Bungo Wagyu available now through Sunday, March 25 with a tasting menu that pairs three Wagyu appetizers with three distinct Japanese spirits. The limited-time-only tasting menu features Bungo beef, considered the highest-quality Japanese grade beef, originating from the Oita prefecture in the Kyushu region of Japan. The award-winning meat, which has received accolades from the Tenno-sho (Emperor’s Prize) and Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, will be offered in three simple preparations to preserve its rich, delicious flavor—a skewer, sushi, and steak—matched with refined spirits originating from Japan that delicately enhance…

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OCWineFest celebrated wine, craft beer, camaraderie

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By Greer Wylder
March 20, 2018

Guests braved the rain and shine at last weekend’s OCWineFest, which took place on the historical grounds of A Stones Throw Winery in San Juan Capistrano. Almost 1800 guests sipped more than 200 wines, mingled, danced, nibbled bites and learned about award-winning wines from around the globe over the course of the weekend – tasting wines from as far away as Israel and Hungary, to those made right in our backyard of Orange County. The six craft breweries on tap were a hit among the crowd, which spanned demographics, showing that the enthusiasm for the wine and beer community is…

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The Book of Mormon Returns to OC

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By Greer Wylder
March 19, 2018

Back by popular demand, nine-time Tony Award winner, The Book of Mormon returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts for a limited engagement March 20 – April 1. The Book of Mormon follows two Mormon missionaries as they attempt to share their scriptures with the inhabitants of a remote Ugandan village. The earnest young men are challenged by the lack of interest of the locals, who are preoccupied with more pressing troubles such as AIDS, famine, and oppression from the local warlord. The Book of Mormon features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Tony…

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