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Lighthouse Bayview Cafe’s New Winter Ready Menu

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By Greer Wylder
November 14, 2017

With shorter days and cooler weather, Newport Beach’s waterfront culinary destination, Lighthouse Bayview Café, debuted its new winter menus for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. New menu highlights include for breakfast, Chorizo & Egg Tacos with crispy tortillas, pico de gallo, cilantro, refried beans, house salsa; a Crab Omelet with blue crab, asparagus, herbs, red pepper hollandaise (optional egg whites); and Frittata with kale, mushroom, bacon, roasted tomatoes, and Swiss cheese. New lunch and dinner meu items include our favorite Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich with Slaw, House Pickles and Herb Mayonnaise on a Brioche Bun; Blackened Mahi Mahi Street Tacos…

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True Food Kitchen’s Holiday Squash Pie is Back

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By Greer Wylder
November 13, 2017

For Thanksgiving, True Food Kitchen’s wildly popular seasonal squash pie is back for a limited time and available for pre-order at its Newport Beach location through Sunday, Nov. 19 with an in-store pick on Nov. 21 and 22. Each pie is $22.   This nutrient-rich, healthy holiday favorite features a creamy filling of ripe butternut squash and wintery spices like ginger, cloves, cinnamon with a hint of brandy, maple and coconut, all surrounded by a vegan graham cracker crust and topped with vegan coconut-milk whipped cream. It’s gluten-free, too! And seriously delicious.  Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11…

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Cariloha Pacific City Presents: How to Have Happy, Healthy Holidays

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By Greer Wylder
November 13, 2017

Prep for the holiday madness with tips on how to stay sane and healthy this year (and even get a head start on your holiday shopping!) at a fun, interactive and insightful evening at Cariloha Pacific City on Thursday, November 16 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Join certified nutritionist (and mom of 3) Julie Hefner of Nourish Nutrition and Shelby Barone of OC Mom Blog (another mom of 3) for tips on how to keep yourself and your family healthy during the busiest - and most stress-inducing - time of the year. Bring a friend and enjoy delicious light bites, bubbly and…

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Gratitude’s Vegan Holiday Pies To Go

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By Greer Wylder
November 10, 2017

Gratitude in Newport Beach is offering everyone’s favorite vegan and gluten-free pies that are perfect for Thanksgiving. Whether you follow a plant-based diet or are entertaining those that do, you can pick up some pecan pies, pumpkin pies, and chocolate coconut cream pies. All pies serve 4-6. Orders must be placed by Monday, Nov. 20 and picked up between 1 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22. Gratitude also offers vegan and gluten-free side dishes such as French Lentil and Butternut Squash Loaves; Shaved Kale, Radicchio & Persimmon Salad; Roasted Maple Miso Brussels Sprout, Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Shiitake Gravy.…

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Orange County Film Society Presents The Darkest Hour and More

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By Greer Wylder
November 10, 2017

For film enthusiasts, there’s the wonderful Orange County Film Society (OCFS) that offers exclusive film screenings throughout the 2017/18 season. Members of OCFS are invited to attend special screenings of some of the world’s most acclaimed films as well as to special meet and greets with filmmakers, celebrities and other prominent members of the entertainment industry. You can join at orangecountyfilmsociety.com. In the coming months, Orange County Film Society will debut films before their national release. Join OCFS on Tuesday, Nov. 14 to view the World War II historical drama Darkest Hour, starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill and SAG award winner…

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