Dining

Health Conscious Dining At Fairmont!
01.11.11
Wow! Fairmont Newport Beach is giving diners with specific dietary requests new choices with health and flavor in mind. bambú Restaurant at the Fairmont offers Lifestyle Cuisine Plus, a new menu available upon request for specific diet-dependent conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and gluten free, as well as unique dietary preferences including, macrobiotic, raw and vegan diets.
The luxury hotel’s motto: “Why stop eating well just because you’re on the road?” bambú is set in middle of a four-story atrium with tropical gardens filled with palms, orchids, and towering bamboo trees. The menu offers a culinary treats for every palate.
And for those of you in a hurry, bambú offers a Petite Quattro Lunch, Choose from two items in each category – soup, salad, entrée and dessert – the meal will arrive in less than 20 minutes or it’s free.
Open weekdays for breakfast 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.; lunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Weekend breakfast is served from 6 a.m. to noon and closed for lunch and dinner. 4500 MacArthur Boulevard, Newport Beach, 949.476.2001.
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Teresa Strasser in OC!
01.11.11
Join Laguna Beach Books on Thursday at 6 p.m. for a red carpet affair with Teresa Strasser, author of “Exploiting My Baby.” TV and radio personality Teresa Strasser will be signing copies of her frank and hilarious memoir about her pregnancy, childbirth and difficult relationship with her mother. It’s a must read for moms-to-be, anyone who is baby crazy, or those who can appreciate a blunt and plain-spoken approach to real-life motherhood. Even Vanity Fair just named it one of their hot picks for 2011.
Strasser is an Emmy Award-winning writer (Comedy Central’s “Win Ben Stein’s Money”), and radio audiences know her as the co-host of “The Adam Carolla Show.” As a journalist, Strasser is a contributor to the Los Angeles Times and a columnist for the Los Angeles Jewish Journal.
Laguna Beach Books is open daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. At The Old Pottery Place. 1200 South Coast Highway, Suite 105 in Laguna Beach. 949.494.4779.
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