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Celebrate Toast Kitchen + Bakery’s 2-Year Anniversary!

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By Greer Wylder
July 07, 2020

Toast Kitchen + Bakery is turning two!  Though their official anniversary is on July 24, Costa Mesa’s favorite modern is celebrating through the end of July.  Join Chef John Park as he and his team celebrate two years and enjoy weekly specials on Toast’s most popular menu items including craft cocktails, entrees, wine, and dessert. Due to the recent change in dine-in regulations, Toast is open for takeout or dine-in on the patio. See below for the full list of offerings! Tuesday, July 7 to Sunday, July 12: Bottles of wine for $20 (All day) Tuesday, July 14 to Sunday,…

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Chuck Jones Center For Creativity Online Summer Painting Camp

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By Greer Wylder
July 07, 2020

Chuck Jones Center for Creativity is offering an online summer Painting Camp! This summer, join them from July 13 to July 17 for experimentation with color, technique, and medium. Their teaching artists will guide students through the painting process of fun and exciting projects. Activities include vibrant, Matisse-inspired animals, expressive self-portraits, experimentation with colorful folk art and Van Gogh’s Starry Night, pop-art painting with Looney Tunes characters, and so much more! This camp is sure to have something for every young painter! This week-long camp takes place online via Zoom (link and password to be provided to enrollees), July 13-17,…

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Making Plant-Based Milks At Home

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By Greer Wylder
July 06, 2020

Save a risky trip to the store during the pandemic and make your own plant-based milk at home. It’s SO easy. I just made tasty coconut milk at home with Almond Cow. And Almond Cow will send you organic coconut flakes, almonds, and oats, too. If you order one at almondcow.co and use code Greer, you’ll save 15 bucks. Ingredients 1 cup Coconut shreds (coconut meat or flakes work as well) ¼ tsp Sea salt 1 tsp Vanilla extract (optional) 3 Dates (pits removed) (optional) Directions Place all ingredients in the filter basket. Attach the filter basket to the top of…

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Andrei’s Curbside pickup and home delivery

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By Greer Wylder
July 06, 2020

Andrei's Conscious Cuisine & Cocktails in Irvine will remain open Monday through Saturday for takeout dining and delivery ONLY between 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. ⁠ They are following all of the steps recommended by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and local health departments to increase their already high health and safety standards that are in line with the necessary precautions related to COVID-19/Coronavirus. ⁠ ⁠ Curbside pickup and home delivery are available through partners DoorDash, Grubhub and Postmates will remain available (most of which are even offering ‘no-contact delivery’), so you can place takeout and catering orders during…

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DIY Boba Box To Help those in need

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By Greer Wylder
July 03, 2020

Milk Box introduces the DIY Boba Box launching July 4 at 9 a.m. at milkboxbar.com. Each DIY Boba Box retails for $20. Of that, $5 will be going to feed those in need. $5 to their brand partners, $5 is their cost of labor and overhead, and $5 is their cost of goods! And, they’ve partnered with Bracken’s Kitchen, each box sold helps feed 10 people! And, another added benefit: make delicious boba at home! Each box makes eight drinks! Purchase at milkboxbar.com and use "mrcheam" for 10% off!

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