The Dose

Casa Barilla Opens first West Coast location

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By Greer Wylder
November 14, 2017

Italian family-owned Barilla, established in 1877, is the world leader in the market of pasta and ready–to–use sauces and baked goods. Now you can dine at its first Casa Barilla on the West Coast at South Coast Plaza, on level one in the Sears Wing. The fast-casual eatery offers the same wholesome Mediterranean ingredients that Italians use and eat every day: pasta, grains, fruit, and vegetables. Casa Barilla offers wholesome Italian cuisine for breakfast through and dinner, with a wide variety of pasta, pizza, panini, and salads made at the moment with fresh ingredients and served directly to you. It…

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Orange County’s Best New Restaurant Celebrates First Year

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By Greer Wylder
November 13, 2017

Mix Mix Kitchen Bar in Santa Ana was recently named “Best New Restaurant” at the 2017 Golden Foodie Awards and for a good reason. Chef/owner Ross Pangilinan’s impressive background ranges from working in France at the two-Michelin-starred Les Trois Marche, and Michelin-starred Regis restaurant to sous chef position at Pinot Provence and Patina at the Walt Disney Concert Hall where he helped earn the restaurant its Michelin star in 2007. He opened Sinatra within Encore at the Wynn in Las Vegas and was Executive Chef at Leatherby's Café Rouge for seven years. Now, Mix Mix Kitchen Bar is celebrating its…

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Escape to Catalina Island, Best of Winter Package

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By Greer Wylder
November 10, 2017

Catalina Island is a great fall and winter escape, and there are some specials you just can’t pass up, like Catalina Island Company’s Best of Winter Package. In just one hour, you’re transported to an island paradise, where you’ll stay at the Pavilion Hotel, only 14 steps from the beach. This Best of Winter Package includes accommodations at Pavilion Hotel, the popular Avalon Scenic Drive Tour, and a day pass to Island Spa Catalina, the island’s only destination spa that affords beautiful harbor views and ultimate relaxation. You can enjoy the soaking pool, Jacuzzi, dry sauna, eucalyptus steam room, ocean-view…

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Nabucco in Concert starring Placido Domingo at Musco Center

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By Greer Wylder
November 09, 2017

For the first time, music fans can experience the LA Opera Orchestra outside of the orchestra pit, performing on the Musco stage in Orange! On Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m., LA Opera presents Nabucco in Concert starring Plácido Domingo and featuring the LA Opera Chorus and Orchestra at Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University. Following the full staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece, Nabucco in downtown Los Angeles, Plácido Domingo returns to the Musco Center for the Arts to star as the title king in a concert version that includes the full cast from the stage production with…

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The Best Cheesecakes in OC

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By Greer Wylder
November 08, 2017

Matt's Cheesecake was founded in 2017 by Matt Paine, a chef born and raised in Newport Beach. He specializes in the most decadent and delicious cheesecakes you’ll ever taste served in half-pint jars. HIs favors include Belgium Chocolate Cheesecake topped with dark chocolate ganache, and a chocolate cookie & almond crumble; Passion Fruit Cheesecake with passion fruit curd, passion fruit sauce, and a coconut & macadamia nut shortbread crumble; and Meyer Lemon Curd Cheesecake topped with graham cracker & macadamia nut crumble. For the holidays, he’s making Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake topped with chewy caramel, toasted pecan crumble, and fresh whipped…

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