The Dose

Born in Mexico City, Puesto Comes to OC

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By Greer Wylder
January 09, 2017

If you’ve ever been to Puesto in San Diego or La Jolla, you’ll be excited about the new Puesto that just opened in Irvine at Los Olivos Marketplace. Puesto is known for its Mexico City-style tacos created by Executive Chef/Partner Luisteen Gonzalez who hails from Mexico City. The concept also pays tribute to Mexico City’s vibrant modern architecture, design and culture. Chef Gonzalez, along with executive creative chef Katy Smith source local ingredients to create Puesto’s signature tacos made with crispy melted cheese, freshly made salsas, and tortillas made in-house using organic, non-GMO, blue corn masa sourced from local purveyor,…

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Rejuvenate and Relax at Body Design

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By Greer Wylder
January 06, 2017

At Body Design Newport Beach's premiere athletic and wellness center for women you can experience one of the best rejuvenating and relaxing treatments in OC. The next time you feel like treating your loved one or yourself to something special, make an appointment at Body Design with Mary Dellene. She offers signature treatments for stress relief and to detoxify, revitalize, relax and therapeutic massage for sports. Her latest specialties include a LumiLift Facial, a hi-tech firming treatment. It features a triple exfoliation, LED light therapy and Microcurrent. It includes a corrective ampoule penetrated with HF Polarized current and an intensive lifting…

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The Secret Cellar

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By Greer Wylder
January 05, 2017

We just discovered a new one-of-a-kind wine club that only offers highly rated, limited production California wines. Secret Cellar Wine Club is the first online membership club to focus solely on award-winning, small release wines from the prized regions of California’s coastal wine country. Secret Cellar Wine Club was born from a successful in-person wine club established at A Hidden Vine on the Lake, a popular wine bar and retail shop in Mission Viejo, also owned by sommelier Marty Cruz and Mike Davis. Serving a high-end clientele of wine connoisseurs, the two saw the need for an online membership option,…

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Eating Clean and Organic in OC

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By Greer Wylder
January 04, 2017

As far as we know, True Seasons Organic Kitchen in Anaheim is one of the few restaurants in OC dedicated to ensuring that all of its foods are 100% organic or certified pesticide-free and always GMO-free. Co-founder and chef Saifon Plewtong discovered through a difficult health issue that eating only USDA organic foods helped her feel better almost immediately, so she’s on a mission to offer the healthiest, cleanest and tastiest organic meals available. She also offers wellness coaching to help others. In 2016, True Seasons was named one of Orange County’s top 10 best new restaurants by Orange Coast…

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Acclaimed Crudo Coming to OC

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By Greer Wylder
January 02, 2017

Mark this down as things to look forward to in 2017: Chef Pascal Lorange is opening his acclaimed Crudo restaurant, known for its Mediterranean cuisine with Japanese-inspired touches, at the Westin South Coast Plaza this summer. The first Crudo opened last August at The Village at Pacific Highland Ranch in San Diego. Belgium-born Lorange is a fourth-generation chef and has cooked in Michelin-star kitchens for more than 25 years. Along the way, chef Lorange served as the private chef for Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and has cooked for numerous dignitaries, including Oscar de la Renta, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Bill…

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