The Dose

Hyatt Summer Concert Series Going Strong

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By Greer Wylder
August 20, 2014

The picturesque and intimate Back Bay Amphitheater at Hyatt Regency Newport Beach is home to the Hyatt Summer Concert Series that’s still going strong every Friday night through October 10. The 1,000 seat venue features grass carpeted steps in a lush garden, where concertgoers can listen to tunes while overlooking the peaceful Back Bay. World-class artists headlining the series include Macy Gray on Friday, Aug. 29 and Natalie Cole on Friday, Sept. 26. The line-up includes: August 22: Jonathan Butler – His new album, “Living My Dream” was released in June, with jazz-funk legend Harvey Mason opening the show. August…

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Elevated Mexican Cuisine in OC

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By Greer Wylder
August 19, 2014

Taco Maria, the one time famed taco food truck that easily served the best tacos in Orange County and beyond (we’ll never forget the roasted pumpkin tacos), has been on a metamorphosis ever since it opened its first brick and mortar restaurant at SoCo in Costa Mesa last August. With a Chef/Owner like Carlos Salgado, whose culinary career included working at Coi in San Francisco, and opening Michelin starred restaurant Commis in Oakland, he was destined to expand his culinary genius beyond tacos. It’s been a year of Chef Selgado preparing his self-proclaimed “Chicano cuisine” influenced by Mexican and American…

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The Pig Out is Back!

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By Greer Wylder
August 18, 2014

Come out to experience an epic pig-centric food fest on Sunday, Aug. 24 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the California Scenario (Noguchi Gardens) in Costa Mesa. Thanks to Inspire Artistic Minds headed up by Bobby Navarro and made possible by an entire team, 16 of OC’s most respected chefs, 6 renowned bartenders and one ticket will get you unlimited tastes and parking. New to this year’s PigOut will also include a pig butchery demonstration, a pig farmer Q&A, along with a knife skills demonstration, and a Templeton Rye Heritage Pork Pig will be prepared and cooked by Chef Amar Santana…

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In Black & White Q&A with Dean Kim of OC Baking Co.

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By Greer Wylder
August 14, 2014

We are thrilled to announce our new Q&A series, Greer's OC: In Black & White, an ongoing segment on Greer's OC TV where we will talk to some of our favorite people in Orange County who are making a difference. First up, Executive Baker, Dean Kim, owner of OC Baking Company who founded the wholesale bakery in 2009 that provides an array of fresh breads to 100 restaurants, ten top hotels, country clubs and caterers in Orange County. On average, Kim sleeps about four hours a night, lives five minutes away from his 15,000 sq. ft. bakery in Orange, which…

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Posh and Delicious Indian Cuisine

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By Greer Wylder
August 13, 2014

The award-winning Tamarind of London at Crystal Cove Promenade isn’t just the most visually stunning contemporary Indian restaurant in OC, it’s also the sister restaurant to the Michelin ranked flagship location in London. And thanks to their wildly talented Executive Chef Imran Ali, a leader in the Modern Indian Cuisine movement who visits India every year to meditate and charge his culinary creativity, the menu offerings are delectable, some are vegetarian, vegan, gluten and dairy free. Even Los Angeles Times’ restaurant critic, Jonathan Gold named it the “Best Indian Food” of 2013 in Southern California. Chef Imran’s journeys inspire his…

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