The Dose

Wishing on a Cake

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By Greer Wylder
November 05, 2012

Brides with style rely on Utterly Engaged, an online bridal magazine, to find inspiration and resources to plan the perfect wedding. And it was at Utterly Engaged that we discovered Costa Mesa based cake studio, A Wish and a Whisk who designed the most beautiful cake we’ve ever seen on its current issue. (Pictured above) A Wish and a Whisk is a custom cake studio owned by Lindsey Sinatra, formerly with Christopher Garren’s in Costa Mesa. She left Garren’s two years ago to branch out on her own with a Wish and a Whisk and is now a sought after…

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Pizza, So Hot Right Now!

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By Greer Wylder
November 02, 2012

We’re always up for trying a new pizza joint, especially if it’s all about fresh ingredients, made from scratch recipes, and in the case at NEApolitan Pizzeria & Birreria opening Saturday in Laguna, it boasts a revered Stefano Ferrara oven imported from Naples that can heat up to 900 degrees The word on the street is that this oven can churn out Neapolitan-style pizzas that purists live for. However the oven will only be as good as the chef behind it, so we’re thrilled that NEApolitan, is the brainchild of Frank de Loach, formerly the sous chef at Playground. His…

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20 Q’s with Dave Lieberman

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By Greer Wylder
October 31, 2012

We scored a major coup this week when Dave Lieberman agreed to answer our 20 Questions. In our book, Dave Lieberman, a contributor to OC Weekly’s Stick a Fork In It food blog, is one of the most brilliant denizens of Orange County.  Not only does he speak 11 languages,  he’s a corporate IT guy by day, and a talented food writer, highly skilled home chef, loving father, choir singer, and great friend to many on the side. He grew up in New Jersey in a wanderlust family. His father loved to find little holes in the wall (as does…

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Walk for the Diabetes Cure

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By Greer Wylder
October 30, 2012

You can help find a cure for Type 1 diabetes. On Sunday, Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. join me and thousands of others in the Walk to Cure Diabetes at UC Irvine to raise funding for research in the fight against Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is not caused by obesity, overeating or a lack of exercise; it is an autoimmune disease that can strike anyone at any time — most frequently children. Insulin keeps people with Type 1 diabetes alive, but it is not a cure. Fatal complications caused by the disease include kidney failure, blindness, amputation, heart…

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Slater’s 50/50 Rolls Out New Menu

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By Greer Wylder
October 29, 2012

What restaurant can push the limits on the proper ratio of bacon to beef in a burger like no other? That would be Slater’s 50/50, the bacon mania eatery famous for its 50/50 patty made of 50% ground beef and 50% ground bacon. Some of its wild (and surprisingly good) burgers include Peanut Butter and Jellousy Burger made with creamy peanut butter, strawberry jelly and thick cut bacon; and its classic “The 50/50”  a signature patty topped with a sunny side up egg, avocado mash, pepper jack cheese and chipotle adobo mayo on white brioche. At Slater's 50/50 there's nothing they won't deep fry, slap bacon in, or toss…

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