Greer's OC

Award-winning Chef Jenny Ross is now nourishing Anaheim with her organic living cuisine at her new 118 Degrees Community Café on Center Street Promenade. For the past five years, at her flagship 118 Degrees at the Camp in Costa Mesa she’s served delicious raw delights to fans who subscribe to the theory that raw foods provide more nutrient density in every bite, and to those who just crave tasty salads, entrées and desserts for breakfast through dinner.

118 Degrees serves living sweet corn tamales, Spanish tapas, Sicilian foccacia, paninis with pesto aioli, olive carmelata, avocado, marinated red onion, Portobello mushrooms and chopped chard, breakfast burritos and even apple cobblers with macadamia vanilla sauce. The new Anaheim location offers communal seating and patio seating. Laguna Niguel can look forward to a 118 Degrees too, location, opening soon at Ocean Ranch Village. Both Anaheim and Laguna Niguel locations offer fresh, whole-foods smoothies, quick-serve and Grab n’ Go options, and meal programs will be available at all three locations.
118 Degrees is open daily. Center Street Promenade at 185 W. Center St. in Anaheim; the CAMP at 2981 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa; Ocean Ranch Village 32341 Golden Lantern in Laguna Niguel. [url=http://www.118.degrees.com. ]http://www.118.degrees.com. [/url];

Slow Cooking for Good Times

Owning a slow cooker can be a live saver, picking up a copy of Deborah Schneider’s latest cookbook, “The Mexican Slow Cooker” can turn your slow cooker into a delicious Mexican food cooking vessel. For the first time, Sol Cocina’s famed chef has dedicated   an entire cookbook to favorite south-of-the-border recipes that can easily be cooked in a slow cooker.

At home, you can cook up complex flavors and sophisticated dishes  such as tortilla soup, zesty barbacoa beef, velvety mole negro, and tamales. The Mexican Slow Cooker also gives instructions on how to prepare and use masa, enhancing flavors with herbs, aromatics, fresh and dried chiles.

“The Mexican Slow Cooker: Recipes for Mole, Enchiladas, Carnitas, Chile Verde Pork, and More Favorites” can be ordered online at Amazon, or pick up  and at SOL Cocina in Newport Beach, and Scottsdale, or at stores including Barnes & Noble and Williams-Sonoma. Cost is $19.99. Sol Cocina is at 251 E. Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach. 949.675.9800