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Sweet Honey in Aliso

By Greer Wylder

November 22, 2011

It won’t get much greener than this. Aliso Creek Inn & Golf Course in Laguna Beach is debuting a hyper-local garden to grow herbs and vegetables for the kitchen and the produce will debut in the spring. Another green initiative at the hotel, Aliso Creek also has a bee-hive to produce local wildflower honey. Executive Chef Jennifer Gonzalez and Bee Keeper and catering director Andrea Wilde are implementing organic gardening with local soil and compost from the property to provide tasty vegetables and herbs, and the local honey make a fabulous addition to the culinary programs. Aliso Creek Inn &…

THANKSGIVING DINING IN OC!

By Greer Wylder

November 13, 2011

By Sheryll Alexander For those who aren’t prepared to cook Thanksgiving dinner or who just don’t feel like dealing with the mess, here’s some of the best Thanksgiving feasts in OC. TAPS Fish House & Brewery A fish house and brewery may not sound like the best place for Thanksgiving dinner (held from noon-8 p.m.), but actually TAPS has one of the best all-you-can eat buffets in OC. We love TAPS buffet brunch on Sundays, so a Thanksgiving brunch sounds like heaven, right? Just a few of the items include herb-brined turkey, braised turkey legs, honey-glazed ham, Prime roast beef,…

Crawfish Boil at Memphis at the Santora

By Greer Wylder

November 02, 2011

We were fortunate enough to taste test Executive Chef Diego Velasco’s new Louisiana style feast, the Memphis Crawfish Boil recently at Memphis at the Santora in Downtown Santa Ana. It’s a new southern dinner that’s ideal for groups of 8 to 20. Just book a reservation one week in advance, arrive hungry and enjoy $1.5 lbs of fresh crawfish, smoked sausage, corn, potatoes, cornbread muffins, salad and one Dixie Lager per person all served on traditional butcher paper. To add to the ambience, New Orleans jazz and zydeco tunes will be playing during the southern feast. The meal costs $30…

SAVE SCIENCE AT FALL FLINGO!

By Greer Wylder

November 01, 2011

By Sheryll Alexander Did you know Newport Mesa’s award-winning Kaiser & Woodland schools no longer have funding for science programs? You can do something about it by attending Kaiser & Woodland Schools Foundation’s “Save Our Science” Fall Flingo. Held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Newport Harbor Drivers Club (729 Farad St. Costa Mesa), Fall Flingo costs $45 per person and includes a no-host cocktail reception, music provided by DJ Craig, a four-course, French-themed dinner catered by Irvine Ranch Market, bingo games orchestrated by an entertaining host and a Texas Hold ‘Em-style poker tournament. In addition, the silent…

ROYAL HAWAIIAN BRUNCH!

By Greer Wylder

October 25, 2011

By Sheryll Alexander North Laguna is the perfect place to enjoy a leisurely Saturday or Sunday morning and the historic Royal Hawaiian restaurant makes the weekend journey even better. On a recent visit one foggy Saturday morning, we passed right by the way-too-crowded The Cottage and the way-too-swanky Las Brisas. Just across from the Laguna Art Museum on the beach side of PCH, Royal Hawaiian beckoned with its quiet interior and totally unpretentious dining room. Once no more than a beach bungalow in the 1940s, The Royal Hawaiian has been completely remodeled (and without too much tiki kitsch) as a…