Edible Santa Barbara Wine Label Artwork Contest —Best Sense of Family— What the Judges Said: Suggests personal, small batch, family. I really enjoy the contrast between the large, blocky type…
J. Wilkes 2020 Pinot Noir
Edible Santa Barbara Wine Label Artwork Contest —Most Sophisticated— What the Judges Said: This entire label, front to back, is beautifully designed. I love the waves, which are powerful enough…
California Spiny Lobster Roll
It might be hard to compare the California spiny lobster with the ubiquitously popular Maine lobster, but locally we know that our lobster is utterly divine. Ours lack the large…
A Bunch of Brunches
Brunch (both the word and the concept) was created in the late 19th century in England for—drum roll, please—hangovers. In addition to being a portmanteau of the first two meals…
Red Oak Smoke Rising
Santa Maria-Style Barbecue Where there’s smoke, there’s barbecue. But if that smoke is from red oak, more precisely California coast live oak, it just might be the famous Santa Maria-style…
Gettin’ Down with Papaya Man
Damien Raquinio Brings Aloha to Santa Barbara [Photography by Erin Feinblatt] It’s a busy June-gloom day at the Saturday Santa Barbara Farmers Market. Musicians are strumming and singing. The sweet…