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    Santa Ynez Valley Restaurants

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    Homemade (Popcorn) Ice Cream at peasants FEAST

    Homemade (Popcorn) Ice Cream at peasants FEAST

    June 4, 2021 by calicoastblog

    The Last Bite — Summer’s Don’t-Miss Dish in Edible Santa Barbara Magazine Want the recipe? Get it here. By now, we all know many COVID stories. The year 2020 brought immeasurable disruption, heartbreak and hard times, as well as surprising stories of survival, love and hope. In early March, 2020, local chef and caterer Michael …

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    Local Nettle Pasta with Mushrooms & Spot Prawns at S.Y. Kitchen

    Local Nettle Pasta with Mushrooms & Spot Prawns at S.Y. Kitchen

    April 28, 2020 by calicoastblog

    Spring | Living in Santa Barbara County all but guarantees us locally grown produce year-round, but spring can bring surprises depending on rain. This year, fields are bursting with growth – green hills and abundant vegetation are everywhere. And that gets chef Francesco Crestanelli of S.Y. Kitchen excited. “The quantity of food available here in …

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    Braised Short Rib at First & Oak in Solvang, CA

    Braised Short Rib with Oyster Mushrooms at First & Oak

    November 11, 2019 by calicoastblog

    Bibi Ji has been awarded a Michelin Plate by the Michelin Guide When the respected Michelin Guide to high-quality restaurants around the world announced its first-ever dining awards for California’s Central Coast, the coveted Michelin stars proved elusive, but 11 Santa Barbara spots earned the “Plate” designation. One of these is First & Oak at …

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    Crispy White Sea Bass with Summer Corn & Shishito Peppers at The Gathering Table

    July 9, 2019 by calicoastblog

    Summer  | Ballard Inn has been a fixture in Santa Ynez Valley since 1985, known as a wine country getaway with romantic ambiance and award-winning cuisine. Now, it’s undergone a complete transformation, from the 15 guest rooms to the modern farmhouse dining room complete with a long, communal table in front of the fireplace. And …

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    House Spring Maltagliati with Fava Beans at root 246 in Solvang

    House Maltagliati with Fava Beans, Smoked Guanciale & Garlic Soubise

    January 4, 2019 by calicoastblog

    Spring  | New roots. Spring brings them every year, along with some delicacies that can only be enjoyed during these warming days…like fresh fava beans. Spring is the time these legumes behave, and taste, more like fresh new peas than later in the year after they mature, when they firmly join the bean clan (mostly …

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    Industrial Eats in Buellton California

    Carbonara Pizza (aka Breakfast Pizza) at Industrial Eats

    January 24, 2018 by calicoastblog

    Industrial Eats owner/Chef Jeff Olsson has been cooking from locally sourced, organic ingredients long before “farm-to-table” was born. In the late 80s, deep in Amish farming country in Pennsylvania, Tuscarora Organic Growers co-operative took root, supplying restaurants in the Washington D.C. area with locally grown, organic produce. This co-op helped keep small farms afloat by coordinating crop production …

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    Herb Crusted Fish of the Day at Mad & Vin

    Herb Crusted Fish of the Day at Mad & Vin

    October 18, 2017 by calicoastblog

    Fall’s Don’t-Miss-Dish in Edible Santa Barbara You might not guess it, but one of the best places to eat local fish is the cozy, modern Danish restaurant inside the renovated Landsby hotel in Solvang: Mad & Vin. Both the ceviche and the Herb Crusted Fish of the Day with crispy quinoa, fall squash and Swiss chard …

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    Grape Stomp in Solvang, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County

    The Great Grape Stomp – Kalyra Winery

    January 2, 2016 by calicoastblog

    “Why are you all dressed alike? What’s with the polka-dots?” The slightly tipsy woman was staring at the seven of us dressed in various impersonations of Lucy and Ethel stomping grapes from the classic “I Love Lucy” episode. I looked our group up and down. Some did look like Lucy & Ethel, but a few …

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