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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

    Earlier this summer, 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 which is First & Oak at the Mirabelle Inn in Solvang, making it the first and …

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    Grape Stomp in Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County, photo courtesy Solvang CVB

    Grape Stomping Parties in Santa Ynez Valley

    November 3, 2019 by calicoastblog

    One of the best things about Harvest time is all the fun harvest festivals and street fairs in Santa Ynez valley and Santa Barbara wine country. The other is stomping grapes! Several wineries in the area have grape stomping parties, some of which you can race through the vineyard, wear a toga, or see what …

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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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    Succulent Cafe Charcuterie & Cheese Plate

    Succulent Cafe Shines in Solvang

    December 1, 2017 by calicoastblog

    Succulent Café, Wine & Charcuterie is one of the few places in the valley for house-made charcuterie, and it’s superb. If you’re one of the folks who’ve never heard the word charcuterie, it would serve you well to add some food info into your news apps and feeds…and maybe you’d also have discovered the cronut by now! …

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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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    Santa Barbara Wine Country

    Wine Country Runs: the Only Way to Workout

    January 25, 2017 by calicoastblog

    So, the only real reason I have ever run a half-marathon is because there’s wine tasting at the finish line. Ok, ok… and maybe also because my brother inspired me just a little (he’s run at least 12 real marathons)…and come to think of it, there was an ugly breakup with a two-timing boyfriend that conveniently …

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