Once again, budding young chefs are looking for vintage inspiration—and that’s because it’s time again for the “Dare to Pair” food and wine challenge, coming up fast on Sunday, April 29. It’s a Westside delight.
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Letters to the Editor: April 25-May 2
Last week, our paper featured a brief reappearance by political cartoonist of DeCinzo in our paper. “I was reminded of why so many people became disenchanted with his work,” one reader writes.
Five Ways to Enjoy Earth Day Weekend Outdoors
This Earth Day weekend might leave you itching to tackle something more fulfilling than watching reruns of Planet Earth or your DVD of Fern Gully. Here are our picks for a few ways to play outside, get your hands dirty and make a difference on behalf of our well-rounded mother this year.
The UCSC Student Behind a New Wine Design
Arts student and 2012 Irwin Scholar Louise Leong finds inspiration in her obsession with product design, branding and vintage cartoons. A senior majoring in art at UCSC, Leong recently submitted the design chosen to grace a custom-bottled roussanne white wine made by Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyards.
Spring Gardening Calendar
The spring calendar’s filling up with gardening classes, sales and workshops galore. Don’t be the sad people with no tomatoes this year!
Stripe’s Secrets: Retro Eclectic Design Interiors
Most people don’t look at a rusty old hammer and see the perfect thing to hang on an interior wall, or see a pile of padlocks as potential art or weatherbeaten wood as a place to put cherished photos. These are things that you find in junk piles and salvage yards. But to those with an eye for upcycling and repurposing, these things are treasures that have the potential to add an inspired touch to a space.
The Seeds of Renee’s Garden
It all began about 30 years ago, when passionate gardener Renee Shepherd met a friend from the Netherlands who was selling seeds. “He suggested that if I liked to garden so much I ought to try some vegetables that were bred for flavor, because this was in the ’80s when I got started, and most American supermarkets weren’t worrying about what things were tasting like,” says Shepherd, owner of Renee’s Garden.
The Great Santa Cruz Seed Bank Revolt
Andrew Whitman holds out his hand. At first glance, he appears to be offering up a pile of tiny gray pebbles, or the world’s tiniest seashells, purple and black flecks radiating from the center of each. They are alive, and very, very old, but the spiraled wonders have nothing to do with the ocean. They are the seeds of teosinte, the ancient predecessor of maize and corn.
Letters to the Editor, April 18-24
Kimberly and Foster Gamble never meant to mislead anyone, according to a team member from the controversial movie ‘Thrive.’ And the pair will respond to concerns about the locally made cult documentary when they have time.
TechRaising Fosters Santa Cruz Start-Up Culture
In recent years, Santa Cruz has developed an active and vibrant tech community—in fact, tech has become so prominent so quickly, new startups are sprouting up all over town.
