The kitchen garden was a relatively new concept on the American restaurant scene when chef David Kinch of Manresa and Cynthia Sandberg of Love Apple Farms began their partnership in 2006, but it has since grown in popularity. While a number of chefs have embraced the farm-to-table movement, few have integrated their cooking with a single farm as deeply as Kinch has. And few farmers are as responsive to the needs of a chef as Sandberg and her crew.
Posts Tagged: Food & Wine Summer 2012
Top 10 Santa Cruz Mountains Wines
We fed Christina Waters a truth serum so she’d name her top 10 Santa Cruz Mountains wines. Here’s what we got, from the summeriest whites to the most profound pinots.
Santa Cruz County’s Best Microbrews
As the mercury rises, so do our cravings for a cool, refreshing beverage. But which one? It would be a mighty undertaking to channel your inner beer geek on your own and find the best local beer. So we, ever community-minded, did the homework ourselves with a blind taste test, scientifically weighing the pros and cons of each and searching for strengths and weaknesses.
Clouds Downtown to Reopen as Cajun Restaurant
Once upon a time there was Sea Cloud, a dreamy, waterfront restaurant and saloon that helped us all ride the wave of the economic Happy Hour several decades ago. And then there was Clouds, Lou and Kristi Caviglia’s gift to downtown diners and cocktail fans. Wow, it’s hard to believe that Clouds has been with us for almost two decades, but all good things must change.
Where are the Santa Cruz Food Trucks?
When Fran Grayson’s friend was looking to sell a shiny chrome truck, Grayson thought it might be time to make the purchase herself and open up a restaurant on wheels. Grayson’s is one of just a small handful of food trucks in town, most of which—like Cruz n Gourmet, Raymond’s Catering and Babaloo—go to UCSC but don’t make stops in town proper.
