Labels: Foodbank, No Kid Hungry, Santa Barbara, Taste of the Nation
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Many products are gluten-free and vegan. Pistachio flour from the Santa Barbara Pistachio Co., Handsome Carver’s cashew butter, bars from 18 Rabbits, and granolas from Ocean Ranch Organics can be found at Isabella Gourmet Foods.
Fruits and veggies are put in baskets spread out in corners of the small boutique, and some are cooled in the fridge to keep their freshness. Chalker said she gets all of the fresh produce from the Farmers Market.
Vegan fudge, ginger-apricot chocolates, cupcakes, pies and other pastries are all brought in from private vendors such as Kelsey’s Anytime Fudge in Ventura, Sugar Cat Studio and Recipes Bakery in Santa Barbara. - Noozhawk
Labels: Grand Opening, openings, Santa Barbara
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Opened in late 2012, Anchor Woodfire Kitchen is a testament to chef Jason Tuley's passion for local flavors and ingredients. Santa Barbara signatures like chanterelle mushrooms, sea urchin and ridge back shrimp dominate the constantly changing daily menus. Also popular are Tuley's house-made charcuterie, ricotta and pickles. And you can't miss the pizza - a wood-burning stove near the center of the restaurant delivers crisp, irregularly shaped pies with a nice, wood-fired flavor.
You can ask any of the staff where your food came from; they'll be happy to tell you. The Anchor website even has a page that lists their purveyors, with categories for farmers, seafood and dairy and meats. - USA Today Travel
Labels: Anchor Woodfire Kitchen, pizza, Restaurant, Santa Barbara, USA Today
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“With continued requests for these past flavours and calls to keep coming out with more, we decided to create this new, unique flavour as a nod to our Canadian heritage. With a nice balance of rich, savory gravy over a starchy potato base, and accented with those fatty, cheesy notes you expect in a plate of poutine, we believe we’ve developed the perfect liquid version of this undisputedly Canadian delicacy.” - Consumerist
Labels: Canada, Jones Soda, soda
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A nationally televised Food Network show in its fourth season is searching for a Santa Barbara restaurant interested in participating in its show.- KEYT
Labels: Food Network, Restaurant, Santa Barbara
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Labels: earth day, Edible Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
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Tesco PLC, Britain's largest retailer by sales which employs about 5,000 people at Fresh & Easy in California, Arizona and Nevada, is to pull out of the U.S., selling off its lossmaking supermarket chain at a cost of 1.2 billion pounds (about $1.8 billion) after it failed to transfer its winning formula from the U.K. to the western states. . - KPCC
Labels: Santa Barbara, Tesco
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Facebook has announced a new system that lets advertisers target you based on what groceries you buy, what car you drive, and what kind of phone you use. It’s just the latest example of an emerging pattern at the social network – follow the user all over the place to close more ad sales.
The bland name of Facebook’s new “Partner Categories” belies a bold mission: tying disparate real-world data to Facebook’s online social graph. The system allows Facebook advertisers to target groups of users based on loyalty card usage at grocery stores and elsewhere, based on public records like auto registration, and based on email addresses consumers give out at retail checkout registers. - Wired
Labels: facebook, grocery stores, technology
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Labels: Bread, Our Daily Bread, Santa Barbara
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Labels: Canary Hotel, Kimpton, Restaurant, Santa Barbara
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Labels: Desserts, Ice Cream, Santa Barbara, Sorbet, vimeo
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Labels: Beef, fundraising, meat, Ranch, San Julian Beef, Santa Barbara
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Labels: Hidden Valley Ranch, History, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara History
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In Santa Barbara, the soon-to-open Caveau Wine Bar & Merchant is hosting a tasting of local wines from the 2012 vintage with more than 50 wineries taking part, including the Ojai Vineyard, Brewer-Clifton, Sandhi and Au Bon Climat. The beauty is that it’s a futures tasting and wines will be offered at 20% off retail if purchased before they are released, i.e., in the future.
...Founded by two enormously qualified sommeliers, Eric Railsback and Brian McClintic (star of the film "Somm"), Caveau specializes in European wines — and in local Santa Barbara wineries. - LATimes
Labels: Anacapa, Au Bon Climat, Bar, Caveau, Santa Barbara, Wine, Wineries
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