Quick Bites: Chefs on wheels, robot pizza, bar reopens and torta love.

They say you can't trust a skinny chef.

But there are scores of slender chefs who I happily trust. How they're keeping slim is the best part

Yesterday 130 chefs pushed off from Pacific Grove, heading for Santa Barbara, at an hour some chefs are just going to bed.

They're now on day two, pedaling 300 miles to benefit No Kid Hungry and their mission to end childhood hunger in America.

One in five children in America struggles with hunger. The assembled chefs aim to raise $1 million dollars to connect hungry kids with 10 million meals.

California-based riders include a number of names and restaurants to ear-mark, including Duff Goldman (Charm City Cakes), Joe Adamczak (Outpost at the Goodland Hotel), James Siao (Finch & Fork), Travis Flood (Pappas Artisanal) and Jeff Mahin (Stella Barra).

Among them are two of my favorite chefs, Mary Sue Milliken (Border Grill) and Traci Des Jardins (Jardiniere/Commissary), for reasons ranging from taste intuition to sustainability tendencies to all-out crank-the-pedal athleticism.

Before Milliken pushed off, she visited la Balena (250-6295) in Carmel.

More at the Chefs Cycle for No Kid Hungry website; more quick food-and-drink news nibbles follow below:

• The Bull and Bear Whiskey Bar & Taphouse on Alvarado (655-3031) is back open after a few weeks dark, and hosting the South Bay Dub All-Stars 8pm Sunday, July 3, fresh off their appearance at Cali Roots.

• El Jefe tequila, the agave brainchild of Carmel's Ryan Sanchez (Surf N Sand, Corral de Tierra Market), has another zesty credit to tuck under its championship belt: The ring art for a Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino bout for up-and-coming Jose Ramirez (who El Jefe sponsors) Saturday, July 9, features Jefe on canvas, with three 30-second national commercials accompanying the broadcast. 

• After a tragic development out of Instanbul, with the explosion at the airport that killed at least 28 today, good Turkish news: food sleuth Mary Schley reports Artemis Turkish Kitchen is coming to Carmel at Ocean and Mission to do things like pan-fried-and-beef-stuffed bulgur, slow-marinated lamb chops and prawns in pepperoncini sauce.

• The memorable Terroir series at Aubergine (624-8578) continues with a Russia-themed four-course dinner with wine pairings Tuesday, July 12. The next day Exec Chef Justin Cogley leads a Monterey Bay abalone cooking class ($100 includes recipe).

• Tricycle Pizza aims to open on Lighthouse Avenue, on the border of New Monterey and Pacific Grove, by the middle or end of July.

• Weekly reporter Nick Rahaim’s love note to tortas de milanesa inspired a suggestion from Sue Parris of Pacific Grove: El Milagro Oaxacan restaurant in Seaside (1104 Broadway Ave., 324-4125), which does a range of milanesa tortas in a surprisingly big place.

• This makes a great match: Down on Cannery Row, LALLA Oceanside’s (324-0891) new speakeasy-style craft cocktail lounge, Angel’s Share, now features the work of artist Andrew Jackson. His “Bar Series” paintings—which play to his gift for night scenes—include moments at storied (and sometimes departed) places like Segovia's, Jack London’s and Viva’s Monterey.

• Whalewatching brunch "Cruise for the Climate" fundraiser ($125, https://www.theoffsetproject.org/cruise/) with bubbly, Portola Hotel spread of sustainable food and naturalist speakers happens on Monterey Bay 10am-2pm Sunday, June 26.

• Fun and different wine tasting event at Carmel Road tasting room (624-1036) on Lincoln as Katie Blandin Shea of Bar Cart Cocktail Co. collaborates on Riesling spritzer samples and tasting flights 2-7pm Saturday, July 2.

• Tickets are now on sale for the Cooking for Solutions party Saturday, Oct. 1 ($100 members, $125 general, 644-1055) and it will sell out.

• Chef Cy Yontz of Rio Grill, Chef Todd Fisher of Tarpy’s Roadhouse and Chef Tony Baker of Montrio talk gardening and cooking with Kinship Center kids at Kinship Center (455-9965) June 29. The Kinship Center White Party gala (455-4723) occurs Sept. 24, when the three chefs return to craft dinner paired with wines from Bernardus Winery and Scheid Vineyards to go with a hosted martini bar by Southern Wines and Spirits, a silent and live auctions and live music. Ticket sales open July 15.

• Zume, a new (and secretive) startup in Mountain View, is trying to make a more profitable pizza through robotics. Dubbing itself the "Amazon of pizza," it has also created special delivery trucks that will finish cooking pizzas during the journey, if approved by the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health.