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Caterer Dory Ford is charged with defrauding the government out of $4 million in Covid relief funds.
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Caterer Dory Ford is charged with defrauding the government out of $4 million in Covid relief funds.

  • Dave Faries
  • Jan 26, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued an indictment charging Dory Ford, owner of the catering company Aqua Terra Culinary, with six counts…

Quick Bites: New sub shop, Portobello's moving, more big chef changes.
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Quick Bites: New sub shop, Portobello's moving, more big chef changes.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jul 11, 2017

After earning an enthusiastic response in downtown Monterey with its first location, a new Boardwalk Sub Shop will take over the former Red's …

Rocky Mountain high for local brewers.
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Rocky Mountain high for local brewers.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Oct 13, 2016

Dory Ford had a plan. Plenty thought it would fail. Six years later, it has him a mile high.

EcoFarm conference brings out the best in farming.
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EcoFarm conference brings out the best in farming.

  • Rachel Duchak
  • Jan 7, 2016

Once a semi-stealth dirt farmer gathering, the Ecological Farming Conference in Pacific Grove has blossomed into a full-blown organic-foodie-p…

Chef-of-the-year awards and more go out Saturday at Portola Hotel.
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Chef-of-the-year awards and more go out Saturday at Portola Hotel.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Updated May 26, 2015

The first time Soerke Peters, chef and co-owner at Basil Seasonal Dining (626-8226), remembers seeing a grocery store, he was 12.

Best Public Golf Course - Pacific Grove, CA (2014)
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Best Public Golf Course - Pacific Grove, CA (2014)

  • Mar 20, 2014

Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links

Point Pinos Grill provides high value with new menus in under-the-radar spot.
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Point Pinos Grill provides high value with new menus in under-the-radar spot.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jan 29, 2014

Point Pinos Grill (648-5774)—within/overlooking Pacific Grove Muni golf course—remains a semi-secret.

Glorious Summer Recipe for Cantaloupe (and Other Aqua Terra News)
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Glorious Summer Recipe for Cantaloupe (and Other Aqua Terra News)

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Updated Aug 15, 2013

Suddenly the red-headed stepchild of fruit salads is ready to rule.

Carmel Valley food and wine, the definitive guide, from A to Z.
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Carmel Valley food and wine, the definitive guide, from A to Z.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Feb 2, 2012

Plenty of places proclaim they’re The Next Napa. Those places miss the point.


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