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Quick Bites: New winery to taste in Carmel, chanterelles, meatloaf panini and more.
Eat + Drink

Quick Bites: New winery to taste in Carmel, chanterelles, meatloaf panini and more.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Feb 27, 2017

The unique tasting experience at Trio Carmel (250 7714) has a new infusion of flavor.

In 1849, the Salinas Valley was the Wild West.
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In 1849, the Salinas Valley was the Wild West.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jan 12, 2017

It was the summer of 1849 when J. Ross Browne – an Irish-born writer, illustrator and U.S. government agent – traveled down the Salinas Valley…

Laureen Diephof
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Laureen Diephof

  • Walter Ryce
  • Nov 23, 2016

A 78-year-old Aromas resident was curious about the world, so she took off to go see it.

Bills introduced to restore trust in California Coastal Commission.
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Bills introduced to restore trust in California Coastal Commission.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 16, 2016

When the California Coastal Commission met Feb. 10 in Morro Bay, throngs of coastal advocates from across the state descended on the Morro Bay…

Crucial beer info, from Ireland to Monterey.
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Crucial beer info, from Ireland to Monterey.

  • Jun 2, 2016

Editor’s note: The Weekly sent beer correspondent George Peterson to Ireland to connect pub heartland with our coastal community. OK, he was already going there…

Bill Lee’s last project opens in Carmel’s Barnyard.
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Bill Lee’s last project opens in Carmel’s Barnyard.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 24, 2016

A brand new restaurant debuts in Carmel’s Barnyard Shopping Center this week. For being so new, there’s something eerily familiar about it.

Quick Bites: In-N-Out insider report, new dinner spot, a closure, a departure and more.
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Quick Bites: In-N-Out insider report, new dinner spot, a closure, a departure and more.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 21, 2016

My dreams of becoming an international spy haven't materialized (yet), so I'll have to be content trying to cloak-and-dagger my way to uncover…

The world needs women in power, but who would do better?
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The world needs women in power, but who would do better?

  • Katha Pollitt
  • Mar 17, 2016

Margaret Thatcher, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann: Whenever you suggest that more women leaders would be a good thing for women, someone is sure to wheel out these ladies in rebuttal…

Paddle sports enthusiast turns surf kayaking into his work.
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Paddle sports enthusiast turns surf kayaking into his work.

  • Tabitha Brown
  • Mar 17, 2016

How a paddle sports enthusiast turned surf kayaking into his passion and his work.

Aoife O'Donovan at Folktale Winery
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Aoife O'Donovan at Folktale Winery

  • Sarah Kenoyer
  • Feb 25, 2016

Aoife O’Donovan takes big career – including work with Yo-Yo Ma and Garrison Keillor – to KRML Live in the Vines at Folktale.

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