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The sous chef is coming for the chef’s job, and that’s the way chefs want it.
Eat + Drink

The sous chef is coming for the chef’s job, and that’s the way chefs want it.

  • Dave Faries
  • Apr 20, 2023

It’s not always easy to come up with a new dish, or even a twist on tradition. So Stephen Pacania was proud when his carrot tartare turned out…

Carmel Valley makes summer more flavorful in at least 7 ways.
Eat + Drink

Carmel Valley makes summer more flavorful in at least 7 ways.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jun 9, 2016

The truffle chips, glowing garlic bread, towering BLT, craft beer garden and new tasting room reinforce this: Carmel Valley becomes better in …

Hot-spot-to-be Cultura Comida y Bebida making major strides in Carmel.
Eat + Drink

Hot-spot-to-be Cultura Comida y Bebida making major strides in Carmel.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jun 8, 2016

Sometimes things look or sound so good you can almost taste them ahead of time.

EDIBLE: At Poppy Hills, Porter’s redefines ‘golf course restaurant’ with joy.
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EDIBLE: At Poppy Hills, Porter’s redefines ‘golf course restaurant’ with joy.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Mar 10, 2016

The evidence got to be overwhelming. First there was the “bacon-and-blue” martini, with Ultimat vodka, beautiful thick-cut bacon cured in hous…

Wave Street Café
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Wave Street Café

  • Daniel DeCamp
  • Mar 3, 2016

550 Wave St., Monterey (lower level). 8am-3pm Mon-Fri; 8am-4pm Sat-Sun.

Lessons on ahi tartare and doughnuts, Cooking For Solutions-style.
Eat + Drink

Lessons on ahi tartare and doughnuts, Cooking For Solutions-style.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Jun 8, 2015

An iceberg-shaped chunk of ahi looms on the stage-lit demo table next to a sharp knife and a tantalizingly blank cutting board. The audience s…

Alvarado Street Brewery and Grill and founding chef Aaron Haas part ways. Robby Valdez takes over.
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Alvarado Street Brewery and Grill and founding chef Aaron Haas part ways. Robby Valdez takes over.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Dec 12, 2014

A major reason Alvarado Street Brewery topped my list of 2014's top new restaurants were the enterprising items like smoked and curried mussel…

New, promising Giant Artichoke restaurant soft-opens on Cannery Row in Monterey.
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New, promising Giant Artichoke restaurant soft-opens on Cannery Row in Monterey.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Nov 11, 2013

You would think a story about Monterey County's known population of mechanical bulls collapsing—from one to none—would be a big, horned, bovin…

Big Sur Food & Wine 5.0 bodes bigger flavor than ever before
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Big Sur Food & Wine 5.0 bodes bigger flavor than ever before

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Nov 7, 2013

Get a load of the what’s now appearing on a Big Sur menu: Something squooshy and slippery, with a side of that-looks-outright-disgusting.

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