Tis the season for holiday dinners, and whether you’re throwing a big bash for friends or hosting a cozy family get-together, you want menu items that impress. These six local chefs can help: Read on for their favorite holiday recipes, ranging from traditional staples to drinks that sparkle, and find out what these culinary experts appreciate most about the season. During the … [Read more...] about From Their Tables to Yours
Archives for November 2008
Breakfast of Champions
The Monterey Peninsula has long been known for its fabulous golf courses and the flashy tournaments played on them, but in recent years the area has developed another reputation in golf circles: a hotbed of junior talent. Local teens and tweens have been regularly making headlines on the state and national level, snagging prestigious trophies and earning scholarships to major … [Read more...] about Breakfast of Champions
A Perfect Place to Play
Seven-year-old Max Rosenblum is pretty excited about MY Museum’s new location. Why? “Well, there’s going to be some mini golf and a tractor. I’ve never been on a tractor,” he says. “And there’s all the art stuff.” Max and his little brother, Luke (who loves the museum’s bubble machine), have been MY Museum regulars for five years. Their mom, Lori, also is looking forward to the … [Read more...] about A Perfect Place to Play
Make Us Laugh
We need funny.We need it so extra very much super badly right now. What we don’t need any more of is sad or scary. Yet that’s what we are inundated with every morning as we slurp our lukewarm coffee while hunched over newspaper photos of angry or terrified faces reacting to crashing stock prices and foreclosed homes, and hear more pundits on TV blabbering on how to still … [Read more...] about Make Us Laugh