Farmhouse, the beautiful restaurant at Roger’s Garden has launched some summer menu items that are sure to please. Chef Rich Mead has been bringing farm-to-table cuisine to Orange County long before it was actually “a thing” and he continues to do so in the most spectacular way. Chef Mead procures his produce from the Santa […]
OC Restaurant Week: Provenance in Newport Beach
I don’t typically post my stories at night, but because it is OC Restaurant Week, I feel compelled to do so simply because there isn’t much time for you to get out there to enjoy it otherwise. This week sees a myriad of restaurants coming together to showcase their menus to those of you who might […]
The Ranch Restaurant & Saloon: the ultimate dining experience
Last week, an article was published in San Diego Magazine about the myths of the farm-to-table movement. The article points to various restaurants stipulating a farm-to-table menu, but in fact, is far fetched and often, untrue. This brings me to once again bring attention to The Ranch Restaurant & Saloon in Anaheim. This is possibly the […]
outstanding OC Restaurant Week menu at Provenance
Each year, I always start OC Restaurant Week off with a meal on the first day. There’s nothing better than supporting our local restaurants by visiting as many of these participating restaurants as possible. If you’ve been reading my posts through the years, you’ll know that one of my friends has a birthday around this […]
Grassroots dining at The Ecology Center
When people say farm-to-table, it isn’t always how I imagine it to be. After all, where else would restaurants be acquiring their ingredients from if not from a farm? But the steps in which it actually arrives to the table is another story in itself. This is why the meal events at The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano are so incredibly meaningful because a […]
