Top Ten Lucky Foods for the Lunar New Year
Need a year filled with luck and prosperity? Certain foods eaten during the Lunar New Year are considered lucky. Whether you desire prosperity, health, happiness, or new beginnings, these foods…
Need a year filled with luck and prosperity? Certain foods eaten during the Lunar New Year are considered lucky. Whether you desire prosperity, health, happiness, or new beginnings, these foods…
by Maria Terry Okay Concord, if it’s comfort food you crave, then indulge into this California-Italy pairing.Casseroles are one of the best ways to warm you when it is cold…
By Maria Terry, www.LaSommelierre.com Welcome to Pair Up. My goal is to create pairings of food and beverage to heights neither would see alone.Each month, I introduce a full evening…
OUT to LUNCH By David King I took a road trip to explore the tiny delta town of Isleton, population 840ish, a colorful community located five miles beyond Rio Vista…
When the best eating establishments in the region are mentioned, Jack’s Restaurant and Bar at 80 Crescent Drive in Downtown Pleasant Hill deserves to be on that list. This unique…
By Carol and Randi, the Frugirls, frugelegance.com Baby, it’s cold outside! And when it’s cold, there is nothing better than a warm, hearty bowl of homemade soup. Our recipe for…
By Richard Eber On a chilly Monday evening in late November, many restaurants were closed or hurting for business. Not Bambino’s. Even during Covid-19 times, this popular eatery in a…
By Richard Eber With the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions permitting more indoor dining, (the county’s equivalent of removing restaurants off ventilators), many local restaurants are gasping for support. The places…
OUT TO LUNCH by Richard Eber – The famous tag line for Las Vegas, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” isn’t exactly true for Concord’s new restaurant the Parkside…
By Richard Eber Life goin’ nowhere. Somebody help me. Somebody help me, yeah. Life goin’ nowhere. Somebody help me, yeah. I’m Stayin’ alive. – The Bee Gees from Saturday Night…
OUT TO LUNCH by Richard Eber When it comes to sea food, very little exists in the casual dining genre past pre-breaded frozen sandwiches offered by the likes of Mc…
Mrs. Butterbanks The most loved tradition in our family, at this Holiday time of year, is baking all kinds of different cookies, bars, fudge, peppermint bark and delivering to family…