Taste of Orange County, Orange Coast Mag food blog

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I have ambivalence about judging contests, but jumped at the chance to be in on this Skuna Bay Salmon competition. SO glad I did―chef Andrew Sutton's tripartite dish was sososo FAB. (No surprise at all that he advanced to the finals at the next level.)

Napa Rose's Sutton Scales the Heights With Skuna Bay Salmon

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Even if, like me, doughnuts aren't a major thing for you, a visit to Sidecar should be made at your earlier opportunity. If only for the fab Stumptown coffee! But I have a feeling you'll be leaving with a doughnut, too.

Start Your Engines for Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee

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I've shopped the little farmers market on the Irvine/Tustin border for years... now, it's moving. Temporarily, and not too far away from the original location. But still―hope it makes its way back home.

O.C. Farmers Markets: Irvine's Tuesday Market Hops to Another Park

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Ah, tea. I like the kind of company that invests a cool $15K in a tea-preparation machine. Even those who don't believe, as I do, in the ultimate supremacy of tea, should take notice. The Seventh/Portola people have enough belief for all of us.

Seventh Tea Bar Brings Steampunk to The OC Mix

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OCFN readers already know how I feel about duck, so this was an especially propitious theme for a food-blogger gathering. A positively quacking afternoon.

Dishes in the Key of Duck, at Rustic Garden Bistro

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Sure, a fab-sounding dinner program is coming any day now to Early Bird... but breakfast/lunch ain't no slouch.

In Fullerton, Early Bird Dinner is Not What You Think

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There is no shortage, In Today's World, of artisanal, handmade, small-batch, local-produce blahblahblah preserves jams jellies pickles relishes. High-end grocery shelves are lousy with them, in fact. And, in fact, many of them are, yes, lousy.

Not so O.C.'s own chef Jamie Gwen's In a Jam preserves. In generous 16-ounce jars rather than the twee thimbles many New Homesteading-type DIYers offer, with a flavor blast created with good ingredients in good recipes with good technique, Gwen's In A Jam jams are fab.

Chef Jamie Gwen's Got Herself In a Jam