Jenn Garbee

Crack seed cravings gotten unbearable? Get your fix at the 15th annual E Hula Mau, a Hawaiian hula and chant competition at the Long Beach Convention center this weekend. The food court will no doubt include the requisite macadamia nut-everything, but more traditional snacks like crack seed will also be......

Seasoned cooking gurus Martha Rose Shulman and Clifford A. Wright, who have penned nearly four dozen cookbooks between them, are collaborating on a new cooking school. Shulman and Wright will offer their first class, Thanksgiving Without Tears, at the Venice Cooking School on November 15. SquidInk recently spoke with the......

Riverside's own Laureen Pittman has been selected as one of four finalists in Ocean Spray's Ultimate Cranberry Recipe Contest consumer category. On October 5th, Pittman will face off against the three other finalists in New York City for the chance to win $25,000. SquidInk recently chatted with Pittman about her......

When The Daily Pint tapped its first few firkins of cask-conditioned ale (naturally fermented beer) on Friday nights last year, owner Phillip McGovern advised aficionados to show up early if they wanted a full pint glass. The days of duking it out with enthusiastic home brew clubs for the last......

Drop into Bacchus Wine in Manhattan Beach on a Friday afternoon and you might find Sarah Tilton behind the front counter answering the phone, helping a customer find a prime rib-worthy cabernet, or setting out glasses for the daily flight tastings. She's also the tiny Manhattan Beach wine shop's executive......

Shortly after Bill Dertouzos opened Flatbush & J, a food biz that caters (literally) to the film industry, he needed reinforcements. A partner he could trust, someone who knew his strengths and weaknesses and could balance his laid back style (and the accounting books). So in 2004, he called Susan......

John Lyons, the organic gardener and edible landscape designer behind The Woven Garden, offers educational classes to inspire the cabbage farmer within. His 6-week course, "From the Earth Up," covers composting your dinner leftovers, herb garden care, organic pest control, and crop rotation (sans the Stephen King psychodrama). SquidInk recently......

There are those who frequent bars during college football season to watch the games, and those who show up for the beer. Every so often, you find that rare place where the food is actually a compelling halftime draw. Muldoon's Pub in Newport Beach is one such place, where for......

If you know what carboys, hydrometers, and wort chillers are, you've likely already spent plenty of your paycheck at Culver City Home Brew Shop. If those don't ring a bell, consider enrolling in one of the home brewing retail supplier's introductory classes. You'll likely leave with basic knowledge of the......

Are you itching to open the next hot Los Angeles brewery but don't know hops from barley? Pining for the mozzarella balls from Mozza 2Go but don't want to venture so far from your La-Z-Boy? Learn to make beer and cheese yourself on a paid vacation from Travel Oregon, the......