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When Sports and Wine Collide; DoubleBack

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Pasternak Wine Imports Appointed Sole U.S. Agent And Importer For The Mud House Wine Group (New Zealand)

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HARRISON, N.Y., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Pasternak Wine Imports is pleased to announce the appointment as Sole U.S. Agent and Importer of The Mud House Wine Group from New Zealand, effective July 1, 2012.

Established in 1996, Mud House has become renowned for producing award-winning wines from New Zealand’s most noted wine growing regions – Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough, Pinot Noir from Central Otago and Aromatics from the Waipara ...

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Darden Acquires Fast-Growing Yard House Restaurant Chain

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Darden Restaurants Inc., whose brand portfolio includes the Olive Garden, Red Lobster and LongHorn Steakhouse brands, has agreed to acquire craft beer-focused restaurant and bar chain Yard House from private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners LLC for $585 million. The all-cash deal, which is expected to close by Darden’s fiscal second quarter (ending November 25, 2012), will include all of Irvine, California-based Yard House’s 39 units, located throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Virginia ...

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SIGNATURE DISH DECONSTRUCTED

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Delicias chef Paul McCabe breaks down

his signature agnolotti pasta

Pleasantly refined but adventurous enough to pack a punch.

That’s what starry-eyed foodies are saying about the relaunched Delicias menu. Credit goes to the new executive chef-partner, Paul McCabe.

Since November, he’s brought a contemporary jolt to upscale Rancho Santa Fe and this 21-year-old restaurant. Right now, you’ll find culinary riches that are handmade, farm-sourced, sometimes embellished with Asian ingredients (dashi, kimchee) or modernist technique — the chef’s not afraid of ...

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i-Somm Finalist 2012 San Diego Business Journal Innovation Awards

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Local technology innovator Alex Marxer and i-Somm are a Finalist – Mobile Devices for the 2012 San Diego Business Journal Innovation Awards.

ISOMM_Innovator Finalist

 

 

 

“We’re not eliminating sommeliers, we’re turbocharging them.” – Alex Marxer, i-Somm, LLC

With i-Somm each wine can now be presented with the same level of commentary and consistency regardless of waitstaff seniority or knowledge. i-Somm provides a tool to the restaurant owner that lets the diner ...

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Fashion Valley gets a new restaurant; Diane Powers expands her brand

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True Food is devoted to healthful menu options that use ingredients with anti-inflammatory properties.
True Food is devoted to healthful menu options that use ingredients with anti-inflammatory properties. — LORI WEISBERG
Photo of   Written by Lori Weisberg

Now closed restaurants from Del Mar Highlands to Mission Valley are being transformed into major new dining spots, two of which will debut next ...

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Morton’s The Steakhouse Putting Major Focus On The Bar

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Morton’s The Steakhouse has embarked upon a major upgrade at all its U.S. locations with a focus on maximizing bar sales, company executives tell Shanken News Daily. Having recently completed a renovation of one location in Houston’s Galleria area, Morton’s, which was acquired by Landry’s Inc. earlier this year, will update all its 50-plus units within the next two years.

“We’re ripping out walls in the bar so the dining room and bar ...

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A Red-Wine Chemical Cuts the Fat

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Study finds a polyphenol changes how the body metabolizes fatty foods
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A new study finds that a chemical in red wine may prevent some of the fatty foods we eat from being converted into fatty tissue. The research, published in the March issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, found that piceatannol, a polyphenol found in grape skins and red wine, effectively blocks the formation of fat cells in the lab.
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No Bull, this Beef and Bison are Delicias

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Brandon Hernández, May 24, 2012

I, like many, was shocked when Paul McCabe turned in his whites at L’Auberge Del Mar’s KITCHEN 1540 in October, leaving to take on the kitchen and partnership in Rancho Santa Fe’s 19-year-old restaurant, Delicias. And I, like many, have been eager to check out the food at his new place. Yet, we, he, and his staff have had to wait things out while the dining room was redesigned and the ...

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Facebook CEO Marries, Palo Alto Sol and Fuki Sushi Provide Food Support

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Mark Zuckerberg, 28-year-old billionaire Facebook CEO, tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, the recently graduated Dr. Priscilla Chen in a private ceremony at the couple’s home in Palo Alto, Calif.

The wedding feast came from the couple’s favorite Palo Alto restaurants, Palo Alto Sol and Fuki Sushi, and for dessert they had Burdick Chocolate ...

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