http://blog.805living.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:10:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en NOW THROUGH FEB. 5 Celebrities and everyday diners are getting the red carpet treatment in Santa Barbara  this week, thanks to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.   Now in its 27th year, the 10-day celebration of all things cinematic already has feted current Oscar nominees Viola Davis of "The Help," Christopher Plummer of ... http://blog.805living.com/lights-camera-eat/ JAN. 16-18 Three days and three restaurant locations could add up to nearly endless possibilities for cancer research. From Jan. 16-18, diners at any of the Rosti Tuscan Kitchen locations in Encino, Calabasas and Santa Monica have only to say the words "Concern Foundation" to see 15 percent discounted from their bills ... http://blog.805living.com/rosti-tuscan-kitchen-comes-to-aid-of-cancer-research/ JAN. 19 The inaugural Local Food & Wine Challenge organized by the Ventura County Wine Trail is shaping up to be the culinary slugfest of the New Year. Set for Jan. 19 in the ballroom atop the Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach Hotel, the competition will feature 13 teams, each consisting of an ... http://blog.805living.com/and-in-this-corner/ DEC. 31 For two restaurants in the 805, New Year's Eve 2011 will be the last. Andy Brooks, executive chef at BROOKS in downtown Ventura, announced in an email to patrons in December that he and wife Jayme had decided to close the eatery at the end of the month. In a separate ... http://blog.805living.com/thanks-for-the-memories/ Dec. 28, Jan. 7 and ... Have guests for the holidays? Here's a way to (nicely) get them out of the house for a few hours while also checking out new places to eat: Sign everyone up for the midweek Ventura Food Tours event taking place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. ... http://blog.805living.com/take-a-walk-on-the-foodie-side/ Dec. 22 (and beyond) Los Angeles-area chef and guiding foodie Evan Kleiman has a lot on her plate. But that's not keeping her from serving a Festival of Lights holiday meal at her Melrose Avenue restaurant, Angeli Caffe. The Dec. 22 dinner will include latkes with homemade applesauce, pot roast and what ... http://blog.805living.com/an-easy-as-pie-hanukkah-dinner/ Dec. 19-20 After opening this summer in Ventura, the Freebirds World Burrito chain continues its march into the VC by unveiling two new locations in as many days this week. A sneak preview event at one of those sites will double as a fundraiser for Food Share of Ventura County, a local food ... http://blog.805living.com/freebirds-world-burrito-spreads-its-wings/ DEC. 10-11 As the co-founder and "mind behind" Au Bon Climat Winery on the Central Coast, Jim Clendenen is something of a rock star among California winemakers. So don't be surprised if hordes of adoring oenophiles show up this weekend just to get the wild-maned winemaker's autograph when he  appears from 1-4 ... http://blog.805living.com/gonna-buy-five-copies-for-my-mother/ DEC. 2-3 It's beginning to look a lot like ... well, you know: Tamale season. Wrapped in corn husks and often tied with different-colored strings to denote their fillings, the little packets of masa mixed with ingredients both savory and sweet are tailor-made for the holidays. Their resemblance to small gifts aside, tamales also ... http://blog.805living.com/hot-tamales/ NOV. 9 Want to learn about sparkling wine from the experts, just in time for the holidays? Then follow the bouncing hashtag that is #FSWine. During the second annual Taste & Tweet taking place on Nov. 9, a team of sommeliers and other experts from Four Seasons resorts located across the country will ... http://blog.805living.com/all-a-titter-about-sparkling-wine-and-twitter/