Dining, Arts & Entertainment

Wine is used as an accompaniment to food on several occasions.  How do you choose the right type of wine?  Here are some tips on this.  Choosing wine really depends on the type of food that you are going to have.  Another thing about wine is that when you take a particular type of wine or a wine from a particular region, the food of the people in that region goes with the wine from that region. 

While most people assume that a culinary student would be headed towards a career as a restaurant chef, there are lots of different options when you have a culinary degree.  The great thing about working in the culinary industry is people always need food services.  While working as a chef isn’t for everyone, remember, chefs have to work long hours, especially on evenings and weekends, in hot kitchens surrounded by all sorts of people demanding a million things at once, your culinary arts degree will take you far.  

Korean ginseng was first introduced to the west by Dutch merchants in 1610 and is said to have been taken to England by traders of the British East India Company.  When the effects of wild ginseng came to be known, westerners began to think of ginseng as a cure-all medicinal root.  

As dinnertime approaches, do you find yourself bored of eating the same thing.  Do the flavors of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food tempt your taste buds, but you do not know where to go?  Check out Grill Kabob, a local Middle Eastern diamond in the rough.  

The West’s best crust! Now that I have your attention, Fugazi Woodfire Pizza is where it’s at! Are you looking for the best crust? Are you looking for great pizza, but don’t want to travel east just to find what you’re looking for? Well, you don’t have to venture far to find fabulous pizza. Fugazi Pizza serves brick oven pizza, hot and cold sub sandwiches, soups, salads, desserts beer and wine. 

Their doors are graciously open and now it’s up to you to check out several new Santa Clarita businesses.
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One of your most critical business assets, and most often overlooked, is your business phone system.  Most of us take it for granted.  However, it’s the one asset shared by every one of your customers, prospects, vendors and employees.  Making certain your phone system properly addresses all of your organization’s internal and external needs is simply essential.

The Allstate Agency of William Amran specializes in providing the appropriate level of protection for both your personal and commercial insurance needs, protecting your family and your business.  While we cater to all of your insurance requirements, one of our specialties is in the insurance of business autos.  Here are a few things to consider when looking for appropriate insurance.

Online shopping has become universal.  Anything you can buy at a store can now be purchased through the Internet, which is why many small businesses have launched online retail locations.  Have you thought about it?

What makes Santa Clarita the place to be the first weekend in October?  Why, the third annual Loose Goose Wine Festival, of course.  Gather the flock for this year’s edition October 4 to 7.

First, let me tell you that the owners are so eager to serve and please each and every one of their customers. Family-owned and operated, Heesun Jung and her two sons, Matt Kim and Joe Kim run this delicious Korean food restaurant called Kimchi. The chef is not blood-related, but he may as well be family.

Picture this, you are out on a date with a girl or guy.  You’ve been playing out this very scene in your head.  Only this time, it is the real thing.  He or she is really in front of you.  You gently reach in for the glass to take a sip of wine and oops, you nudged it over and sprayed the content on his / her lap.  Now he / she is wet and the rest of the night is a disaster.  That you’re sure of.

Traveling through a small town in South Carolina, I saw an interesting tagline for a restaurant.  It read: Fish is brain food, bring a dumb friend and eat often.  At first, I thought the sign was just plain funny.  What a way to get people to eat fish.  Then, when I told friends about the restaurant, I started to think that there was more to it than humor.  I have read articles touting that eating fish does increase brain activity.  

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” – James Beard
The next time you are troubled about what you want for lunch, think international.  Need a change of pace in your dinner plans?  Travel no farther than your own backyard to experience the worldly delights of foods served in foreign lands.  That’s because the Santa Clarita Valley offers a plethora of cuisine to choose from.  For authentic Korean dishes, look no farther than Pho 2005.

The newly private TPC at Valencia unveiled a beautifully expanded Clubhouse offering members and guests more than 3,800 square feet of dining at the Oaks Grille with a glass enclosed atrium, a brand new Veranda as well as a 5,000 square foot locker room for the male members this past weekend.

Does anyone remember when Cinema Drive actually had a cinema?  Mann Theatre used to be the premier date-night destination for our entertainment-starved valley in the early days before cityhood.  Times sure have changed.

Cinema Drive is located in the heart of Santa Clarita, between two main thoroughfares, Valencia Boulevard and Bouquet Canyon Road and it boasts a unique blend of well-known and small businesses.

Dr. Laura Schlesinger raves about them and you will too if you take in the sounds of one of Santa Clarita’s favorite classic rock bands, Back Pages.  For the event kick-off, the band will perform in the Concerts in the Park series on July 7th.