Who doesn’t love the Los Angeles Farmers Market at Fairfax and Third??? It has been around since 1934 and they are celebrating their 75th Anniversary.

The new Cuisinart Elite Food Processor features at 16-cup bowl which also takes nested bowls (13 cup and 4.5 cup) for smaller jobs. In addition is has the ability to lock the blades in place and now sports a 1000 watt motor.

Do you Twitter while you shop? Have you ever Twittered or IM’d a friend for a recipe idea while walking down the aisles of your local market?

Your local Sur La Table will be hosting a Free Brownie Workshop at 11:00am local time this Saturday, May 9th.

Did you know that the tartest and toughest part of the Strawberry is the hull? Did you know most people just cut off the top of a strawberry to get ride of it?

Crate and Barrel’s new venture CB2 comes to the Los Angeles area with a storefront located at 8000 Sunset Blvd, the location of the old Virgin Megastore. Grand Opening ceremonies take place on Thursday, April 30.

Sur La Table has been looking for a way to enter the Bellevue, WA market for some time and late last year, they signed on for retail space at the new Bravern project in downtown Bellevue…

Sur La Table starts their Biggest Cookware Sale today. Save on All Clad MC2, Anolon, Sur La Table Stainless, Emile Henry Ceramics and more!

Fruit Essentials is introducing Forti-Fruit™ fortified cranberries and Omega-Mix™ trail mix as a healthier and more nutritious option to satisfy your snack cravings.

Fresh & Easy used to be one of my daily stops on my way home from work. Lately I admit I haven’t been to F&E. I do like this store, its selection, its clean looking stores and an attractive meat and seafood section. So why did I stop going? I’m not really sure. But maybe it’s time to go back…

Rachael Ray is one of the Food Network’s most successful icons. From 30-Minute Meals to cookware to EVOO and even dog food - she has come along way.

Recent job postings for a Store Manager position in Costa Mesa lead to an upcoming opening of a Sur La Table at South Coast Plaza. No details yet on where in South Coast Plaza the store will be…

Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery, well known in the SF Bay area, Seattle and Chicago will be opening their first Southern California location by the end of January 2009 - most probably near the Irvine Spectrum…

Midnight Muncheez will deliver everything from chips, drinks and food to Nag Champa, Condoms and Ping Pong balls! It’s an interesting collection to say the least. In the next few months they will be expanding by adding a kitchen and delivering freshly made pizzas and sandwiches…

Someone recently started following me on Twitter, EvilCrunch. Curious about who this was I went to their Twitter profile and find that it’s a new snack mix that currently comes in four flavors, Original Caramel, Swiss Orange Crunch, S’mores Crunch and Key Lime Crunch…

I have driven by Swirls Yogurt in Irvine a couple of times the last few days and I think Swirls has closed….

Stud Muffins: Luscious, Delectable, Yummy (and Good Muffin Recipes, Too!) hit the bookshelves recently and they were on this morning’s KTLA Morning News. There were about 6 hot “studs” there to demo how to make the 50 great muffin recipes in the book.

As you may remember from my previous blog post: Mother’s Cookies Are No More, the company that owned Mother’s Cookies filed for bankruptcy and closed up. Well turns out that Kellogg’s based in Battlecreek, MI is coming to the rescue and will be selling Mother’s cookies…

Well I made it out to the Sunday Farmers’ Market in Aliso Viejo. I was pleasantly surprised at the number of farmers that attend this Sunday event. I usually go to the Irvine Farmers’ Market on Saturdays, but lately I have been wanting to sleep in on Saturdays and have missed the last few. The Aliso Viejo Farmers’ Market is located at the intersection of La Paz and Pacific Park Drive…

The SweetSpot Baker’s Workshop had their grand opening in the Irvine Spectrum on Monday, 11/24! The day before they had a soft launch for family and friends and everyone was excited…

Remember in Mid-October I told you that Sweet Lorraine’s, that cupcake shop in the Irvine Spectrum, had closed up? Well a new cupcake place will be taking its place, but there’s a kicker…

Sprinkles Cupcakes has special holiday cupcakes for you to enjoy with your Thanksgiving Meal…

Whole Foods began distributing coupons for the first time and trying to get more Southern California residents to shop in their stores. From now until 11/30/08, Whole Foods is offering at $10 off any purchase of $50 or more, that’s a 20% savings…

When I got there I pushed my cart into the store and something didn’t feel right. They had all the same items that you could probably find at a Whole Foods, but the store felt very generic and sterile to me…

Twas the Night before the Grand Opening
And all thru the Spectrum
People were waiting
With much anticipation…

1000Markets features artisans, both large and small that want to connect with their customers. The attention to detail on the preview site is excellent. A nice, clean interface not cluttered with ads or long extensive descriptions to confuse you - just a clean, vibrant environment that conveys the message of community…

The Seafood Watch organization at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium has been putting out a guide of Endangered Fish species and recommendations for more sustainable seafood choices for the last several years. This year they will expand their guide with a new guide to include sustainable Sushi choices…

I drove by the Irvine Spectrum on Saturday and took a couple of pictures of the new Sur La Table. As I posted earlier, the store is scheduled to open on November 14. The windows were still covered over as of this post update…

Sur La Table will be opening a location in the former location of the Sharper Image at the Irvine Spectrum. November 14th is the opening date and I will be the first in line that morning!!

Need a new chef’s knife or maybe a new cleaver?? Wüsthof Gourmet Knives are on sale now at Sur La Table, Crate and Barrel and Cooking.com. Each vendor seems to be offering different pieces that are on sale - for instance Cooking.com has the Santoku for $43.95 on sale versus Sur La Table who has it on sale for $49.95…

The market opens at 8:00 am so I left at 7:45 this morning. Skies were mostly cloudy but you could catch a glimpse of blue here and there. While there are several farmers’ markets in the area, Irvine is host to one of the largest in Orange County. In addition to the various farmers and purveyors in the area, the market is host to vendors that sell dairy, breads and even seafood…

Sur La Table’s newest cookbooks, The Art & Soul of Baking and Knives Cooks Love, will be making their debut next week. Their first Sur La Table branded cookbook, Things Cooks Love, was released this past Spring and has been a hit!
Things Cook Love was written by Marie Simmons.
Marie has written several award winning books like Fig Heaven, The Good Egg and 365 Ways to Cook Pasta to name a few. She is also a magazine contributor for several newspapers across the country and has written for …

Starbucks released the closure list. I looked up DC to see if they were closing the 4 or 5 of the Starbucks all located with a few blocks of each other in Dupont Circle.
Oddly, they are only closing 1 location in the District of Columbia and its the store at 21st and L.
Clicking over to California, they are at least closing 4 Starbucks that are near me at Lake Forest and Muirlands another at Oso Parkway and 2 in Tustin.
Back in my old state of …

I received my newest Crate&Barrel catalog and saw one of my favorite TV foodies - Giada DeLaurentiis. She is partnering with Crate&Barrel to offer a new line of speciality foods in collaboration with Academia Barilla. She has a set of Olive Oils and Balsamic Vinegars as well as Sicilian Sea Salt and Tuscan Herbs.
Check her out at crateandbarrel.com
In addition to her foods, he current cookbooks, Everyday Italian and Everyday Pasta are available.
There are also plenty of her favorite kitchen tools that …

So remember a few posts back I said that Nigella Lawson as in town for a book signing? Well I couldn’t go, but my friends Aaron and Davey went. Aaron had his iPhone with him and Nigella stopped the line to ask questions about it. She said that she was buying one as soon as she gets back to the UK.
I’m so jealous, wish I could have gone! :)
Here is a pic of my friends: 
P.S. This pic was taken using the iPhone built-in camera, not bad!