Keith McHenry, founder of Food Not Bombs, said he was overwhelmed by community support as he prepared to distribute free meals to the unhoused population this holiday season. The group will be providing meals on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, starting at noon.
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EATERS DIGEST: Let Mariposa Cuban Coffee put some pep in your step
Whether it’s a holiday-season jolt of caffeine or vegetarian, Cuban-inspired pastries and sandwiches, the downtown Santa Cruz pop-up has Lily Belli’s attention. She also dishes out holiday wishes and revisits an old friend in this week’s Eaters Digest.
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Unsung Santa Cruz: She helps take care of the farmworkers who help put food on our tables
Jackie Vasquez has become an active advocate for taking care of farmworkers. Her work at GoodFarms involved everything from providing food and school supplies to families in need to bringing health services and vaccination clinics right to the fields.
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Is it safe to eat at restaurants amid Omicron surge? Here’s what the experts say
“I miss it greatly,” one Harvard doctor says of dining indoors. “I’m going to put that off until case numbers drop some more.” Overall, the decision comes down to a personal assessment of risk.
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EATERS DIGEST: Rustic Ales’ food transition, Hanloh pad thai at home & Gayle’s holiday treats
A makeover will bring Todd Parker’s pizzas to Sante Adairius’ Midtown location in the new year, but before then, don’t miss your chance to prepare Lalita Kaewsawang’s pad thai in your own kitchen, perhaps with dessert courtesy of a Capitola institution. Lily Belli digs in on all that and the coming week’s top foodie events in Eaters Digest.
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Local eateries vs. the supply-chain blues: What we learned about pricing switch-ups, menu casualties, sourcing
The number of challenges facing Santa Cruz restaurants in the pandemic era is astronomical. In fact, we’re plain lucky so many owners and chefs love what they do enough to endure. We talked to four different proprietors around the area to learn about their struggles.
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EATERS DIGEST: Crabs are here, and Sante Adairius welcomes a new brewer
Monterey Bay’s commercial crab season will open Thursday, but crabs from Northern California have already made their way to Santa Cruz; Sante Adairius welcomes a new brewer and releases a collaboration with Venus Spirits.
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EATERS DIGEST: Tramonti’s Italian Christmas market returns, chocolate for your brain & hoshigaki magic
A walk through the holiday offerings around the county, from lovely persimmons everywhere you look to a cookie hunt in Capitola Village to a wine pop-up in Aptos and a craft pop-up at Beer Thirty in Soquel.
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Keeping It Local: Here is some museum-quality art — only it’s for the kitchen
Lily Belli puts the exclamation point on Lookout’s “Keeping It Local” gift guide series with goodies for the home and kitchen, includes brooms to sweep them off their feet, a Stephen Hosmer cookbook, Doug Ross coasters and more.
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Thousands of farmworkers will get pay raises thanks to a lawsuit
Guest farmworkers will see pay increases in 2022 thanks to a lawsuit to stop a Trump-era wage freeze. President Trump proposed the freeze in an attempt to help farmers who lost profit and fallowed land during the pandemic shutdown in 2020. But farmworker advocates sued the Department of Agriculture to stop the freeze from taking effect.
