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Holiday Cookie Contest Names $1000 Winner!

Chefs, Cooking, Event, Restaurants By December 18, 2014

Lucca and Provenance Restaurants hosted a holiday cookie contest!  $1000 bucks to the winner! Irvine resident Natalie Hartanov won $1000 for her delicious Florentine Triangle Jewels! The contest took place at Provenance in Newport Beach. Chef-Owner Cathy Pavlos was on hand to join in the cookie tasting fun and, of course, to write the check! (Provenance – The Garden at…

Holiday Cookie Search – LUCCA Cafe and Provenance Restaurants Pay $1,000 to Winner!

Cooking, Event, Recipes, Restaurants By November 17, 2014

ATTENTION BAKERS! LUCCA & Provenance Host $1,000 Holiday Cookie Contest  Chef Cathy Pavlos Conducts County-Wide Search for the Best Holiday Cookie What fun! I want one of YOU to win.  The public is invited to submit their most prized cookie recipe through Sunday, November 30th. Chef Cathy Pavlos, owner of both sponsoring restaurants, will select five finalists to go head-to-head…

The Big Night – Thank You

Celebrity Interviews, Chefs, Event By October 20, 2013

GOLDEN FOODIE AWARDS: Thank you so very much for voting me Best Food Writer in Orange County!  It was such fun to look our at the audience and an ocean of chefs and restaurateurs  who have shared their hearts and recipes with me over the last 25 years. ALAN GREELEY: This man is one of a kind. His culinary genius…

Taking Julia’s Exam and Eating It Up! Happy 100th, Julia.

Celebrity Interviews, Chefs, Event By August 7, 2012

Five years ago while attending a culinary conference, I had the opportunity to take the exam that Julia took so long ago at the Cordon Bleu. It was a little stressful. But looking back, what a hoot to wing my way through my hero’s cook-it-perfect test.  Happy 100th birthday, Julia. Thanks for the memories. Most participants looked troubled, their foreheads…