Ojai Hive & Honey at Barbareño in Santa Barbara Ojai Hive & Honey at Barbareño in Santa Barbara is a coconut honey panna cotta with granita, honeycomb and fresh fruit. This dish features the many parts of a honeybee’s life: bee pollen they have gathered, honeycomb, the honey itself, and the literal fruits of the …
Perfect for Thanksgiving! Cook right after your deep-fried turkey. How do restaurants make their dishes so delicious? This series on chef’s recipes from restaurants in Santa Barbara County shows you how! All Chef Series recipes originally printed in Edible Santa Barbara magazine. How long have Brussels Sprouts dominated menus? Man, they are delicious…we’ve had them with bacon, reduced balsamic vinegar, …
The best Indian food on the Central Coast is in Santa Barbara at Bibi Ji. Indian-American sommelier Rajat Parr teamed up with Alejandro Medina to offer the taste of Parr’s family’s cooking right on State Street. They have a hyper-local focus on ingredients. Their aim of blending traditional Indian flavors as the foundation, while also …
A cozy spot that feels like home is exactly what Bell’s owners, Daisy and Greg Ryan, wanted in their first restaurant. And for Chef Daisy, who is from the Santa Ynez Valley, it was also about family, community, and coming home. It was great timing, as the building that used to house Bell Street Farm …
If you’re cutting down on sugar and carbs, this ricotta almond cake made with almond flour (and a little coconut flour to keep it light) is delicious. Helpful for diabetics, keto and just children-near-bedtime, it’s also a classic Italian cake that’s great for mornings with coffee as well as after dinner. Or maybe even lunch …
Soup is one of my all-time favorite meals; I could eat it every day during winter, spring and fall. And sometimes in the summer. If you like to make your own stock, soup makes an incredibly delicious, hearty and healthy meal. And making stock is easier than you think. The first thing I do is …
A lighter, and just as delicious version of Huevos Rancheros, this green chile breakfast dish is a California dream complete with shrimp, guacamole and gorgeous watermelon radishes. Read all about the Santa Barbara restaurant, Scarlett Begonia, that created it.
Sometimes you just need to give back. So we headed to Los Angeles’ Downtown Women’s Center to buy the ingredients, prepare, cook and serve lunch to over 100 ladies visiting or living at the center. On the menu: oven-baked chicken with crunchy Parmesan coating and lemon zest, white beans, collard greens and baked sweet potato fries …
This past Valentine’s Day, we decided to have a chili cook-off. It seemed like a much better idea for this romance holiday on a cold winter night, especially with our particular relationship statuses; “it’s complicated” seems to be most popular in our group’s social media circles. This White Chicken Chili recipe was my …
