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Cherries are ripe for the picking in Brentwood. Due to inclement weather, the cherry harvest isn’t as bountiful as in years past. If you want to participate in U-Pick, take advantage of the three-day weekend to pick the best berries.
Cheery pickers invade cherry orchards
There are cherries, and then there are Brentwood cherries. Only a Brentwood cherry can draw an instant smile from that very first bite. As your teeth mash the cherry’s firm, glossy skin, a rush of ...
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Apple Tortellini Salad
Apples pick up the picnic
There’s nothing like the perfect picnic or barbecue to slow you down and help you reconnect with friends and family. This season, surprise your guests with a rustic backyard picnic, starring delici...
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Workers at the King’s Crown Packing Co. in Stockton prepare hearty stalks of asparagus, expected to be a star attraction when the Brentwood Farmers’ Market opens on March 31.<br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i>
Farmers’ market season set to start
When the 2012 Brentwood Farmers’ Market opens next weekend, resident and self-described “committed herbivore” Trina Contreras will be ready and waiting. “I’ll be there with bells on, with my canvas...
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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<I>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i>
Wearin’ the green
Ryan Leahy of Oakley enjoys a pint of green beer as he celebrates St. Patrick’s Day at Grazie! Grille on Saturday. Leahy said his heritage is “75 percent Irish and 25 percent whatever,” but it real...
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J.A.C.’s owner Colleen Vann, left, checks on some crispy fried chicken.<br><i>Photo by Amy Claire</i>
J.A.C.’s Kitchen and Catering serves up soul
“Soul food is comfort food,” said Colleen Vann. “When you get done eating, you say, ‘I feel so good!’” And that reaction is what Vann aims to elicit from customers at J.A.C.’s Kitchen and Catering,...
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Owners Murray and Heather Sexton, and manager Lusanne Bough show off a delicious, homemade blackberry pie.<br><i>Photo by Amy Claire</i>
Bridgehead Café welcomes customers as family
Bridgehead Café in Antioch is easy to miss when you drive by, but the family-owned restaurant has been in business for 26 years – and going strong. “The reason a lot of people eat here is because t...
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Volunteers prepare some of the thousands of care packages sent to troops overseas by Operation Creekside. Grazie! Grille at The Streets of Brentwood is holding a special fundraising dinner for the group on March 13.<br><i>Press file photo</i>
Troop support takes to The Streets
If you’re looking for a night of food, fellowship and a worthy cause, bring your appetite – and your patriotism – to Grazie! Grille at The Streets of Brentwood on March 13. Operation Creekside, the...
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Nature’s Bounty thinks green, inside and out
As a single mother of four, Lynn Kutsal knows how hard it can be to cook wholesome meals. That’s part of what motivated her to start Nature’s Bounty, a green café that also provides take-and-bake m...
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Bruce and Gerry Dake will celebrate 20 years at their Brentwood Baskin-Robbins location next month, and the community is invited to commemorate this milestone.<br><i>Press file photo</i>
Celebrating 20 years of 31 flavors
Baskin-Robbins is known for making birthdays special, offering an array of ice creams to be savored in a cone or dish. Its ice cream cakes are the best of both worlds, combining fluffy cake with a ...
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Knights of Columbus fish fry
A Lenten season tradition is being revived by the Knights of Columbus at St. Ignatius of Antioch Catholic Church, 3351 Contra Loma. Blvd. Attendees can enjoy six weeks of Friday fish fry running Fe...
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Eddie, Yvonne and Bill Souza celebrate their win as the 2012 Brentwood BBQ King on Sunday at the Harvest Park Bowling Center. <br><i>Photo by Rick Lemyre</i>
New Brentwood BBQ King crowned
Bill Souza is happy to tell you the key ingredient that helped him and his family – also known as Big B’s Down ’n Dirty BBQ – win the 11th Brentwood BBQ King Cook-off contest on Sunday, and you can...
Feb 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tom Sharp from Big Pig BBQ of Discovery Bay prepares some ribs during last year’s Brentwood BBQ King Cook-off competition at Harvest Park Bowl. <br><i>Press file photo</i>
Barbecue cook-off set for Super Sunday
In Brentwood, the Super Bowl is more than a football game; it’s an experience you can smell, hear and taste. While the New England Patriots prepare to battle the New York Giants for football suprem...
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Tamale Lovers owner Julie Bess displays her awards from the seventh annual Best Darn Tamale contest.<br><I>Photo by Amy Claire</i>
Judges loved Tamale Lovers’ handiwork
The Brentwood restaurant Tamale Lovers recently found itself in the spotlight on the “NBC Bay Area” broadcast of the seventh annual Best Darn Tamale contest. Tamale Lovers won two out of the contes...
Jan 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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