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  1. New appetizers at Lantana include Roasted Chicken Tortilla, center, and, clockwise from bottom left, white corn fritter with red chili aioli, crostini with arugula pesto, tuna tartar with yellow beet and Asian pear and shrimp 'taco' with jicama wrap. Pamela Bieri/Special to MyDesert

    Lantana chef brings fresh, intense flavors forward in Indian Wells

    The bold, modernist Lantana, signature restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells, has a new chef de cuisine, Geoff Bogorad, who has created an exciting, bold, flavor-forward menu to match.

    • May 16, 2013
  2. Palm Springs High School student Ashlyn Higareda, a member of the school's Teen Battle Chef after-school club geared toward teaching students healthier eating habits and creating recipes, prepares Avocado Crunch Saturday at the Certified Farmers' Market in Palm Springs. Pamela Bieri/Special to MyDesert

    Valley teens cook up recipes at Farmer's Market

    The chef demonstration booth at Saturday's Certified Farmers' Market was extremely busy as eight Palm Springs High School students were involved in a friendly cooking competition using produce available at the morning market.

    • May 16, 2013
  3. Cilantro. Courtesy

    Fresh pick of the week: Cilantro

    Cilantro, also known as coriander or Chinese parsley, is a pungent annual herb.

    • May 16, 2013
  4. How to really read the labels

    Making sense of food labels is one of those things that trips up smart, well educated people every day. Because you can't possibly out-train a poor diet, I want to make sure that I give you my very simple rules on how to read food labels.

    • May 15, 2013
  5. ABOVE: Pacifica in Palm Desert has replaced many of its menus with iPads. Managing partner Tim Snyder scrolls through a drinks menu at the restaurant. Richard Lui/The Desert Sun

    Hand-held computers changing the way restaurants do business

    The restaurant menu is the newest thing to go digital.

    • May 14, 2013
  6. Tranquility. Lynn Lieu, The Desert Sun

    Cool off with a peaceful Tranquility

    Summer in the desert can be extremely difficult. Lots of people leave town. Some businesses close shop.

    • May 14, 2013
  7. From left: Ravenswood Zinfandel, Edna Valley Chardonnay, Chateau St. Michelle Eroica Riesling and Matua Valley Sauvignon Blanc wines. AP

    Supermarkets step up with summer sips

    Picking up some fresh wines for summer is in the bag — or shopping cart, actually — as supermarkets get in touch with their inner sommeliers.

    • May 14, 2013
  8. Special days offer cheap meal options

    If you play your cards right and dine on the right day at the right time, a fast-food meal can become an extra-cheap eats delight.

    • May 14, 2013
  9. Scallops Courtesy Dish Creative Cuisine

    Cathedral City's Dish Creative Cuisine is all the talk

    Joane Garcia-Colson, executive chef/owner of Dish Creative Cuisine, said her restaurant's name is a double entendre: A noun for plate or food served on it, and a verb, East Coast slang, for talking, discussing.

    • May 9, 2013
  10. Scallop Ravioli with ginger foam and crispy ginger is one of Chef Jimmy Schmid's latest innovations. Courtesy photo

    Coachella Valley explodes with fun and fine food

    An annual local produce sale at Shields Date Gardens benefits Desert Sandblasters; five of 17 local chefs named by their peers in 'Best Chefs America' are in the east valley; and Restaurant Week stretches to more than two weeks —just a few of the food and dining events in the east valley in May.

    • May 9, 2013
  11. Patty pan squash. Courtesy Certified Farmers' Market

    Fresh pick of the week: Summer squash

    While most think of summer squash as a vegetable, it's technically a fruit.

    • May 9, 2013
  12. Lost Coast from Eureka was among the breweries serving beer at The Living Desert's Brew at the Zoo fundraiser on Saturday at the zoo in Palm Desert. Pamela Bieri/Special to MyDesert

    Living Desert fans enjoy food and 'brewski' heaven

    Brew at the Zoo last Saturday brought out hundreds of Living Desert supporters who kicked up their heels dancing to four different bands, tossed back some brews, and smacked down tasty treats from some 20 restaurants and food vendors for this fourth annual fundraising event.

    • May 9, 2013
  13. A Painkiller at Sassper's. Lynn Lieu, The Desert Sun

    'Painkiller' offers relief in a glass

    As the weather heats up, it becomes increasingly difficult to enjoy heavy drinks.

    • May 7, 2013
  14. You can dress up roast chicken by adding rosemary along with a lemon or/and rubbing spices into the chicken skin. Ileana Morales/Special to Tampa Bay Times

    Mastering the art of roasted chicken

    On our main cookbook shelf sits Mark Bittman's bright red tome of a cookbook, the one with recipes for everything. Flip to Page 645 of our copy, and you'll see a recipe bordered in the scribbles of my boyfriend's scratchy reporter handwriting. There are tweaks and exclamation marks.

    • May 7, 2013
  15. Smoked Schmeared Potatoes, Stuffed Baby Bell Peppers, Strawberry Croissant Skewers and Chorizo Hash-Stuffed Mushroom Caps. AP

    A tapas-style take on a Mother's Day brunch

    A tapas-style meal made up of a variety of small, appetizer-like bites is something we tend to associate with evenings and cocktails.

    • May 7, 2013
  16. Dine high in the sky at Las Vegas tower

    Want to eat dinner strapped into your seat at a table hovering in the open sky 180 feet above ground, complete with views of the Las Vegas Strip? Dinner in the Sky Las Vegas aims to bring thrill-seeking diners that opportunity this summer. Just don't drop your fork!

    • May 7, 2013
  17. Kimberly Tragerman of Palm Desert makes lemon bars. (Sue Rappaport, Special to The Desert Sun ) Sue Rappaport/Special to The Desert Sun

    Sue Rappaport: Tangy lemon bars are sure to tantalize

    Kimberly Tragerman: Last November, she participated in an event on El Paseo that benefited Bighorn BAM and breast cancer services at Eisenhower Medical Center.

    • May 7, 2013
  18. Brew at the Zoo at The Living Desert. Colin Atagi, The Desert Sun

    A good time is brewing Saturday

    The Living Desert teams up with soon-to-be open Coachella Valley Brewing Company for a special Brew at the Zoo event.

    • May 3, 2013
  19. Las Casuelas Terraza restaurant, which is located in Palm Springs, was voted one of the ten best Mexican restaurants in the nation by USA Today. Desert Sun file photo

    Desert Sun staff talks best Mexican restaurants

    In anticipation of Sunday’s reverie, USA Today published a list highlighting 10 great Mexican restaurants across the United States. One of those restaurants was Palm Springs’ Las Casuelas Terraza, located at 222 S. Palm Canyon Drive.

    • May 3, 2013
  20. Fantasy Springs Casino chefs prepare food for brunch and dinner at the Fresh Grill Buffet. From left, Carlotta Espinosa, Freddy Rieger and DJ Cheet. Pamela Bieri, Special to MyDesert

    Treat Mom to special brunch or dinner at East Valley casinos

    Mother's Day on May 12 tops the dining events across the valley, with brunch and dinner options at Spotlight 29 Casino and Fantasy Springs Casino as some of the latest restaurant news for the East Valley.

    • May 2, 2013
  21. Dancers liven up the atmosphere at Las Casuelas Terraza in Palm Springs. Courtesy of Las Casuelas Terraza

    May brings fun dining options to Coachella Valley eateries

    While Mother's Day on May 12 tops the dining events across the valley, spring hats and mint juleps for Kentucky Derby and Mother's Day at Citron Palm Springs, an 'every so often' wild and crazy Monday at Cello's, hot new solar system and cool cocktails at Las Casuelas Terraza are some of the latest restaurant news for the West Valley.

    • May 2, 2013
  22. Daikon. Courtesy of Certified Farmers' Market

    Fresh pick of the week: Daikon

    Locally grown daikon radishes, also known as white radishes or Asian radishes, are quite popular in all types of Asian cuisine, and are catching on as a wonderful vegetable selection in American cuisine as well.

    • May 2, 2013
  23. David Chan dines at a a restaurant in Arcadia. A lawyer and accountant by trade, Chan is a Chinese food expert having dined in nearly 7,000 restaurants. Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times

    Lawyer a wokking encyclopedia

    The crowd at Leong's Asian Diner in Springfield, Mo., falls silent as he chews and squints in the glare of the lights.

    • May 2, 2013
  24.  Courtesy photo

    Koffi opens in RM

    Koffi opened a new location in Rancho Mirage on Monday — and it has the first coffee roasting facility of its kind in the Coachella Valley.

    • Apr. 30, 2013
  25. Farmer Ken Kelley crouches down next to his purple cauliflower crop at his farm, Bautista Creek, in Hemet. Beth Roessner, The Desert Sun

    Art of local eating: Everybody wins when chefs buy from area farmers

    Ken and Susan Kelley have green thumbs. Their family farm in Hemet, totaling somewhere over 240 acres,

    • Apr. 30, 2013

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