Laurie Jervis

California, Santa Barbara

Food and Wine Writer at Noozhawk

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Laurie Jervis: Solvang Author Reveals Truth About Secret Eatery in New Novel

2 weeks ago | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

Longtime writer and Solvang resident Jamie Baker pranked nearly all Santa Ynez Valley residents for two years with an Instagram account called “The Pretentious Boar & Ale House” — a restaurant that truly exists only within the pages of his new novel, “You Ate It.”Baker’s new book focuses on a 15-year-old boy, Michael, who comes up with an idea that changes the world.
Shelby Wild and the Route One Farmers Market

3 weeks ago | ediblesantabarbara.com | Laurie Jervis

Imagine gathering weekly with friends and neighbors in the Sunday morning sun. There’s a common thread; most guests are there to buy farm-fresh produce, baked goods or a healthy juice. A curly-haired woman greets repeat and new visitors, answering questions and pointing the way to specific vendors. That friendly woman is Shelby Wild, a native of the Lompoc Valley, and the founder and executive director of the Route One Farmers Market, held weekly in Vandenberg Village.
Homes & Lifestyle

1 month ago | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

On a wind-whipped April 1, Chef Michael Cherney and his wife, Sarah, their children, and about 125 friends and colleagues celebrated the five-year anniversary of the family’s Solvang restaurant, peasants FEAST, with an afternoon block party on a section of Copenhagen Drive. The family-friendly event attracted many young families and several chef friends of the couple, who opened their eatery just two weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down businesses in 2000.
Homes & Lifestyle

1 month ago | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

Adam McHugh’s crusade to raise funds toward publishing an illustrated children’s book featuring one of Solvang’s forefathers turned into reality when donations surpassed the $14,250 goal by its April 12 deadline. “Ferd and the Magic Hat: A Solvang Christmas Story” is a whimsical holiday story for various generations, and celebrates the community and the heritage of Solvang.
Laurie Jervis: Corkscrew Comedy Festival to Uncork Barrel of Laughs

2 months ago | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

What do six people, all immersed in the region’s wine and culinary industry, also have in common?
Laurie Jervis: Local Author Raising Funds to Publish Solvang Children’s Book

2 months ago | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

Adam McHugh, a Santa Ynez Valley-based author of books published viatraditional means, hit a wall when he proposed an illustrated children’s book aboutone of Solvang’s forefathers. McHugh, whose previous books include the acclaimed “Blood From a Stone: AMemoir of How Wine Brought Me Back From the Dead,” was told that his proposed“Ferd and the Magic Hat: A Solvang Christmas Story” was “too local of a story,”he said.
Laurie Jervis: Owner of Ox Vineyard/Property Development Adds Sites to Portfolio

2 months ago | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

Very early this year, viticulturist Alex Milholland drove me to a small vineyard he planted and manages behind a home off Fredensborg Canyon Road in Solvang. Up the steep drive we drove, and Milholland parked his truck. We then climbed higher up wide steps leading to the backyard vineyard. The 1-acre vineyard is planted on a hillside so steep I knew that any misstep would send me head over heels down the slope all the way to the bottom fence line.
Homes & Lifestyle

Feb 19, 2025 | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

The team behind Companion Hospitality, chefs Daisy and Greg Ryan, are semifinalists in the “Restaurant and Chef” category of the James Beard Foundation, the organization announced in late January. Nominees for finalists will be announced April 2, and the winners will be celebrated on June 16 at the Lyric Opera in Chicago. The foundation is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. The Ryans are the faces behind Bell’s restaurant in Los Alamos and Bar Le Côte in Los Olivos.
Buellton Community Garden Receives $4,000 AgWest Farm Grant

Jan 29, 2025 | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

The Buellton Community Garden (BCG) has been awarded $4,000 through AgWest Farm Credit’s Rural Community Grant program. The funds will be used to purchase garden tools. BCG offers 46 raised gardening beds, with two of them ADA compliant. The BCG is operating under the Buellton Community Educational Foundation’s nonprofit umbrella.
Homes & Lifestyle

Jan 23, 2025 | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

Sometimes, it’s better to focus on a casita — a cozy cottage — and how it centers one’s life. That’s the step Fabian and Megan Bravo took when they renamed their wine brand Casita de Bravo to celebrate, perhaps, how when one door closes, another door opens. The couple, residents of Buellton with their son, Elliot, 4½, and dog, Yogi, have combined decades in winemaking, hospitality and wine marketing.