Indio Date Farm Growing up in the Los Angeles area, meant weekend trips out to the Palm Springs area. My parents always made a special point of stopping for date shakes while we were in the desert. As a child I wasn’t exactly fond of dates, but I enjoyed stopping for shakes and found it fascinating […]
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Clementine Gourmet Marketplace and Cafe – Palm Desert, California
Clementine is a restaurant and more! They have a full menu that includes a fresh pasta bar and pastries. There is also a bar and a marketplace with linens, kitchen goods and home decor – all with a Mediterranean feel. The night I was there, an old Errol Flynn movie was playing on a large […]
Coachella Valley Brewing Company
Thousand Palms Brewery: Coachella Valley Brewing Company Farm to table is usually a term we use to describe locally sourced food, but Coachella Valley Brewing Company has taken that concept and applied it to hand crafted beer. They are making good use of the crops that are grown in the area. The brewery had […]
SeaView Ranch – Calipatria, California
Citrus Orchards at SeaView Ranch in Calipatria California citrus! Yes, this state is known for it’s delicious, sweet and juicy citrus fruit – oranges, tangerines, lemons, grapefruit and more. Most of Orange county’s citrus groves have turned into housing developments, but there is still prime citrus growing land in the Imperial Valley. Salton Sea Citrus […]
Christine’s Restaurant – Brawley, California
Doesn’t my lunch look good? This is the special quesadilla at Christine’s Restaurant in Brawley. I asked what the difference was between the regular quesadilla and the special one expecting to hear about extra items inside the quesadilla. It turns out the difference is that the special one is deep fried. I eat Mexican food regularly, […]