Food and Drink

Paul Cao shot to foodie stardom with the Spaghetti Grilled Cheese.

Dishes from Coliseum Pool & Grill, Fable & Spirit, Farmhouse at Roger’s Gardens, Provenance, Sgt. Pepperoni’s, CDM Restaurant, Tavern House Kitchen + Bar and Buddha’s Favorite were circulated Thursday night at the Lincoln Experience Center at Fashion Island.

Sugar ’n Spice, the self-proclaimed home of the original frozen banana, is marking its 75th anniversary this year and will hold a price rollback day March 27, offering 75-cent bananas.

Robin Rockey was lost.

The idea for a new Orange County event celebrating the folklore of lumberjacks started with a little wordplay.

The Hall Global Eatery, chef Amar Santana’s gargantuan new restaurant in South Coast Plaza, is as ambitious as any dining concept Orange County has ever seen.

On many days outside his Huntington Beach café, owner Juan Carlos Santibáñez looks out onto the ocean across the street, feeling lucky and surprised at his life’s latest turn.

A new food hall highlighting Mediterranean and seafood fare is opening at Costa Mesa’s South Coast Plaza on Jan. 2.

A new restaurant billing itself as an “experiential dining destination” is now open in Garden Grove.

At the Blind Pig Kitchen and Bar in Yorba Linda, a new dining experience allows you to get so close to the cooks, you might literally rub elbows with them and feel the heat of the grill.

For the third year in a row, TimesOC readers have nominated and voted on “Orange County’s Best: TimesOC’s Readers’ Choice.”

On a crisp August morning, Antonio Cagnolo stepped onto a 48-foot Mussel Ridge fishing boat based in Huntington Harbour.