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Sourdough bread baked by Orange County chef Karlo Evaristo (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)

It seems like everyone is baking sourdough these days as a way to deal with being stuck at home. If you want to hop on the sourdough therapy train, but don’t want to go on a scavenger hunt for flour, you can do what Brad A. Johnson did — outsource your therapy.

Johnson bought a loaf of sourdough from an Orange County chef and it was as close to perfect as he could imagine.

“The sourdough is pure artistry,” Johnson writes. “It’s also really good therapy, even if you didn’t bake it yourself.” Read more. 

Restaurants are promoting quiche for Mother’s Day. (AP File Photo, Larry Crowe)

Pass the quiche 

Mother’s Day is Sunday. With traditional brunches out of the question due to the coronavirus pandemic, chains are offering family meal deals — and some have boozy upgrades. Read more.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis in the Southern California restaurant industry like no other. Veterans of the industry are speaking out about the devastating losses in sales, the possibility of not reopening dine-in for months and their predictions for who will survive. Mario Marovic, the owner of Newport Beach Malarky’s and other local restaurants sells toilet paper at cost as a public service Friday, March 20, 2020 in Newport Beach. As of Friday, Marovic has donated 4,000 rolls to elderly and Alzheimer’s associations among others and sold 5,000 rolls at cost at his restaurant parking lot. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)

Restaurants reflect, strategize

Restaurateurs across Southern California say the novel coronavirus is unlike anything they’ve experienced because it hit so suddenly and the timeline for reopening is uncertain. Still, those restaurant owners say they are not giving up. Read more. 

Snoop Dogg is getting into the wine business as the Long Beach native releases his Snoop Cali Red wine in partnership with Australian-based company 19 Crimes. (Photo by Mark Owen)

From gin and juice to wine 

Snoop Dogg keeps taking on new business ventures, from DJing to starring alongside Martha Stewart in a cooking show to writing a cookbook, and now the famous Long Beach rapper can add winemaker to his resume. Richard Guzman has more. 

Fanned Potatoes, cut not-quite-through with a bay leaf inserted in each spud, fan out as they bake. (File photo by Nick Koon, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Cathy Thomas loves potatoes, so much that if she’s trying to decide between dishes at a restaurant, it’s often the one with the potato side dish that sways her.

She’s a fan of these fanned potatoes that are cooked in butter, garlic and broth and stuffed with bay leaves. She hopes you will be, too. Read more.

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