Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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If you drive down to Bakersfield you will see citrus trees loaded with fruit. But what can you do with all of that luscious fruit? I say make marmalade and more! Blood oranges may have originated in the southern Mediterranean, where they have been grown since the 18th century. They are a common orange grown in Italy. The anthocyanins – which give the orange its distinct maroon color – will only develop when temperatures are low at night, as during the Mediterranean fall and winter. Blood ora...
Check out The Great Wall's "After 4 p.m." special menu items, including sushi (limited), coconut shrimp and hot garlic chicken! Located at 807 Tucker Rd., Ste. F, Tehachapi. See ad on this page....
Trying to start a food business in the beginning of a pandemic when people are forced to either stay at home or socially distance is challenging to say the least, but Steve Schrepfer, owner of California Hot Dog Company thrives on a good challenge. Almost three years in, he has proven that even a pandemic cannot stop him. If you haven’t experienced the creativity and deliciousness that California Hot Dog offers, you are absolutely missing out. These hot dogs are not your typical dog. They are d...
A culinary makeover from the inside out has taken place at the Great Wall Chinese restaurant over at 807 Tucker Rd., Ste. F., in Tehachapi. A new family has taken over all operations and tasty new menu items are now available. The friendly and humble Kaibin Chen (K.B.) – who has worked as a waiter at Great Wall for six years – purchased the restaurant from the previous owners and brought his parents, Xiadi Chen and Hong Lin, in to cook. They have experience cooking professionally in China, Ger...
Last month, my friend Jane Zeok and I decided to drive to Arvin and check it out. We were in for a delightful surprise. The hills just past the National Cemetery were full of poppies. They haven’t bloomed yet, but there were dots of orange everywhere – a beautiful site along with the trees and rock formations. Jane kept stopping and taking photos. The drive was a feast for the soul. We drove all through the town of Arvin to see what was there. It was fun exploring, but the highlight of our road trip was lunch. We stopped at Cabellin Mex...
The Village Grill is one of Tehachapi's long-lived restaurants but few are familiar with the man who has owned it for the last 14 years. Born and raised in Zacatecas, a municipality located in north-central Mexico, Juan Rodriguez moved to the United States in 1971 and settled in Orange County where he began working as a line cook, an occupation he has proudly held to this day. Looking for a better place to raise his four children, he bought his first house in Palmdale in 1984. In September 1991,...
On Nov. 13, Tehachapi's only Taco Bell restaurant closed to begin a complete renovation, the first since opening in 1992. District Manager Mirabel Medina was reluctant to say how long the restaurant will be closed while the work is done, but she said similar projects have taken over two months to complete. In addition to updating the look of the building to be in better step with Taco Bell's current style and branding, the kitchen and drive-thru will be fully modernized. In the meantime, we'll...
City of Tehachapi’s promotional video went viral reaching hundreds of thousands of people across the United States on Facebook, alone, in what has become the most-watched video produced by the City of Tehachapi in the five years of making in-house videos. On Thursday, Oct. 21 the City of Tehachapi produced a one-minute recruitment video promoting the City of Tehachapi to the In-N-Out Burger corporation. It took off instantly, being shared and picked up by media outlets locally at first, and t...
Cool off and relax with a smoothie from Tehachapi Natural Market! Delicious and satisfying flavors made to order – Chocolate Coffee Whip (pictured), Maui Mist, Orange U Nice and P-Nutty. Have you tried a Sparkling Hop Water or Hemp Apple Cider? You're in for a treat! Stop by today at 20221 Valley Blvd., Tehachapi....
Smoothies have been popular for over 70 years but they have also taken a lot of flak for not necessarily being healthy. They can be high in calories and have too much sugar for many people, especially if fruit juice is the base and fruit is the primary ingredient. The good news is that a smoothie can be made into a healthy and delicious drink with the addition of a few simple ingredients. The bad news is many people don't know what those ingredients are. The answer to this dilemma can be found...
In a recent news release by Tehachapi City Economic Coordinator Corey Costelloe, there are six additional restaurants within the city limits which are currently in some phase of being newly built or remodeled from existing structures. His report cites the following new eateries as places of "potential employment opportunities." This will bring a total of over 25 restaurants and their associated employment opportunities within the Tehachapi city limits. Opening soon: 4 Seasons Cafe – On West T...
Food for the Frontline Kern County was inspired by an example set by the city of New Orleans in an effort to help overworked front-line emergency room workers impacted by COVID-19, and at the same time support local restaurant owners and employees. George Hay, marketing director for Jim Burke Ford Lincoln in Bakersfield and Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Kern County) have teamed up to form the Kern County version of the initiative. They began working with Kern Community Foundation to raise funds to...
COVID-19 is posing a huge challenge for all of us, and Tehachapi Natural Market isn't immune to all the changes and restrictions. They had recently opened up a portion of the store for in-store dining along with a new breakfast and lunch menu. Homeschool parents were meeting their resource teachers in the dining area, friends were meeting for lunch and several regulars enjoyed sitting in the rocking chairs by the electric fireplace while they waited for their juice or smoothie. The seating area...
Kern County Superintendent of Schools and local school districts recently announced that during the scheduled Spring Break holiday, meal services were still provided Monday through Thursday (April 6 – April 9). No meal services will be held on Good Friday, April 10, and Monday, April 13. Normal daily meal services will resume on Tuesday, April 14. During the first full week of Kern County school closures, approximately 108,000 children were being served two daily meals — lunch and breakfast for the following day — at roughly 80 locations county...
As of March 21, Jake’s Steakhouse is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. for takeout, curbside pickup and delivery to town, Golden Hills, Stallion Springs, Bear Valley and Hart Flat. After the shelter in place order is lifted, Jake’s will be open for lunch and dinner as usual. Available for takeout will be Jake’s regular lunch and dinner menus as well as special family meals which will change daily. The family meals are available in a pack for two or four peopl...
There's a new restaurant in town serving plant based foods. Okay, it's not new and it is not really a restaurant but they are serving a delicious array of plant based, gluten free soups as well as plant based bagels, waffles and salads. What is this mystery restaurant-that's-not-a restaurant? It's Tehachapi Natural Market and Juice Bar, located in the old Curves building in Old Town. From the day the market opened two years ago they have made world class smoothies and juices from fresh, organic...
"We are thrilled and excited," Virginia Sheridan said of the reopening of Kelcy's Restaurant. "It's going to be wonderful. This has been a labor of love two years in the making." The iconic restaurant will be celebrating their official reopening on Mountain Festival Weekend. Virginia Sheridan and her husband Bill Lee were saddened when Kelcy's closed two years ago. Like most of Tehachapi, they had been regulars at the restaurant for over 20 years, long before Virginia thought of opening...
Summer season is here. That means family get-togethers and parties with friends. Try out this recipe for our healthy Sassy Spiced Mixed Nuts. Your guests are sure to love them. As a bonus, they can be made days ahead and stored air-tight. No last minute stress on the host. Taylor's Provisions is located at 208 S. Mill St., Tehachapi, near the corner of Mill and F Streets. Part of the Mill Town Marketplace collection of businesses. You can also reach Taylor's at (661) 750-0390. Sassy Spiced M...
When Americans think of Indian food, we often think of a curry punctuated with the pungent and bitter flavor of turmeric. But India is a vast country with many different flavor profiles. Comprised of many of the spices we associate with fall baking - cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, cumin, coriander, nutmeg, and peppercorns - garam masala is a blend of ground spices used extensively in Indian cuisine. Garam masala translates as "warm spice," and is a staple blend used in Indian cooking. The exact...
America didn't publish its first cookbook until 1796, but we do have earlier manuscripts. One of those collections of papers belongs to Martha Washington. If you read over those recipes, one spice often repeats - pepper. Pepper was in almost every recipe in colonial America. Pepper plants are native to the Malabar coast of India, but our original supply in America came from Sumatra. When the British lost the Revolutionary War, they stopped our flow of pepper. The problem was the British had a...
Discussions about your gut microbiome, essentially your gut ecosystem, are all the rage today. The trillions of organisms in your gut ecosystem make up that biotic community. Probiotics are the live bacteria found in and on food or supplements. Prebiotics are the food for these bacteria, mostly in the form of fiber. And from fiber, our gut flora produce short-chain fatty acids, which are an important energy source for the cells lining our colon. So, we feed our flora with fiber, and they in...
Described by Arab botanists and known to the Romans, the cauliflower originally came from Cyprus, and was introduced to France from Italy in the middle of the 16th century. Today, food writers everywhere are extremely fond of quoting Mark Twain's contention that "a cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education." It's hard to imagine that this vegetable, now taken somewhat for granted, was once all the rage at the court of Louis XIV and served in rich and elegant dishes. Today, ca...
A recent health study conducted by Stanford University has been in the news. The study (DIETFITS) pitted low fat and low carbohydrate diets against one another. The study also covered genetic factors of food. The result? Neither low fat nor low carb nor genetics appeared to play a role in dietary success. So what does work? I can only tell you what worked for me. I needed to reset my expectation of portion size. For one week record everything that goes in your mouth. Use a scale to understand a...
Only about three percent of Americans get the recommended amount of fiber each day. Consuming fiber is the easiest way to maintain weight and avoid disease. So, today I've created the world's easiest diet for you. It's called the Fiber First Diet. Here's how it works, across the course of your day, you start by eating only whole foods that contain fiber. Once you've consumed at least 30 grams of fiber, you can eat whatever you want. Whole foods containing fiber include oats, flax, fruits,...
Wild rice is actually the grain of a species of grass. The plants grow in shallow water in small lakes and slow-flowing streams. Often only the flowering head of wild rice rises above the water. The rice grains are gathered by beating the grass with long sticks and collecting the resulting grains in a wide basket. Wild rice has a chewy outer sheath with a tender inner grain. The result is a lovely firm texture yielding to a slightly nutty and vegetal tasting inner core. I like to serve wild rice...
