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What is cheezy love to you?  Here at Happy Girl, cheezy love is so many different things that we had to throw a party just to celebrate it.  Cheezy love.  It is that kind of love that keeps on feeling good.  Love that you can laugh at and with and makes you feel like you are swinging as high as you can get at the playground.  I can feel the butterflies in my stomach right now! Cheezy love can be AWKWARD at times especially when people are being coy.  Cheezy love is something that we are all looking for at...

January 22, 2015 Happy Girl Kitchen Co. presents… Dine with the farmers  STARTS House made pickles + Crackers + Popcorn Membrillo + Toma Cheese Mandarins + beets + black garbanzos   MAINS Flagolet shelling beans + dry farmed tomatoes + brussell sprouts Nettle + mushroom risotto Roasted and stuffed honeynut squash + kale pesto Farmstand cover crop salad   DESSERT Blue Bottle Coffee Stewed quince + ricotta + shortbread +            pomello drizzle   A room with these many farmers and the skills of chef Matt Millea is sure to be a night to remember. Thank you for being a part...

Our most recent article in our column for Edible Monterey Bay just came out and can be read here. Erik Seniska Remembering a beloved designer who taught young local restaurateurs to create settings that reflect their cuisine—and to have fun in the process By Jordan Champagne Photography by Lisa Eisner and Patrice Ward Known for his gift for spotting and creatively repurposing salvaged materials, Big Sur artist Erik Seniska designed the interiors of Big Sur Bakery, Happy Girl Kitchen and Carmel Belle. A beloved and larger-than-life personality with a spirit much younger than his 59 years, Seniska died of cancer...

Where does your money go? Most of us agree that accounting is no fun.  But one of my favorite parts about it is seeing where all that money goes.  At Happy Girl a big chunk of our money goes to local, organic farmers and that is just one of the things that puts the "happy" in our name.  We also buy other things from  local food artisans and interesting people for our shop.  This past year we have paid our local artist and builder friends to help build and design our new parklet.  Of course another huge chunk goes to supporting...

Carving pumpkins is one of my favorite things to do this time of year!  Carving pumpkins with a group of friends is even better!  I just love pumpkins.  They have something special about them.  I love going out to the fields where they are growing and seeing all of their personalities peeping out from behind the dried leaves.  I love finding that one...or two....or three or ninety special pumpkins that want to go home with me.  Have you ever been to a mass pumpkin carving?  Then come!