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Liquid Love

February 2, 2012 – 12:48 pm | No Comment
road kill beer

If this isn’t your first time stumbling across The Urban Grocer, then you’ll know we’ve got it bad for wine labels. Anything from Oz-based Mash makes us swoon, not to mention the creative team of …

Where to Eat in 2012

January 12, 2012 – 4:27 pm | No Comment
bo innovation

Some New Year’s Resolutions are all about what not to eat. Not ours. We’re about what to eat in the year ahead and here we’ve laid out some of our top must-visit restaurant recommendations for …

Return of the Living Red

December 12, 2011 – 7:59 pm | One Comment
return of the living red, wide

Forget the chateaux. Forget the birds. Forget whatever nonsensical French-countryside illustrations you’ve seen on wine labels. And enter Mash. Always creative, never predictable, Mash is one of our favorite creative agencies. Hailing from Oz, their …

The Urban Grocer’s Foodie Gift Guide

December 8, 2011 – 4:28 pm | One Comment
featured image, foodie gift guide

There’s a plethora of unique, drool-inducing gifts out there just waiting for a happy home with a loving foodie. Whether it’s butchering classes or chocolate moustaches, we’re here to help you find the perfect present …

Eat Your Green!

December 6, 2011 – 12:55 pm | One Comment
outstanding on the beach

Thirteen years ago, Jim Denevan had an idea. The Santa Cruz-based artist and chef wanted to host a dinner that would bring together discriminating diners and the farmers who grow their food. He wanted to …

Meat Your Maker: Top Five Boutique Butchers

November 11, 2011 – 2:40 pm | 5 Comments

In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s a new rock star in the culinary world: the butcher. For years this trend has been on the rise as increasingly demanding foodies pass on the pre-boxed supermarket pork …

Oh, The Croquet-en-Bouche

November 7, 2011 – 3:58 pm | No Comment

C’mon Sugar Lips, how’s about a Toasted Lammyjammit? Or shall we Sticky Tape the Date? Imagine if lingo like this was all in a day’s work. For famed pâtissier Adriano Zumbo, such banter is a …

Foam Party! Our Top Five Foam Favorites

November 4, 2011 – 1:17 pm | One Comment
foam on a spoon

It’s a foam party. Nope, we’re not talking about one of those bawdy nights in some Spring Break club where bubbles are pumped in until everyone is sticky…We’re talking about overflowing, foaming ice cream, cocktails, …

The BLACK pack take on Sydney

October 26, 2011 – 3:08 pm | No Comment

They say once you go black, you never go back – and this certainly rings true for Sydney’s newest resident, BLACK by ezard. Leading the BLACK pack is internationally acclaimed chef Teage Ezard, better …

Lovely Labels: TUG’s Top Wine Label Picks

October 14, 2011 – 5:56 pm | No Comment
matsu wines

Admit it. Sometimes you impulsively buy a wine bottle for the label. And that’s not always a bad thing, especially if that label speaks as much to art and creativity as it does wine. We …