http://www.wikio.co.uk/blog/search/California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. Wikio Blogs - search: California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. wikio wikio http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68462058 Avocado Club Egg Roll Despite living in California for a few years, I never ate at a California Pizza Kitchen. But I found I couldn't resist their new cookbook, California Pizza Kitchen Family Cookbook . It's a little dynamo: small, jam-packed, and happy yellow! A tiny book, with almost sixty recipes, including basics. Ironically, I never did get around to trying a pizza recipe! Although I have the White Pizza with Bacon and the Chipotle Chicken Pizza marked for future use. The recipes are all pretty easy, although many have that oh-so-fun recipe within a recipe. There's definitely a family vibe running through it. Heavy on the chicken, and using lots of cheese, this isn't a low-fat book, nor is it a truly 'gourmet' tome, either. There's some store-bought help, and some recipes are a little too hotel buffet artery-clogging! But in general, it's a neat little book with some funky dishes. And best of all...the entire proceeds from the sales of the book go to children's charities! The first recipe, the Avocado Club Egg Roll , was pretty fantastic. Embarrassingly addictive, those things. Grilled & diced chicken (or Veat), crumbled bacon (or veggie bacon), diced Roma tomatoes, shredded Monterey Jack cheese, and sliced avocado are layered on an egg roll wrapper. With an egg wash to moisten, roll up and seal, then fry about 1 1/2 minutes per side, till golden. Serve with a dip of Ranch dressing, mayo and hot sauce. Oh, it's good. I mean, the filling is just a club sandwich, right? Add avocado, almost...not quite but almost...over-kill. Then FRY it? Have mercy. Curly Mac & Cheese I made this primarily for Alex's benefit. It uses, and please don't take away my food blogging credentials for admitting this, Velveeta . (looks properly shamed) Not exactly curly, eh? Couldn't find that new box of fusilli we'd just bought. So, used up the odds ands ends of pasta lying around. It's just cream and processed cheese food spread (hee), melted, and pasta. It started out pretty good, actually. The cream really tempered the Velveeta (I can't believe I've typed the word 'Velveeta' this many times!), and it was a creamy sauce. Of course, as it cooled down, it got...um, thick. My lips were sticking together, they were so coated with sauce. Best eaten HOT. Honey-Dijon Chicken & Bacon Panini Any excuse to use the sandwich press! Italian bread, a mixture of mayo, Dijon, and honey spread on one side. Then, sliced garlic chicken (made ahead of time), bacon, and slices of Monterey Jack; grill. Simply? Good stuff. We're kicking off our fourth year of Blog Party by taking a look back at some of our favorite first-year themes. This month, we're revisiting a BP favorite, Retro Party ! We're doing a bit of time-travel, and bringing back some of the weird and wonderful dishes & drinks from the 20's through the late sixties. You won't want to miss it! R.S.V.P. no later than TONIGHT . Hope to see you there! Tagged with: Food and Drink + Cheese + Restaurants + Bacon + Chicken + Sandwiches + Cookbooks + Reviews Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68462058 noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie) 2008-08-21T08:00:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68290686 Tomorrow is my birthday. v.51.0 I'll be having lunch with the daughter bird and some of my knitting buds at California Pizza Kitchen. Thursday the Boybird is taking me to Golden Corral for dinner. Life is SWEET! I make my... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:14:35 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68290686 greta 2008-08-19T23:14:35Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=66080382 NORWALK, Conn., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- With one month to go before the opening of the 2008 Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo, more than 300 multi-unit operators have already registered to attend the Show. Restaurant and foodservice establishments that will be seen walking the aisles include 21 Choices Frozen Yogurt, Baja Fresh Mexican Grill, California Pizza Kitchen, Coffee Nutz, Cohn Restaurant Group, Del Taco, Disneyland, Golden Vine Winery, Good Stuff Restaurants, Hilton San Diego, Masala Bowl, Naples Rib Company, The Cheesecake Factory, Yoshinoya America Inc, and many more. The Expo will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, from August 23 through August 25, 2008. "We appreciate when restaurateurs and foodservice professionals take time away from their businesses to attend this important industry event," said Ron Mathews, Industry Vice President, Reed Exhibitions, producers of the event. "We are always thrilled to welcome multi-unit operators to the Expo; their presence adds tremendous value to the Show." Attendees will find a variety of educational opportunities that are part of the Ferdinand Metz Foodservice Forum. A Keynote Address for multi-unit operators will feature Mark Sanborn, best-selling author of The Fred Factor, the foodservice industry's chosen leader who has delivered successful principles to Burger King, Doubletree Hotels, Marriott, McDonald's, Multifoods, Pepsi, Subway, Wendy's and more! In this presentation, Mark Sanborn relates the four principles of injecting passion into work and life through the story of Fred, his Denver postman, and others like him. Sanborn says, "Fred is the type of person whom we interact with that leaves us in awe of their work and the experience we just had with them." Attendees will also want to make time to attend The BarFly Group sessions (each a $295 value), which will be complimentary this year. Chris Weinberg, CEO of The BarFly Group, a national Restaurant Consulting and Operations Management Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:52:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=66080382 2008-07-30T16:52:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=65005606 Philanthropizza , held at California Pizza Kitchen, on July 16 was a great success! Last week, a bunch of OYFP executive board members, new OYFP members, community partners and regular Bostonians all gathered to eat, drink and be merry at this benefit event for Christopher’s Haven. Vivian of Newton and Chia Chi of Cambridge both decided to come out to CPK to show their support after reading the event blog post. They came across our blog after searching for a combination of the words: Boston , Volunteering and Charities. Vivian and Chia Chi are both relatively active in Boston ’s volunteer community. They have participated in things like the Life Is Good Festival , the Walk for Hunger , and they both have served food to the homeless at the Kingston House . Vivian and Chia Chi, if you’re reading this, I hope to see you again. Maybe at our next event this Thursday, July 24 th at Gallery XIV called Uncorked! Check out the event listing on Boston.Com ! Thank you to everyone who came out to CPK on July 16 th . None of this would be possible without your support. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to learn more about our projects, our programs or our events. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:32:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=65005606 John R 2008-07-21T19:32:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=64303869 ALISO VIEJO, Calif., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Restaurants on the Run has acquired RestaurantsToGo -- the Seattle based restaurant food delivery service. This is Restaurants on the Run's eighth acquisition since the company's inception nearly 15 years ago. The acquisition adds another 50 restaurant partners to the Restaurants on the Run delivery family, which now exceeds 900 restaurants and includes such corporate chains as Rubio's, Claim Jumper, California Pizza Kitchen, The Cheesecake Factory, BJ's Restaurant and more. It also extends their restaurant food delivery range into the Northwest and solidifies the restaurant drop-off catering and food delivery service as the West Coast's largest restaurant delivery service. "We are excited about the growth potential of putting our model into RestaurantsToGo's current business structure, while still retaining all of the local expertise of the existing Seattle staff. We are confident that this will be yet another successful step towards our long term expansion goals," said Michael Caito, CEO of Restaurants on the Run, Inc. The official name change from RestaurantsToGo to Restaurants on the Run took place on July 1st, 2008. In addition to the name change, other customer benefits brought by the acquisition include new online ordering features, such as group ordering, simple catering, live order tracking and a customer rewards program. About Restaurants on the Run Founded in 1993, Restaurants on the Run is the West Coast's largest restaurant food delivery service specializing in drop-off corporate catering and restaurant delivery from over 900 restaurants throughout Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Seattle. As a multi-year finalist for various areas' top catering awards, Restaurants on the Run's innovative service specializes in saving corporate client's time while improving productivity and office morale by providing a convenient restaurant food delivery and drop Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:34:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=64303869 2008-07-15T19:34:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=63212747 Image via WikipediaSeasonal Patterns found for the following stocks: Allos Therapeutics Inc. (ALTH) over the next 8 trading days. Look at the seasonal patterns for Allos Therapeutics Inc. in context. Ceres Group Inc. (CERG) over the next 7 trading days. 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