Oktoberfest at Asilomar on October 11, 2025 in Pacific Grove, California reposted by Ruth Paget

Oktoberfest is being celebrated on October 11, 2025 at Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California.

For information about tickets, I have reposted the Monterey County Weekly calendar posting below:

Oktoberfest at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, California

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

California Debt Watch Tool looks interesting reposted by Ruth Paget

This debt watch tool managed by the State of California looks useful:

California Debt Watch

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Taco Kit Dinner at Costco in Sand City, California by Ruth Paget

Taco Kit Deal at Costco in Sand City, California by Ruth Paget

The Southwestern US taco dinner at Costco in Sand City, California provides enough food for 3 people to eat 4 medium tacos for about $5.50

The kit comes with:

-12 soft corn tortillas

-Al Pastor chicken pieces that are precooked

-shredded cabbage

 -shredded cheese

-cilantro lime crema salsa

-spicy hot salsa

-4 lime sections to squeeze on the tacos or squeeze into beer

I took photos of the taco kit below:

Taco Tuesday is easy to do with one of these taco kits at Costco.

Your weekly dinner menu could look like this:

Monday - pasta dinner

Tuesday - taco Tuesday

Wednesday - wings and drumsticks

Thursday - fish or seafood delivery

Friday - pizza - Detroit pizza is reasonably priced at Nob Hill

Also, if I have leftovers, I put them in a Pyrex and make street tacos for myself for lunch the next day.

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Shipwrecks of the Monterey Peninsula Talk on October 18, 2025 in Monterey, California reposted by Ruth Paget

There will be a talk on Shipwrecks of the Monterey Peninsula on October 18, 2025 in Monterey, California at California’s First Theatre.

For details about this event, I have reposted information from The Monterey County Weekly:

Shipwrecks of the Monterey Peninsula

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France 

Medicinal Plant Tour on October 12, 2025

There will be a Medicinal Plant Tour on October 12, 2025 in Monterey, California on Fisherman’s Wharf.  

Information about the event follows reposted from the Monterey County Weekly:

Medicinal Plant Tour

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Brown Pelican Soaring Home at Nightfall in Pebble Beach, California by Ruth Paget

Brown Pelicans Soaring Home at Nightfall Photo in Pebble Beach, California by Ruth Paget

Patient Ruth catches a brown pelican on an updraft of wind on the way home at nightfall:

Photo and text by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Salade a la Tourangelle in Salinas, California by Ruth Paget

My husband Laurent’s French grandfather from Tours, France served what he called a Salade a la Tourangelle, Tours salad, made up of lettuce, chopped tomatoes, and chèvre goat cheese with vinaigrette at its most basic.

Laurent’s grandfather was a wine merchant and his grandmother ran an epicerie in the country.  An epicerie is like an upscale convenience store.  Mamie’s epicerie most definitely sold wine vinegar, which is used in the vinaigrette for salad a la Tourangelle.

I went to The Farm in Salinas, California and bought organic lettuce and an heirloom tomato for my salad.  I went down Main Street to Star Market and bought Humboldt Fog goat cheese.  Nob Hill makes a store brand chèvre goat cheese, which helps pay employee salaries that I also buy.

Today, I put those ingredients together to make Salade a la Tourangelle at home, which is pictured below:

This salad is super easy to make.  We ate slices of apple caramel crisp pie for dessert from The Farm as well, which is open year-round for bakery purchases.

Wine vinegar is also a no-food waste product par excellence.

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France