Pour in a shaker, muddle thyme a little and shake over ice. Strain into a high ball glass with ice and top up with soda. To provide a smoother, richer, mellower flavor, Grant’s Triple Wood is aged in three different types of wood: virgin oak barrel, which adds a peppery strength; American oak, which adds a subtle vanilla smoothness; and the bourbon refill, which adds a brown sugar sweetness.

California's Apola Greek Grill is ready for growth. The chain is opening its first franchise location this fall in Riverside and may add a second brick-and-mortar restaurant, and up to two ghost kitchen locations, before year's end. The additions would more than double Apola's presence in the Southern California market.

I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy notice For weeknight cooking, we love seared fish since it usually cooks in half the time as chicken or other proteins. But it’s a fine line between cooked and completely dried out. So for this recipe from our book “Milk Street Tuesday Nights,” which limits recipes to 45 minutes or less, we made three choices to ensure succulent seafood every time.

News News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Owners Dan and Anne Manassero are celebrating the 100th anniversary of family farming at Manassero Farms. Dan’s grandfather started farming in Yorba Linda in 1922. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Montage Laguna Beach’s Studio Restaurant is well known in the culinary world, but so is the Thai-inspired Talay restaurant at the Montage Los Cabos. Locals are in luck, because through Sept. 10, chefs from Talay are bringing their street food stuck style cuisine to the Montage Laguna Beach Studio Garden to offer a signature Thai culinary journey.

An architect’s conceptual drawing of Play Coffee’s remodeled location at 500 Broadway Street. Courtesy of Anders Lasater Architects Downtown Laguna Beach will get its latest caffeine infusion courtesy of Play Coffee. The Laguna Beach Planning Commission unanimously voted to approve a remodel design and conditional use permit for a single-story office building at 500 Broadway St. on Aug. 3.