{"id":7795,"date":"2017-01-19T18:15:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T02:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7795"},"modified":"2017-01-19T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T18:17:39","slug":"her-kitchen-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7795","title":{"rendered":"Her Kitchen Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iron Chef<\/a> and Santa Barbara local Cat Cora<\/a> is certainly on a roll! Her new burger joint, Mesa Burger<\/a>, is constantly packed with locals craving the award-winning chef’s crave-worthy burger creations.<\/p>\n

So far, my favorites are the Montecito (made with griddled goat cheese\/bourbon glazed mushrooms\/house onion ring\/truffle aioli\/arugula\/grilled onions) and the Goodland (with double cheddar\/sliced & grilled 805 beer brat\/crispy onion strings\/applewood smoked bacon\/smoked bbq sauce), but we’re slowly working our way through the entire menu.<\/p>\n

It’s all good, and a welcome addition to the Mesa neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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Mesa Burger’s Funk Zone: sunny side up fried egg\/applewood bacon\/bourbon glazed mushrooms\/bbq sauce\/cheddar cheese\/roasted tomato. Paired with their original sweet potato waffle fries. Courtesy photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s not all the busy Cat has been up to. She also has a new Fox television show, My Kitchen Rules<\/em><\/a>, which she co-hosts with Curtis Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At last week’s premiere party (at Mesa Burger) it was a little hard to follow with the lively crowd of friends, but from what I can gather it’s a celebrity dinner party contest, with different celebs entertaining each other each week. Cat and Curtis provide the culinary expertise and the cast\u2014which includes Andrew Dice Clay<\/a>, Naomi Judd <\/a>and Lance Bass<\/a>, among others\u2014provides the comedy. It’s definitely worth checking out on Thursdays at 9 p.m. on Fox.<\/p>\n