2015: In today's Seasonal Pantry, I explore shrubs, an increasingly popular category of beverage with history that extends back to pioneer days. You can read that column here. In today's Seasonal Pantry, which you can read here, I talk about apricots, with recipes for Chicken Kababs with Onions, Bacon, [...]
As promised in this week's Pairing column, which paired Alamos 2013 Torrontés with a shrimp dish inspired by Giovanni's Shrimp Truck scampi, here is my recipe for slow-cooked wild salmon with mango salsa, also excellent with the wine. It was originally paired with Cline 2009 North Coast Viognier. While we're [...]
As the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market settles into its second harvest season in its new location at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, it has hit its stride as the country’s central farmers market. During its 16-month tenure at the center, it has moved several times to [...]
It is mid-summer and apple season is upon is. Within a day or two, several apple farmers will begin picking the first apple to ripen, our beloved Gravenstein. Stan DeVoto, who has farmed apples on Gold Ridge Rd. in west Sebastopol since 1976, expects to pick his first Gravensteins this [...]
At the end of a sweltering day, few things other than a dip in cool water are more refreshing than an ice-cold beer, good chips and a spicy salsa. When there's been a choice, I've always reached for a Bohemia, my favorite Mexican beer. If you [...]
In today's Seasonal Pantry, which you can read here, I talk about breakfast, a meal I often find challenging, not because of its preparation but because I'm rarely hungry early in the day. In that column, I promise to post recipes to some of my favorite breakfast dishes, delicious any [...]
At this week's Wednesday Night Market, the ReThink Your Drink Campaign will present a tasting of flavored waters. The tasting is being coordinated by the Network for a Healthy California, part of the California Health Collaborative. The goal of the campaign is simple: To get people of all [...]
About a year ago, I posted links to recipes for homemade chai. You can find those links here. Although all of the recipes are easy and produce much better results than anything you can buy in a market, supermarket or cafe, they do require that you have several [...]
In January. farmers are reading seed catalogs and planning their spring strategies. Many are farming, as well; we are blessed with year-round farmers markets with plenty of freshly-harvested produce. The Santa Rosa farmers market is our largest and it thrives in the winter. In addition to market regulars, heavy hitters [...]
As nights lengthen and winter rains set in, there's nothing like hot drinks to warm our bodies and sooth our souls.
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Have trouble remembering what’s in season when? Looking for a favorite recipe from the Seasonal Pantry or Pairing archives? Michele Anna Jordan, Press Democrat columnist, chef, teacher and author of almost 20 books, draws from 17 years of columns and articles for seasonal suggestions, recipes and menus and tips on exactly where to get the finest local foods at their peak moment. And, yes, she takes requests. Just name the dish or even a few of the ingredients and, like magic, you’ll find the recipe here in no time. Any questions related to ingredients, cooking, nutrition and eating are welcome.