If you want to serve lamb on Easter and want it to be the best quality you can find, you should place an order sooner rather than later. Williams Ranches, based in Sebastopol, will be taking orders through Sunday, including at the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market [...]
If like me you are still trying to find your way after the closure of Traverso's, you might want to tune in to my radio show, Mouthful, the Wine Country's Most Delicious Hour, tonight to hear what Paul Ferrari of A. G. Ferrai Foods has to say about the upcoming [...]
I've been experimenting with several varieties of heirloom beans from Rancho Gordo (based in Napa) and there's one that has really impressed me, the Hutterite Soup Bean, which you can read about in more detail here. Last night, as the lovely rain continued, I finished the last of [...]
If you turn from Adobe Rd. into the long driveway that leads to Petaluma’s Green String Farm Store, you’ll notice several leafless trees with thin golden upright branches. Morning sun glances off them so beautifully that it is tempting to simply stop driving and drink in the sight. If you [...]
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 [...]
There’s a wreath on the door of the Green String Farm Store, located at the corner of Adobe Rd. and Frates Rd. in Petaluma, made of beautiful feathers, some of which I recognize as coming from Barred Cochin hens. All the feathers in the wreath are from the happy chickens [...]
If you need to add a little Italian cheer to your holiday, consider stopping by Lazzini's Market today between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., when the Lazzini family is hosting an open house with nibbles and drinks, including Clover Eggnog. The market opened in May at 3449 Bennett Valley Rd. [...]
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