Don’t Let Your Daily Bread Go To Waste: Recipes for Salad, Soup & Pudding
Bread salad, bread soup and bread pudding offered delicious ways to use some of the great breads of Sonoma County.
An abundance of pears and how to enjoy them
From the Seasonal Pantry archives, here are several delicious and easy recipes that call for pears.
Can you make an apple pie?
Next Sunday, the Sebastopol Farmers Market hosts an Apple Pie Contest, part of August's celebration of the Gravenstein Apple.
One way to beat the heat
Nothing cools us during a heat wave quite like Hawaiian shave ice. Although I've never found a traditional version on the mainland, there are close approximations that will cool you off, in a delicious way. One can be found in Petaluma.
Fresh From Our Farmers: Rohnert Park
The Rohnert Park Farmers Market kicked off its 2nd season on June 3 and continues through September. Like all evening markets, it is as much a community party as it is a place to buy local foods from fresh herbs to grass-fed meats.
Cake Futures, cooking classes & all the chocolate you can eat
Here are descriptions of items in a live auction taking place at "Cake Futures," on Thursday, June 2, at Soda Rock Winery.
420 Tribute: Remembering Brownie Mary
UPDATE: This entry was originally in November of last year but in honor of April 20 and all things 420, I'm reposting it. Brownie Mary was a wonderful and unforgettably kind woman. *** As I watched the results of the election last night, Brownie Mary suddenly popped into my mind, [...]
Sources for Cinnamon & Other Spices
We no longer have to rely on either mail order or the spice sections of supermarkets. There are three new local businesses devoted to spices.
