On Sunday, the Sebastopol Farmers Market was smaller than usual, though it was hard to tell, given the market’s location shift. For the month of December, the market moves to the town plaza so holiday shoppers have access to parking. It will return to its usual spot on January 6. [...]
I confess that I am not particularly attached to the traditional Thanksgiving meal, though I do appreciate--and often honor--what my friend James has to say on the subject. "It doesn't matter how good the food is," he says, "it's the ritual, it's that we are all eating the [...]
LAST-MINUTE TIPS FOR A GOOD THANKSGIVING Whether you make a traditional or nontraditional meal, there may be a tip or two here that you find helpful: Keep flowers and other centerpieces lower than 8 inches so that everyone at the table can see each other. Don't use packaged bread crumbs [...]
There have been a few technical issues with Eat This Now today. Several comments and questions on my previous Thanksgiving post have vanished, along with the email addresses of those who made the comments and asked the questions. I'm hoping that the woman who asked about a salad for Thanksgiving [...]
TAKE NOTE: CHESTNUTS, ALONG WITH CHANTERELLES AND QUINCE, WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SANTA ROSA ORIGINAL CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET, THIS WEDNESDAY FROM 8:30 A.M. TO NOON. “The chestnuts were a little late this year,” Jim McCrumb of Sonoma Coast Organic Produce says, explaining that the burs--those nearly-impossible-to-crack cupules, each of [...]
“Isn’t it a beautiful day!” vendors, pleasantly surprised by the pretty blue sky after a week of glorious but daunting rain, exclaimed at the Santa Rosa farmers market on Saturday. Dominique’s Sweets celebrated the holiday with green macarons and Karl Seppi of Costeaux Bakery waddled through the market in a [...]
UPDATE: I finally had the time to experiment with Spaghetti Squash Carbonara. Oh my. It is so good; I just finished the leftovers. I followed a recipe from Pasta Classics, a book I wrote in 1999 or thereabouts. I'm surprised that it worked so well on my first try. At [...]
On Wednesday mornings, the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market is small and intimate, about a quarter the size of its Saturday sibling. Customers meander through a single aisle, greeting friends and chatting with favorite vendors. It’s an easy market, with plenty of parking, no lines and little competition for, [...]
On Friday morning, the Sonoma Valley farmers market is filled with customers--shopping, chatting and lingering over nibbles such as hummingbird-shaped cookies and lumpia--as a stream of moms, grandparents and nannies usher babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and pups into the adjacent park. Two vendors, Paul’s Produce and Oak Hill Farm, are located [...]
By the look of it on Sunday, news is out that the Sebastopol farmers market has gone year round. A few weeks ago, the market was not that well attended but a change began in mid January. Lately I’ve heard fewer people surprised that the market operates continuously, instead of [...]
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