Middleton Farm Gardens Update
The fate of the spectacular eight acres just off Westside Rd. known as Middleton Farm Gardens and overseen with loving passion for more than two decades is now in the hands of trust attorneys for Malcolm Skall's estate.
Nancy Skall of Middleton Farms passed away Jan. 23, 2015.
The virus that is sweeping through the North Bay this month is tenacious and enduring. I've been under its thrall, so to speak, since Jan. 2 and I'm still not back to normal. When I feel up to cooking, I poach a chicken and then use the carcass and breast [...]
Summer Tomato Sauce with Pappardelle.© Liza Gersham, 2014. Pappardelle with Summer Tomato Sauce • Serves 2, easily doubled This is my grandson Lucas's favorite pasta. Lucky for me, he was born with a subtle, eager and adventurous palate and he loves my cooking. This very simple pasta came about [...]
About a decade ago, I made pozole and took it to a friend's house for Halloween. The next year, after many requests, I made it again. It is now a Halloween tradition. Here are four versions, along with a voluptuous appetizer and colorful salad.
2014 Update: Today's Seasonal Pantry features recipes for Baba Ghanoush and a simple ratatouille. You can read that column here. Orange eggplant may be oblong as seen here, or small and round. Eggplant is the topic of today's Seasonal Pantry, which you can read here. In the [...]
In today's Seasonal Pantry, I explore the Mediterranean diet, which is enjoying a resurgence of popularity. You can read that article here. As promised in that column, here are links to some Mediterranean-inspired recipes from the Pantry's archives. This post focuses on flavors of North Africa and the Middle East [...]
This year our beloved Gravenstein apple came on strong and fast. The crop is down because of warm weather in January, early drought and then rain right during bloom. If you love Gravensteins, don't miss this weekend's Gravenstein Apple Fair.
Open Field Farm offers a delicious harvest from their organic farm in west Petaluma.