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An exploration of sustaining life by going no further than 100 miles away to gather the things we need to live. A compendium of memories, comments, thoughts, and recipes -- an exploration of shared experiences, and travels involving food and sustenance.

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Aug 14

Tour: Hollywood Farmers’ Market

Felicia Friesema There’s a reason Felicia Friesema writes the farmers’ markets report for the L.A. Weekly.  There’s also a reason she leads tours of area farmers’ markets.  She really knows her vegetables and fruits — (read full article)

fish, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, green, local, locavore, los angeles, mushrooms

Aug 07

Review: Steak with Friends

Steak with Friends: At Home, with Rick Tramonto.  Rick Tramonto with Mary Goodbody.  Andrews McMeel Publishing.  $35.00.  (304p)  ISBN: 978-0-7407-9257-1 First off:  this is a really BIG book, and I mean that in the nicest possible way.  Seco (read full article)

Chefs, cookbooks, cooking, cucumbers, dining, fish, food, food writing, gourmet, Home

Jul 26

Prom Date: The French Laundry

Gabrielle Perdrizet and I, spring 1977, ready for the Montgomery High School Senior Prom. Santa Rosa, California I took my prom date to dinner at the French Laundry.  No, really, I did.  In 1977.  Granted back then it wasn’t the French Laun (read full article)

Chefs, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, napa, Paris, Restaurants

Jul 17

Cochon 555 – 5 Chefs, 5 Pigs, 5 Winemakers

Chefs and winemakers can be a rough and tumble crowd.  Throw butchers into the mix and watch out.  Then there are chefs who also butcher.  Time to run the other way.  This spring my friend, Jo Stougaard (of My Last Bite), and I attended ‘C (read full article)

cafe, Chefs, Chez Panisse, Chocolate, coffee, cooking, dining, duskie estes, food, food writing

Jun 22

Interview with Chefs John Stewart & Duskie Estes

Chefs John Stewart & Duskie Estes at the 'Chefs' Holidays at The Ahwahnee' event. January 2010. Yosemite, California Chefs John Stewart and Duskie Estes are a husband and wife cooking team who own two restaurants in Sonoma County: Za (read full article)

Chefs, cooking, dining, duskie estes, food, food writing, fresh, gardens, gourmet, green

Jun 15

‘To The Table’

I have a confession to make:  I actually like sitting down at a table to eat and drink just a bit more than I do cooking.  Okay, a lot more.  There’s something so wonderful about plopping down at a beautifully set table, laying a cloth napki (read full article)

Chefs, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, Home, Restaurants, Wine

Jun 08

Review: The Spice Kitchen

The Spice Kitchen: Everyday Cooking with Organic Spices.  Sara Engram and Katie Luber with Kimberly Toqe.  Andrews McMeel Publishing.  $29.99  (208p)  ISBN: 978-0-7407-7972-5 “Eat locally but season globally” is a favorite mantra of (read full article)

cookbooks, cooking, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local, reviews, spices

Mar 31

Review: ‘My Nepenthe’

My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-5 My first visit to Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur,... (read full article)

big sur, cafe, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local

Mar 31

Review: ‘My Nepenthe’

My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-5 My first visit to Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur, California was in the fall of 1983. It was a hot day and (read full article)

big sur, cafe, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local

Mar 31

Review: 'My Nepenthe'

My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-5 My first visit to Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur,... (read full article)

big sur, cafe, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local

Mar 04

*The Local Report – McCall’s Meat & Fish Co.

1.9 miles, about 5 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. There’s a new butcher in town and boy am I happy. It seems that the neighborhood butcher has gone by the wayside and that more and... (read full article)

baking, butchers, cafe, cooking, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local, los angeles

Mar 04

*The Local Report – McCall’s Meat & Fish Co.

1.9 miles, about 5 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. There’s a new butcher in town and boy am I happy. It seems that the neighborhood butcher has gone by the wayside and that more and more people are relying on supermarket butchers. (read full article)

baking, butchers, cafe, cooking, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local, los angeles

Mar 04

*The Local Report - McCall's Meat & Fish Co.

1.9 miles, about 5 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. There's a new butcher in town and boy am I happy. It seems that the neighborhood butcher has gone by the wayside and that more and more... (read full article)

baking, butchers, cafe, cooking, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local, los angeles

Feb 24

Review: ‘Venezia: Food & Dreams’

Venezia: Food & Dreams. Tessa Kiros. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $34.99 (288p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-8516-0 Venezia: Food & Dreams is a love letter to Venice. Reading it and cooking from it is... (read full article)

Amazon, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, gourmet, Italy, Recipes, Restaurants

Feb 24

Review: Venezia: Food & Dreams

Venezia: Food & Dreams. Tessa Kiros. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $34.99 (288p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-8516-0 Veneiza: Food & Dreams is a love letter to Venice. Reading it and cooking from it is... (read full article)

Amazon, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, gourmet, Italy, Recipes, Restaurants

Feb 24

Review: ‘Venezia: Food & Dreams’

Venezia: Food & Dreams. Tessa Kiros. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $34.99 (288p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-8516-0 Venezia: Food & Dreams is a love letter to Venice. Reading it and cooking from it is a bit like looking at a Caravaggio painting. The (read full article)

Amazon, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, gourmet, Italy, Recipes, Restaurants

Feb 19

Offal (Not Awful) & Nose To Tail Eating

My great-great grandmother Martha Cloud’s husband, Sam Miller, circa 1941, Modoc County, California ‘Offal is a culinary term used to refer to the entrails and internal organs of a... (read full article)

Amazon, Anthony Bourdain, big sur, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, napa

Feb 19

Offal (Not Awful) & Nose To Tail Eating

My great-great grandmother Martha Cloud’s husband, Sam Miller, circa 1941, Modoc County, California ‘Offal is a culinary term used to refer to the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particul (read full article)

Amazon, Anthony Bourdain, big sur, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, napa

Feb 19

Offal (Not Awful) & Nose To Tail Eating

My great-great grandmother Martha Cloud's husband, Sam Miller, circa 1941, Modoc County, California 'Offal is a culinary term used to refer to the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal.... (read full article)

Amazon, Anthony Bourdain, big sur, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, napa

Dec 11

Guest Blog: My Mother, Dawn Goodman - My Food History

My great-grandparents, Ora and Rolla Goodman, at a family barbecue in Waller Park in Santa Maria, California. Introduction - My Life in Food I have very fond food memories from my childhood growing... (read full article)

Central Coast of California, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, gardens, gourmet, iceberg lettuce, local

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