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Spanish Musica: A most delicious green bean
Nancy Skall of Middleton Farm in Healdsburg is harvesting her extraordinary Spanish Musica green beans, MIddleton Farm's Spanish Musica beans which look like Romano beans but have a slightly different...
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Need olive oil? Here’s a hot tip.
How do you know what olive oil to buy? I am asked this all the time. When you stand in front of row after row of olive oil at your local market, it can be overwhelming and confusing. Labels are more...
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Davero Tasting Room Opens Today in Healdsburg
As I was boarding a plane this morning to head home from the East Coast, I received a text message from Ridgely Evers of Davero Olive Oil letting me know they had passed county inspections and were...
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Greenstring Farm Store, Open Daily 10 to 6
Remember the short-lived Saint Rose, Mark Malicki’s restaurant that opened first on South A Street and then moved to bigger digs in Sebastopol, where P/30 is now located? One of the most endearing...
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Feasting on Farro: Ten Delicious Recipes for Winter
Farro is an ancient grain with a modern reputation. Uncooked farro, an ancient--and delicious--grain Case in point: Several years ago, I managed to get an interview with writer Calvin Trillin, who...
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Fresh From Our Farmers: Bodega Bay
The setting of the new Bodega Bay farmers market is rustic and beautiful. A little after 10 a.m. on Sunday morning, the temperature gauge in my car read in the low 60s but the sun was already quite...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Sebastopol
The first Sebastopol farmers market of the year opened under a huge bowl of clear blue sky with no promise of rain. The chilly morning warmed quickly; by 11 a.m., shoppers were loosening their...
View ArticleUpdate: Artichoke How-To, By Request
UPDATE: Our cold weather is very good for artichokes and the ones I’ve had so far this spring are pretty much as good as they get. Prices are good now, too, sometimes as low as 99 cents each. If you...
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Fresh From Our Farmers: Green String Farm & Institute
Tiny clementines, some no bigger than a marble. On Sunday afternoon, as shadows grew long and the wind had me reaching for a warm scarf, the parking lot of Green String Farms was bustling with cars,...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Preston Farms
Lou and Susan Preston have been making wine in Dry Creek Valley since the early 1970s but their gorgeous estate, nestled near the northwest corner of Dry Creek Valley, is much more than a vineyard and...
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