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Winter 2014 Issue
Last Updated December 01, 2014
Edible Marin & Wine Country #24 - Winter 2014
Calistoga Pottery Keeps the Fires Burning
Nestled at the end of a long gravel drive off Highway 29 just before the bend in the road that ushers you into the fairytale-like wine...
A Happier Meal: Ceres Project Cooks for the Community
In ancient Roman religion, Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. The Ceres Community...
Wild Rice Salad with Winter Squash and Cranberries
From Ceres Community Project’s Nourishing Connections cookbook
Hilltop 1892: A Peak Experience for the Eyes and Taste Buds
The soil throughout this township is a rich, sandy loam, and is especially fertile in the valleys. It is well adapted to the growing of...
Take Heart, Take Action with Daily Acts
The Uplifting Secret Ingredient Behind Daily Acts’ Success
On the surface, the Petaluma-based nonprofit organization Daily Acts looks like...
Escoffier Questionnaire: Barbara Alexander of Napa Valley Cooking School
A mention of “cooking school” is often the beginning to a rollicking conversation amongst chefs.
There are those who feel that showing up...
Food of Love: Youth Program Nurtures Both Givers and Receivers
Walk into the St. Helena Grace Episcopal Church on most Tuesday afternoons and you’ll hear chopping, sizzling and the pounding of a pestle...
Season for Dungeness Crab
The local Dungeness crab season opens just in time for the holiday season, and for Bay Area old timers—and newcomers, too—it wouldn’t be...
Marin Organic: Cultivating Our Farmers
Marin Organic was founded in 1999 as a farmer-led nonprofit organization with a combined mission of educating consumers about the value of...
Edible Gift Guide, Holidays 2014
Drumroll, please. We now present our biggest (by far) and best holiday gift guide yet. Whether you’re shopping for your craft-coffee-lovin...
Insight Garden Program: The Prison Gardener Offers San Quentin Participants a New Leaf
For Beth Waitkus, nature as nurture started early. As a towheaded toddler in New Jersey she helped her maternal grandmother with Dutch...
Yummy Supper, Indeed
Local author and photographer Erin Scott’s new cookbook serves up 100 fresh, luscious and honest recipes.
DIY Holiday Spirit—Vin De Citron
The friend who gave me this recipe and first guided me through the steps was known for her apéritif parties that always featured her house-made infused wines, as well as the local pastis and rosés....
Nose to Tail—The Roast
Eating “nose to tail” does not mean that you need to choke down animal organs in some kind of Fear Factor dare.
It does mean acknowledging...
