Fresh From Our Farmers: The Patch in Sonoma Still Has tomatoes
“Are you still buying tomatoes?” a customer asked me at the Sebastopol farmers market on Sunday. She wanted to know if they were still good enough for salads and because I had not finished my shopping...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: EarthWorker Farm
“I like to think of my farm as an experimental farm,” George Marcros of EarthWorker He has three quarters of an acre, with a quarter acre devoted to wild flowers and half an acre to crop production,...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers Market
In mid-November, the Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers Market expresses the intersection of the seasons, with the last of summer’s tomatoes, peppers and grapes surrounded by fall’s bounty. Several...
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Rabbit Dijonnaise, Fricassee de Lapin and More
In today’s Fresh From Our Farmers, which you can read here, I promise to post a few recipes for rabbit. Here they are. Once you get the hang of it, cooking rabbit is quite easy. But there is a learning...
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Change at Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market, This Week Only
Chickens at Pepper Ranch Poultry, which attends both the Sebastopol and Santa Rosa Original farmers markets There will be NO MARKET this Saturday, May 3, at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. For the...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Windsor Farmers Market
The Windsor Farmers Market, which opened for its 2014 season in April, has always been as much a community event as a destination for local produce and other farm and ranch products. It has the air of...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Salmon Creek Ranch
On Saturday, Salmon Creek Ranch of Bodega had nearly its full array of products at the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market. Duck eggs are plentiful again and should remain so for the next...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Bodega Bay Farmers Market Opens
On Sunday, the Bodega Bay Community Farmers Market opens for its 2014 season, which continues through the end of October. This is the market’s third season. It’s a lovely market, primarily a community...
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Fresh From Our Farmers: Singing Frogs Farm
Paul Kaiser coaxes a remarkable abundance from the two and a half acres he currently has in production at his Singing Frogs Farm in west Sebastopol, not far from Ragle Ranch Park. He operates a year...
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Fresh From Our Farmers: Healdsburg Wednesday Afternoon Farmers Market
The Healdsburg Wednesday afternoon market began its 2014 season a couple of weeks ago and even though it is a small market by vendor count it is a big market when it comes to its selection of produce....
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Fresh From Our Farmers: 2014 Farmers Market Update
Farmers markets are a great source for local salmon Here we are, approaching the high harvest season, when instead of waiting longingly for the next fruit or vegetable to ripen, we’re struggling to...
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Fresh From Our Farmers: Handlebar Farm
Handlebar Farm’s edamame with roasted garlic & chiles If you have been looking for fresh soy beans, you’ll find them at Handlebar Farm’s booth at the West End Farmers Market. It’s been a while...
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Middleton Farm Gardens Update
Clark Wolf in his orange pants, Gaye LeBaron in an orange shirt and Middleton Farm Gardens final market stall on Sunday, February 1. The fate of the spectacular eight acres just off Westside Rd. known...
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Blueberry Recipes: Chutney, Salsa, Risotto & More
Blueberry Shrub, full strength With blueberry season starting in Sonoma County, as I discuss in this week’s Fresh From Our Farmers, it’s good to have easy and delicious blueberry recipes at your...
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Green Bean Season!
This week’s Seasonal Pantry focuses on the bounty of green beans now in season, with two recipes, Green Beans with Warm Cherry Tomato Vinaigrette and Zuni Cafe’s Long-Cooked Romano Beans, as voluptuous...
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Book Signing & Tasting at West End Farmers Market This Sunday
I’ll be doing a book signing and tasting this Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the West End Farmers Market (901 Donahue St., Santa Rosa). It’s a great time to do some early holiday shopping, to treat...
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