Our Slow Food Russian River Leaders meeting the other night reminded me of Lily Tomlin. I saw her live in LA when she was first developing the bag lady character. Remember her? Laughing and crying in the dark at the same time – that’s what Lily could do for us…
For years, whenever I heard anyone mention the number 64 I thought of the Beatles’ song, “When I’m Sixty-Four,” which has the refrain, “will you still need me, will you still feed me when I’m sixty-four?” These days when I hear that same number, I think about Prop 64. Prop…
I just have to rant and rave for a minute and you are my victims! I just came from a 3 hour conversation about food waste. The Sonoma County Health Services and Agriculture departments had people there educating us about the regulations surrounding food. Here is the message (my…
I drove to Grass Valley to visit my sister recently. While driving along Highway 49 I noticed a horse galloping along the side of the road, obviously escaped from its enclosure. It was either enjoying its new-found freedom or very frightened, or both. I also saw a vehicle marked “Nevada County Animal Control,” so I slowed and came to a halt, stopping…
Last Saturday we pressed 3,065 pounds of apples! When I parked in our little lot at the Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm, at 12:30pm, to volunteer, I could hear the sound of the apple press chugging away in the distance. The air was scented with apples. When I approached our…
Summer Blackberries During late summer in Sonoma County, wild blackberries are nearly inescapable. Fresh and much better than anything you can buy from the store. Chances are, you’ll find blackberries pretty close to your house no matter where in the county you live. They are perfect for a Lifestyle of Simplicity in…
Got Cider? visitors ask at the 2016 Gravenstein Apple Fair Got Cider Past “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” the proverb goes. And when life gives you apples, make apple pie, apple juice, applesauce, and apple art. Moreover, now more than ever before, you make hard cider. “Got cider?”, people often ask,…
Let Slow Food introduce you to some foods the industrial food system wants you to forget: School gardens get kids to grow unusual seeds, Ark of Taste identifies foods that deserve protection, Slow Meat encourages multi-species farming. Donate to Slow Food to support these initiatives! #100YearsofPlenty
Glorious Community, Delicious Food at The Naked Pig in Santa Rosa, CA I love deeply rooted, nurturing communities. And when communities and foods come together as in the Naked Pig I feel like I’m in an earthly paradise. If you share my sentiments, you might be inspired by an essay —…
Thanks to Paula Shatkin and to the entire Apple Core for your tireless work to offer the Community Apple Press and to Save the Gravensteins! 🐌🍎
The gravensteins are coming: Sebastopol’s apple treasures
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Are these the best pie apples anywhere?
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