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The Quintessential Consumer of Underground Vegetables – Wednesday, we were at the Lime Tree Restaurant in San Francisco to film owner Siok Mi... [Read more]
 Underground Vegetables! – A quick update on the DooF On Wheels visit Saturday, May 14DooF On Wheels had another amazing day, this time on the trail of onions and other vegetables that do their best work underground. We started at ... [Read more]  DooF On WheelsDooF On Wheels is a new way to celebrate growers, chefs, purveyors and local food resources. DooF On Wheels uncovers the magic of food from sourc... [Read more]  Recipe for Cooking with ToddlersI love when people ask me for tips about cooking with their kids. Sometimes I feel really qualified to answer. Other times, not so much. Bu... [Read more]  A New Year’s RevolutionI don’t mean to sound subversive, but I think it would be great if we all started our own New Year’s revolution and resolved to eat more orga... [Read more]  Eat Local, Not Loco!A STEER NAMED LEROY HIS BARRIER-BREAKING EFFORTS TO GAIN ACCESS TO LOCALLY GROWN FOOD – You may have heard the term locavore, meaning som... [Read more]  Adventure With Apples in the CityA Window into the World of a Restaurant Fruit Seller • Not long ago I drove to San Francisco with 5 bushels of apples from our farm, stashed... [Read more]  Welcome to the Pumpkin PatchIt’s Nearly Halloween! When fall weather comes, kids start thinking about Halloween — what kind of costume to wear, where to go tric... [Read more] Composting Food Waste in the San Francisco Bay AreaThere’s a great write-up on the various composting programs run by Bay Area waste management companies in today’s Chronicle/SFGate. W... [Read more] A Trip Home to My Family FarmIn 2004, after 20 years in the kitchen at Chez Panisse, I moved back to our family farm in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains, where I’d spe... [Read more] |