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Walking through Blume's prodigious produce, the dozen or so eager tour-goers pose questions about grey water systems, fending off raccoons, and how she deals with aging rabbits. Blume answers, “I want them to have a happy life and then dispatch them in the most humane way possible.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Berkeley native, who describes herself as “the normal kid of hippie parents,” Blume has always loved plants. When someone left her some bees for safekeeping, but never returned for them, she was “bitten.” After keeping bees for 15 years, she ventured into cheese making and currently teaches an amazing array of homesteading arts, including organic gardening, bee keeping, rabbit butchery and tanning, cheese making, canning, mead brewing, fermentation, as well as hand sewing, mosaics and ceramics at the Institute. 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"excerpt": "Raising rabbits and goats not only provides appealing pets, but their poop turns a garden into a sustainable urban farm. A recent tour of 7 East Bay farms sponsored by the Institute of Urban Homesteading demonstrated how even tiny backyards can produce prodigious amounts of food with the help of chickens, quail, bees, rabbit and goats.",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/beegrrl-tastes.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44353\" title=\"beegrrl tastes\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/beegrrl-tastes.jpg\" alt=\"beegrrl tastes\" width=\"560\" height=\"460\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a robin’s egg blue sky, bees flit among swaying violet flowers, next to beds of massive emerald lettuce, while sun-dappled apricots dangle temptingly from the tree. It’s the perfect place to talk poop with K. Ruby Blume, owner of Beegrrl Gardens, and founder of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.iuhoakland.com/index.html\">Institute of Urban Homesteading\u003c/a>, which sponsored a \u003ca href=\"http://www.iuhoakland.com/events.html\">recent tour\u003c/a> of 7 urban farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/K.-Ruby-Blume.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44354\" title=\"K. Ruby Blume\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/K.-Ruby-Blume.jpg\" alt=\"K. Ruby Blume\" width=\"560\" height=\"523\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>K. Ruby Blume\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay farms, in this second annual tour, are close enough in proximity that visitors can explore several in one afternoon. (This writer toured 3 of the 7). Blume’s criteria for picking this year’s crop of farms was that they all do food production, include an extra feature of deeper sustainability such as a pond, mushroom bed or use of grey water and are home to at least 2 species of animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Since growing vegetables and fruit takes nutrients out of the soil, you can either put those nutrients back with chemicals or with manure. Animals close the loop with poop.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But it has to be the right kind of poop, Blume explains. “Pig and cow poop is smelly and squishy and not something you want to deal with. It also contains too much nitrogen, so it needs to be aged or it would burn your vegetable beds. Rabbit or goat poop is perfect, dry and not too rich in nitrogen, so it can be applied to your planting beds right away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/beegrrl-Collage.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44355\" title=\"beegrrl Collage\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/beegrrl-Collage.jpg\" alt=\"beegrrl Collage\" width=\"560\" height=\"563\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beegrrl Gardens\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blume’s own backyard farm, \u003cstrong>Beegrrl Gardens\u003c/strong>, features more than 200 species of plants (including 18 fruit trees, 7 kinds of berries and stunningly healthy looking vegetables) a covey of quail, a colony of rabbits, 2 beehive systems, a bathtub bog and a vine of climbing hops that you can practically see inching its way to the roof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her tour begins with generous samples of homemade ginger beer, strawberry soda, apricot jam, strawberry honey, butter, feta and rye buckwheat bread. Walking through Blume's prodigious produce, the dozen or so eager tour-goers pose questions about grey water systems, fending off raccoons, and how she deals with aging rabbits. Blume answers, “I want them to have a happy life and then dispatch them in the most humane way possible.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Berkeley native, who describes herself as “the normal kid of hippie parents,” Blume has always loved plants. When someone left her some bees for safekeeping, but never returned for them, she was “bitten.” After keeping bees for 15 years, she ventured into cheese making and currently teaches an amazing array of homesteading arts, including organic gardening, bee keeping, rabbit butchery and tanning, cheese making, canning, mead brewing, fermentation, as well as hand sewing, mosaics and ceramics at the Institute. She is also co-author of the book \u003ca href=\"http://www.iuhoakland.com/thebook.html\">Urban Homesteading\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/quail-and-book.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44356\" title=\"quail and book\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/quail-and-book.jpg\" alt=\"quail and book\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she provides her quail a pan of diatomaceous earth and watches them revel in a little earth bath, Blume says, “My goal with these farm tours is to inspire visitors by giving them a sense of what’s possible in the city and show how doable it is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tiny Berkeley Garden\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kristin Stromberg discovered that tending her, aptly named, \u003cstrong>Tiny Berkeley Garden\u003c/strong> is as much about growing community as it is about raising food crops on the petite front and back plots of her Berkeley home. During her tour, she hands out large purplish green leaves from her perennial tree collard to anyone who asks, so they can root their own plant at home. Passersby are encouraged to sample the pineapple-flavored, bright orange fruit hiding in the papery husks of her groundcherry, (aka cape gooseberry). Stromberg points to the gorgeous artichokes that one enthusiastic neighbor admired so much that Stromberg gave her a perfect green globe to take home. “Before I had my garden, I just knew a few of my neighbors, but now I know everyone! When my pumpkins came up last year I had all the neighborhood kids asking when they would be ready.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/Kristen.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44357\" title=\"Kristen Stromberg\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/Kristen.jpg\" alt=\"Kristen Stromberg\" width=\"560\" height=\"476\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Kristen Stromberg\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://plantingjustice.org/\">Planting Justice\u003c/a>, an Oakland non-profit, helped Stromberg clean out her overgrown yard, lay sheet mulch and plant the crops she requested. The front yard features herbs and flowers to attract butterflies and bees, with peppers, pumpkins, tomato plants, fuji apple and comice pear trees plus sage lemon verbena, basil and yarrow. In the back, she has asparagus, corn, kale, radish, carrots, zucchini, berries plus fig, plum, pluot and apricot trees. Her wooden coop houses 3 rabbits and 5 chickens. Besides providing eggs, the chickens scratch up the rabbit poop with the soil so she can use it on her planting beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/tiny-berkeley-garden-collage.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44365\" title=\"tiny berkeley garden collage\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/tiny-berkeley-garden-collage.jpg\" alt=\"tiny berkeley garden collage\" width=\"560\" height=\"570\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stromberg describes how the 3 rabbits she had originally picked out somehow turned into 16 by the time she came back to pick them up after a planned trip and now she happens to have frozen rabbit meat in her freezer. One tour-goer offered to buy some rabbit meat to make a French stew, but Stromberg suggested trading her meat for his recipe. A software developer who works from home, Stromberg takes breaks from the computer to feed her animals, water the plants or just sit on the white metal bench in her back yard to watch her brood cavort, or as she calls it “chicken TV.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/i-gazpacho.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44360\" title=\"Nicolas and gazpacho\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/i-gazpacho.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolas and gazpacho\" width=\"560\" height=\"433\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Nicolas Sheon and Gazpacho\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Indigoat Farms\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two week-old baby goats, named Gazpacho and Violet, enchant both child and adult visitors to \u003cstrong>Indigoat Farms\u003c/strong>. The feisty brother and sister are willing to be cuddled and petted for just a moment, but soon wriggle away to practice their head-butting skills. For Nicolas and Susannah Sheon, who already kept a brood of chickens in their Oakland backyard, the leap to goats was inspired by the need for a dairy queen with a name. “Four years ago, our oldest daughter was 14 and vegan,” Nicolas tells the rapt crowd. “ We were worried because she didn’t seem to be getting enough nourishment. She called herself a ‘politarian,’ meaning that she was opposed to the treatment of factory-raised animals. But then we discovered a farmer selling goat cheese at the Grand Lake Farmers Market, who posted pictures of his goats along with their names. Our daughter said, ‘I’ll eat dairy if it comes from a goat I know.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With advice and mentoring from Jim Montgomery of \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/10/29/berkeley-bites-jim-montgomery-green-faerie-farm/\">Green Faerie Farm\u003c/a>, the Sheons chose to raise sweet-natured Oberhasli goats, who are relatively quiet (in deference to their neighbors). These Swiss alpine goats love to run up and down ramps the Sheons built for them to connect to a tree house. Neighborhood children adore the goats and often come by to visit or greet them when Nicolas takes them for walks (on leashes) through the local streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/indigoat-Collage.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44361\" title=\"indigoat Collage\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/indigoat-Collage.jpg\" alt=\"indigoat Collage\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family’s chickens and goats get along well. Chickens turn up the soil where the goats pee so it doesn’t smell. And the goats scare away any hungry raccoons. Goat pellets have no odor, so the Sheons can use them directly on their vegetable garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1607743329/kqedorg-20\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/Ripe-cover500.jpg\" alt=\"Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard by Nigel Slater\" title=\"Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard by Nigel Slater\" width=\"500\" height=\"698\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43546\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The white peaches have returned, the strawberries are perfect, and the season’s first pinky-red cherries are offering their teasing, tart promise of the darker and sweeter varieties to follow. Yes, just as our desire for winter’s citrus is waning, the new stone fruits and berries are arriving to brighten market tables and kitchen counters alike. I doubt that anyone bakes with the precious first rounds of summer fruit—the $4-a-half-pint raspberries, the $10-a-pound blueberries, the tight-fleshed, golf ball-sized nectarines. These are luxuries, eaten before they even make it to the fridge, scattered over ice cream or stirred into Greek yogurt and honey. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, though, we’ll have bounty to take for granted, and then Nigel Slater’s new book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1607743329/kqedorg-20\">Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard\u003c/a>, will come in handy. This fat, handsome, persimmon-colored volume is a companion to Slater’s earlier cooking-and-gardening book, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/05/22/book-review-tender-by-nigel-slater/\">Tender: A Cook in His Vegetable Patch\u003c/a>. As you might guess from the title, \u003cem>Ripe\u003c/em> finds the British food writer and cookbook author moving from his backyard vegetable beds into the trees, vines, and canes that put a multitude of home-grown fruits and nuts onto his table. As in \u003cem>Tender,\u003c/em> Slater writes only about what he can grow in his particular 55-yard stretch of London soil, which means, perhaps disappointingly to Bay Area readers, no citrus, no almonds, no loquats, no pomegranates, persimmons, or avocados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he has managed, surprisingly, to nurture both a grapevine and three fig trees, along with a host of very British treats—gooseberries, red, white, and black currants (all of which may take some sleuthing to track down even in our well-stocked farmers' markets), rhubarb, damson plums, elderberries, quinces, even the medlar, an odd, old fruit, common in Shakespeare’s day, now a rarity even in Britain. (The small, brown, apple-like fruit must be picked hard, then “bletted,” or left to soften until it has almost rotted. Slater admits to planting his “quaint, hopelessly crooked” medlar for the sheer mystery and romance of it. The tree has since rewarded him with gorgeous blossoming in spring, followed by just enough fruit to make a couple of jars of tart-sweet amber jelly, good with pork and game, in autumn.) His nuts are European ones: hazelnuts, of course, along with chestnuts and walnuts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recipes, too, are very British: cozy plum crumbles, a myriad of baked apples, Victoria sponge, “messes” of crushed meringue, whipped cream and berries, gooseberry fool, summer pudding, even skillfully updated versions of centuries-old possets and syllabubs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a longtime food writer and former restaurant chef, Slater has a savvy savory palate that can dip into the herb-and-spice pairings of cuisines around the world and translate them, deliciously, into satisfying, boldly flavored dinners without seeming dilettantish. He pairs green salad with peaches and ham, and mackerel with gooseberry sauce. Guinea fowl is roasted with figs, a Chinese-style pork roast is glazed with plum-ginger sauce, and apples accent pheasant, duck, blood sausage, and rabbit. Turkey gets a stuffing of apricots and pistachio; pork goes with peach salsa, blackberry-and-apple sauce, pears, quinces, plums, even rhubarb. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to sweets, however, he’s a home cook, still with an English schoolboy’s love of the crumbly and the comforting. Not for Slater are the more contemporary, multi-layered (and quite delectable) concoctions found in books like pastry chef David Lebovitz’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Ripe-Dessert-Outstanding-Fruit-Inside-Alongside/dp/0066212464\">Ripe for Dessert\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead Slater, growing preciously small backyard amounts, keeps his preparations full-flavored and unfussy. There are rough-hewn galettes, juicy deep-dish pies, and nearly two dozen easy, buttery, not-too-sweet cakes, weighted with nuts and fruits, gently spiced, equally good as a breakfast nibble, a teatime pick-me-up, or a family dessert. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fig chapter has five variations on figs baked with wine, sugar, and spices, while berries are paired with cream in everything from tiramisu and panna cotta to a raspberry-ripple yogurt fool and a frozen ice of raspberries and cream. Of a peach melba-ish summer fruit sundae (peaches poached in vanilla syrup, served over ice cream and drenched in raspberry-red currant puree) he writes simply, “Oh, joy of joys, such greedy bliss!” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However much he may enjoy summer’s peaches, he saves his most finely wrought enthusiasm for the less obvious pleasures of the autumn and winter table--its apples and quinces, pears and walnuts. I cannot think of another food writer who has penned such rhapsodies in honor of the baked apple and its sweet, buttery-topped sister, the apple crumble. While many of the cold-weather, elegantly named heirloom varieties of apple (like D’Arcy Spice, Orleans Reinette, Ribston Pippin, and Cornish Gilliflower) that Slater espouses are rarely seen in the Bay Area, his enthusiasm should encourage you, come fall, to seek beyond the easy Fuji and Galas to the more complex, older apples like Esopus Spitzenburg, Ashmead’s Kernel, or Cox’s Orange Pippin. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with \u003cem>Tender,\u003c/em> however, the real reason to add Ripe to your cookbook shelf is Slater’s smart, supple prose and tart observations, which are at once lyrical, deeply felt, and irresistibly irreverent. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in his introduction, as he writes, \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>There is a moment, sometime around the middle of September, when this garden, this diminutive hortus conclusus I have made in an 1820s London terrace, truly becomes the garden of my dreams. The leaves are turning from green to gold, amber, and rust, the last of the fruits hang crimson and smoky blue on the trees, the pumpkin-colored dahlias and Michaelmas daisies have collapsed like drunks across the gravel path. The garden darkens to the color of ginger cake, here and there a shot of saffron, brilliant ochre, or deepest crimson. The colors, I guess, of the Vatican at prayer. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last berries, apples, and plums, wet and almost rotting from the late sun and autumn rain, lend a mellow, alcoholic scent to the space, like the dregs of an abandoned glass of wine. The garden is falling asleep with an air of damp tobacco and wood smoke, but it is still abundant too, with late blackberries, damsons, and a grapevine at breaking point. Each year I race to get to those blackberries before the feast of Michaelmas, when the devil is said to piss on them.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: Crisp pork belly, sweet peach salsa\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAsk your butcher to score the skin finely for this, as the crackling is essential. The first brief roasting at the higher temperature sets the crackling on the route to crispness. These ribs are not sweet and sticky like the ones in \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1592402348/kqedorg-20\">The Kitchen Diaries,\u003c/a> but lightly crisp and lip tingling. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Adapted and reprinted with permission from Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard by Nigel Slater, copyright (c) 2010, 2012. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House, Inc. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/Crisp-pork-belly400.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/Crisp-pork-belly400.jpg\" alt=\"Crisp Pork Belly - Ripe - Photo: Jonathan Lovekin\" title=\"Crisp Pork Belly - Ripe - Photo: Jonathan Lovekin\" width=\"400\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44146\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Ripe: Crisp pork belly, sweet peach salsa. Photo: Jonathan Lovekin\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yield:\u003c/strong> 4 servings\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Prep Time: \u003c/strong> 30 minutes, plus 4 hours' marinating\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Cook Time:\u003c/strong> 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Total Time: \u003c/strong> 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nIngredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nPork belly – 2 to 3 pounds (1 to 1.5kg), boned, skin intact and finely scored\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the rub:\u003cbr>\ngarlic – 3 cloves\u003cbr>\nlight soy sauce – 2 tablespoons\u003cbr>\npeanut oil – a tablespoon\u003cbr>\nsalt – 2 teaspoons\u003cbr>\ndried chile flakes – half a teaspoon\u003cbr>\nChinese five-spice powder – a slightly heaping teaspoon\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the peach salsa:\u003cbr>\ngreen onions – 2\u003cbr>\na small red chile\u003cbr>\npeaches – 3\u003cbr>\ncherry tomatoes – 8\u003cbr>\ncilantro – a small bunch\u003cbr>\njuice of 2 limes\u003cbr>\nolive oil – 3 tablespoons\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Preparation\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1. Put the pork in a china or glass dish. Peel and crush the garlic to a paste, stirring in the soy, oil, salt, chile flakes, and five-spice powder. Spread this paste over the skin and underside of the pork and leave it to marinate for a good four hours, if not overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Place the pork in a roasting pan, then cook, skin-side up, for about twenty minutes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. Lower the heat to 400°F (200°C) and continue cooking for a further forty to fifty minutes, until the skin is dark and crisp. Leave to rest for ten minutes before carving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. Make the salsa. Trim and finely chop the green onions. Finely chop the chile. Peel, pit, and finely chop the peaches and tomatoes and chop the cilantro. Toss gently, then dress with the lime juice and olive oil. Serve the pork with the salsa.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Not for Slater are the more contemporary, multi-layered (and quite delectable) concoctions found in books like pastry chef David Lebovitz’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Ripe-Dessert-Outstanding-Fruit-Inside-Alongside/dp/0066212464\">Ripe for Dessert\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead Slater, growing preciously small backyard amounts, keeps his preparations full-flavored and unfussy. There are rough-hewn galettes, juicy deep-dish pies, and nearly two dozen easy, buttery, not-too-sweet cakes, weighted with nuts and fruits, gently spiced, equally good as a breakfast nibble, a teatime pick-me-up, or a family dessert. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fig chapter has five variations on figs baked with wine, sugar, and spices, while berries are paired with cream in everything from tiramisu and panna cotta to a raspberry-ripple yogurt fool and a frozen ice of raspberries and cream. Of a peach melba-ish summer fruit sundae (peaches poached in vanilla syrup, served over ice cream and drenched in raspberry-red currant puree) he writes simply, “Oh, joy of joys, such greedy bliss!” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However much he may enjoy summer’s peaches, he saves his most finely wrought enthusiasm for the less obvious pleasures of the autumn and winter table--its apples and quinces, pears and walnuts. I cannot think of another food writer who has penned such rhapsodies in honor of the baked apple and its sweet, buttery-topped sister, the apple crumble. While many of the cold-weather, elegantly named heirloom varieties of apple (like D’Arcy Spice, Orleans Reinette, Ribston Pippin, and Cornish Gilliflower) that Slater espouses are rarely seen in the Bay Area, his enthusiasm should encourage you, come fall, to seek beyond the easy Fuji and Galas to the more complex, older apples like Esopus Spitzenburg, Ashmead’s Kernel, or Cox’s Orange Pippin. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with \u003cem>Tender,\u003c/em> however, the real reason to add Ripe to your cookbook shelf is Slater’s smart, supple prose and tart observations, which are at once lyrical, deeply felt, and irresistibly irreverent. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in his introduction, as he writes, \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>There is a moment, sometime around the middle of September, when this garden, this diminutive hortus conclusus I have made in an 1820s London terrace, truly becomes the garden of my dreams. The leaves are turning from green to gold, amber, and rust, the last of the fruits hang crimson and smoky blue on the trees, the pumpkin-colored dahlias and Michaelmas daisies have collapsed like drunks across the gravel path. The garden darkens to the color of ginger cake, here and there a shot of saffron, brilliant ochre, or deepest crimson. The colors, I guess, of the Vatican at prayer. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last berries, apples, and plums, wet and almost rotting from the late sun and autumn rain, lend a mellow, alcoholic scent to the space, like the dregs of an abandoned glass of wine. The garden is falling asleep with an air of damp tobacco and wood smoke, but it is still abundant too, with late blackberries, damsons, and a grapevine at breaking point. Each year I race to get to those blackberries before the feast of Michaelmas, when the devil is said to piss on them.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: Crisp pork belly, sweet peach salsa\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAsk your butcher to score the skin finely for this, as the crackling is essential. The first brief roasting at the higher temperature sets the crackling on the route to crispness. These ribs are not sweet and sticky like the ones in \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1592402348/kqedorg-20\">The Kitchen Diaries,\u003c/a> but lightly crisp and lip tingling. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Adapted and reprinted with permission from Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard by Nigel Slater, copyright (c) 2010, 2012. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House, Inc. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/Crisp-pork-belly400.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/06/Crisp-pork-belly400.jpg\" alt=\"Crisp Pork Belly - Ripe - Photo: Jonathan Lovekin\" title=\"Crisp Pork Belly - Ripe - Photo: Jonathan Lovekin\" width=\"400\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44146\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Ripe: Crisp pork belly, sweet peach salsa. 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Like another Southeast Asian minority, the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_people\">Hmong\u003c/a>, the Mien supported the US (specifically, the CIA and \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Lao_Army\">Royal Lao Army\u003c/a>). So when the US pulled out of Vietnam and Laos, many Mien made a run for the Thai border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We left everything!” says Nai Siew Saechao, 77, of Oakland. “Cows, horse, pig, chickens. And of course the grain. The rice, corn. You can’t carry it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F108186813\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many Mien, Saecho first ended up in a Thai refugee camp, then moved overseas. Decades later, she’s growing a taste of home in the heart of East Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.peraltahacienda.org/pages/main.php?pageid=1&pagecategory=1\">Peralta Hacienda Historical Park\u003c/a>. It’s part of a joint program between the park and \u003ca href=\"http://www.lfcd.org/\">Lao Family Community Development\u003c/a>. The idea is to give elderly refugees a place to do what they grew up doing: growing their own food. Westerners called it \"subsistence farming,\" but that doesn't communicate the joy these gardeners cultivate along with their vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The farmers grow many things we're all familiar with: pumpkins, corn, squash and so on. But perhaps the most interesting plants come straight from seed sent by family and friends back in Laos and Thailand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tafoo Saechao (it’s a common surname among the Mien) is a counselor for Lao Family, which estimates at least 450-500 Mien seniors in Oakland arrived in the early 1980s: all with little to no English-speaking skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even Tafoo, who serves as our interpreter, struggles to name everything the farmers are growing. “Back in Laos, they grow many kinds [of beans].” Laughing as he points to one variety, he says “It’s a funny name but I don’t know how to say it in English. One kind of bean they call chicken crow’s bean.\u003cem> Jae gai dop\u003c/em>. They have many names. And many kinds: long ones, short ones, medium ones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/Yen-Fong-w-Top-Kway.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43595\" title=\"Yen Fong with Top Kway\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/Yen-Fong-w-Top-Kway.jpg\" alt=\"Yen Fong with Top Kway\" width=\"400\" height=\"713\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Yen Fong with Top Kway. Photo: Nina Egert\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ve seen \u003cem>Top Kway\u003c/em> in Asian markets. Break these long, skinny beans into manageable pieces and you can do anything you’d do with a shorter green bean, like fry them up in oil with hot peppers and/or spices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a similar fashion, many traditional herbs work well in any recipe that calls for a mix of herbs like mint and cilantro, whether stir-fried or stewed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/herbs.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43593\" title=\"herbs\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/herbs.jpg\" alt=\"herbs\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Nai Siew holding herbs. Photo: KQED/Don Clyde\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, some of the herbs grown at Peralta Hacienda have specific medicinal qualities you’ll want to know about before you throw them in your pot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dyear Zwang\u003c/em>, for instance, is often cooked with chicken, and served to post-partum women to help stop bleeding and rebuild their iron reserves. \u003cem>Zyeah Awh Myeeah\u003c/em>, also cooked with chicken, encourages lactation. Just so you know...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After May Yan Saechao arrived in Alabama (a pit stop on the way to Oakland), she sent a cassette tape to friends in Thailand, asking for some \u003cem>Dyear Zwang\u003c/em> to grow here in the U.S. Unclear on the concept, her friends sent her the plants, which did not arrive in good shape. She managed to salvage a few seeds and sent those back. Finally, a package arrived bearing enough seeds for her to establish a local crop for Mien women here in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/hand-herbs.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43592\" title=\"Lai Buah, or wild blue mustard greens.\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/hand-herbs.jpg\" alt=\"Lai Buah, or wild blue mustard greens.\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Lai Buah, or wild blue mustard greens. Photo: KQED/Don Clyde\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Foo Sina, 76, is particularly fond of his \u003cem>Lai Buah\u003c/em>, or wild blue mustard greens. He likes to saute them with garlic, salt, dried red pepper, and soy sauce. You'd think the fresh appeal of farm to table would carry naturally through the generations, but Sina complains his grandchildren are not carrying on the tradition. Instead, they're happy to eat traditional foods that somebody else pulls out of the ground and prepares in the kitchen. “They lazy! They didn’t do anything. Only eat, go to the store, buy there. Very easy spend the money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re inclined to be “lazy” and let somebody else do the cooking, you can find Mien dishes at \u003ca href=\"http://champagarden.com/\">Champa Gardens\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/vientian-caf%C3%A9-oakland-2\">Vientan Café\u003c/a>, both in Oakland. You'll notice them described as \"Asian fusion\" and \"Vietnamese, Thai,\" but those in the know say there's somebody Mien in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: Mey Yan's Num (Pumpkin Blossoms)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pick 2 quarts worth of pumpkin blossoms. Remove stems and strings. Heat up vegetable oil in a frying pan, toss in blossoms and sprinkle with salt. Cook until tender. Serve!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The farmers grow many things we're all familiar with: pumpkins, corn, squash and so on. But perhaps the most interesting plants come straight from seed sent by family and friends back in Laos and Thailand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tafoo Saechao (it’s a common surname among the Mien) is a counselor for Lao Family, which estimates at least 450-500 Mien seniors in Oakland arrived in the early 1980s: all with little to no English-speaking skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even Tafoo, who serves as our interpreter, struggles to name everything the farmers are growing. “Back in Laos, they grow many kinds [of beans].” Laughing as he points to one variety, he says “It’s a funny name but I don’t know how to say it in English. One kind of bean they call chicken crow’s bean.\u003cem> Jae gai dop\u003c/em>. They have many names. And many kinds: long ones, short ones, medium ones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/Yen-Fong-w-Top-Kway.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43595\" title=\"Yen Fong with Top Kway\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/Yen-Fong-w-Top-Kway.jpg\" alt=\"Yen Fong with Top Kway\" width=\"400\" height=\"713\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Yen Fong with Top Kway. Photo: Nina Egert\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ve seen \u003cem>Top Kway\u003c/em> in Asian markets. Break these long, skinny beans into manageable pieces and you can do anything you’d do with a shorter green bean, like fry them up in oil with hot peppers and/or spices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a similar fashion, many traditional herbs work well in any recipe that calls for a mix of herbs like mint and cilantro, whether stir-fried or stewed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/herbs.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43593\" title=\"herbs\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/herbs.jpg\" alt=\"herbs\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Nai Siew holding herbs. Photo: KQED/Don Clyde\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, some of the herbs grown at Peralta Hacienda have specific medicinal qualities you’ll want to know about before you throw them in your pot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dyear Zwang\u003c/em>, for instance, is often cooked with chicken, and served to post-partum women to help stop bleeding and rebuild their iron reserves. \u003cem>Zyeah Awh Myeeah\u003c/em>, also cooked with chicken, encourages lactation. Just so you know...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After May Yan Saechao arrived in Alabama (a pit stop on the way to Oakland), she sent a cassette tape to friends in Thailand, asking for some \u003cem>Dyear Zwang\u003c/em> to grow here in the U.S. Unclear on the concept, her friends sent her the plants, which did not arrive in good shape. She managed to salvage a few seeds and sent those back. Finally, a package arrived bearing enough seeds for her to establish a local crop for Mien women here in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/hand-herbs.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43592\" title=\"Lai Buah, or wild blue mustard greens.\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/hand-herbs.jpg\" alt=\"Lai Buah, or wild blue mustard greens.\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Lai Buah, or wild blue mustard greens. Photo: KQED/Don Clyde\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Foo Sina, 76, is particularly fond of his \u003cem>Lai Buah\u003c/em>, or wild blue mustard greens. He likes to saute them with garlic, salt, dried red pepper, and soy sauce. You'd think the fresh appeal of farm to table would carry naturally through the generations, but Sina complains his grandchildren are not carrying on the tradition. Instead, they're happy to eat traditional foods that somebody else pulls out of the ground and prepares in the kitchen. “They lazy! They didn’t do anything. Only eat, go to the store, buy there. Very easy spend the money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re inclined to be “lazy” and let somebody else do the cooking, you can find Mien dishes at \u003ca href=\"http://champagarden.com/\">Champa Gardens\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/vientian-caf%C3%A9-oakland-2\">Vientan Café\u003c/a>, both in Oakland. You'll notice them described as \"Asian fusion\" and \"Vietnamese, Thai,\" but those in the know say there's somebody Mien in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Recipe: Mey Yan's Num (Pumpkin Blossoms)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pick 2 quarts worth of pumpkin blossoms. Remove stems and strings. Heat up vegetable oil in a frying pan, toss in blossoms and sprinkle with salt. Cook until tender. Serve!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/occupyfarm560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/05/occupyfarm560.jpg\" alt=\"Occupy the Farm - Take Back the Tract\" title=\"Occupy the Farm - Take Back the Tract\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42789\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In what seems to be the first action of the Occupy movement in the Bay Area this Spring, activists on the Albany and Berkeley border took to their shovels and hoes to claim a piece of agricultural property and build a community farm. This story looks at the day's happenings through a narrated slideshow that includes interviews of the organizers and urban farmers. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/05/04/could-uc-and-occupy-the-farm-compromise-on-gill-tract/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> has also covered more recent developments of the story. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.takebackthetract.com/\">Occupy the Farm\u003c/a>, a coalition of local residents, farmers, students, researchers, and activists brought 15,000 seedlings to plant at the Gill Tract, the last remaining 10 acres of Class I agricultural soil in the urbanized East Bay area. The Gill Tract is public land administered by the University of California, which plans to sell it to private developers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anya Kamenskaya, a UC Berkeley alum and one of the organizers explains:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We are occupying it, we are reclaiming it, we are planting it because it is under the threat of development. UC Berkeley which is a public institution which administers this public piece this land has plans with the city government of Albany and they are planning to rezone this entire space for commercial development in perpetuity to build Whole Foods, other retail space, and to pave over a good section of this land.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Krystof, another organizer, mentions that:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“This here is the perfect opportunity to teach people how to produce their own food, to show people that it’s possible to produce your own food, to show people that it is possible to produce food in an urban environment and we really think that it would be criminal not to use this land for that.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Local writer \u003ca href=\"http://globaljusticeecology.org/about_us.php?ID=168\">Jeff Conant\u003c/a> who is editor of \u003ca href=\"http://climate-connections.org/\">Climate Connections\u003c/a> interviewed some of the organizers and activists during the evening. Here’s an audio slideshow of the interviews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject classid=\"D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"481\" id=\"soundslider\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://kqed03.streamguys.us/anon.kqed/education/Occupy_farm/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml\">\u003cparam name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"quality\" value=\"high\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"menu\" value=\"false\">\u003cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\">\u003cembed src=\"http://kqed03.streamguys.us/anon.kqed/education/Occupy_farm/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"560\" height=\"481\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The land is currently used by UC Berkeley researchers and graduate students involved in both basic genetic research with corn, and agro-ecological research to improve organic farming practices. Over the last several decades, as the University has received increased funding from agribusiness and biotech companies, research priorities on the Gill Tract have come to exemplify the broader split between those who favor community-based organic agriculture on the one hand, and the interests of the industrial food system on the other. A controversial \u003ca href=\"http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/98legacy/11-23-1998.html\">$25 million grant from Swiss biotech company Novartis in 1998\u003c/a>, and a \u003ca href=\"http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/02/01_ebi.shtml\">2007 grant for $500 million from BP\u003c/a>, have heightened concerns that the University has drifted away from its mandate as a land grant University and a public institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frustrated that traditional dialogue has fallen on deaf ears, local residents, students, and professors have united as Occupy the Farm to Take Back the Gill Tract. This group’s goal is to empower communities to control their own resilient food systems for a stable and just future -- a concept and practice known as food sovereignty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For ten years, people in Albany have tried to turn the Gill Tract into an Urban Farm and a more open space for the community. The people in the Bay Area deserve to use this treasure of land for an urban farm to help secure the future of our children,\" explains Jackie Hermes-Fletcher, an Albany resident and public school teacher for 38 years. Occupy the Farm seeks to address structural problems with health and inequalities in the Bay Area that stem from communities’ lack of access to food and land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Occupy the Farm action reclaims the Gill Tract to demonstrate and exercise the peoples’ right to use public space for the public good. This farm aims to serve as a hub for urban agriculture, a healthy and affordable food source for Bay Area residents and an educational center. The UC, however, is poised to take it back, responding in an \u003ca href=\"http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/an-open-letter-to-gill-tract-neighbors/\">open letter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Related Links:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.alternet.org/story/155127/occupy_v._whole_foods_activists_take_over_land_slated_for_development_and_start_a_farm/\">Occupy v. Whole Foods? Activists Take Over Land Slated for Development and Start a Farm\u003c/a> - AlterNet\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/urban-agriculture/by-growing-food-occupy-the-farm-helps-a-movement-grow-up/\">By growing food, Occupy the Farm helps a movement grow up\u003c/a> - Grist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.takebackthetract.com/\">Occupy the Farm\u003c/a> – website, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-the-Farm/342929665770200\">Facebook\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/occupyfarm\">@occupyfarm\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://albany.patch.com/articles/war-of-words-between-gill-tract-activists-uc-berkeley-officials\">War of Words Between Gill Tract Activists, UC Berkeley Officials\u003c/a> – Albany Patch\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/05/04/could-uc-and-occupy-the-farm-compromise-on-gill-tract/\">Could UC and Occupy the Farm compromise on Gill Tract?\u003c/a> - Berkeleyside\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://albany.patch.com/articles/column-to-occupy-the-farm-please-make-good-on-your-intentions\">Column: To the Occupiers — Please Make Good on your Intentions\u003c/a> - Christopher Church on Albany Patch\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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And yes, it's the far East Bay, but everything downtown is an easy walk from BART, so taking public transit (and avoiding the town's extra- zealous parking-ticket enforcers) is a good idea. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 1pm at the big \u003ca href=\"http://www.earthdaymarin.com\">Earth Day Marin\u003c/a> festival on April 22, Francisco Torre of \u003ca href=\"http://www.331fish.com\">Fish\u003c/a> restaurant in Sausalito will go Iron Chef-to-chef with Massimo Covello of the upcoming Per Te in Larkspur. The winning chef earns a donation from Whole Foods to either \u003ca href=\"http://www.seastewards.org\">Sea Stewards\u003c/a> (Torre) or \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinorganic.org\">Marin Organic\u003c/a> (Covello). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get Dirty\u003c/strong> That's not dirt, it's soil, and it's a living thing. 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Help EcoSF staff and friends create some \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob_%28material%29\">cob\u003c/a> and build up their garden walls. Enjoy pizzas from the wood-fired outdoor oven, and check out the solar-oven and pedal-power demonstrations. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make Stuff \u003c/strong>What do you eat or drink a lot of? Kombucha? Whole-grain bread? Bacon? Going DIY, that's where you want to start. No point in fussing around making 25 jars of kumquat-cardamom marmalade when you're a fried-eggs-and-sausage kind of guy, or in commandeering the back steps for sauerkraut buckets when what you really need is a steady source of morning yogurt. 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We've got good recipes for \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/06/07/homemade-yogurt-cucumber-soup/\">yogurt\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/01/09/easy-multi-grain-bread-draft/\">whole-grain bread\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/10/09/makin-bacon-at-the-headlands/\">bacon,\u003c/a> and more. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trade, Barter, Share Your Skills\u003c/strong> A friend took care of my girlfriend's cats last week; this week, she got homemade scones and lemon-ginger marmalade as a thank-you. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/bab.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/bab.jpg\" alt=\"spring cookbooks\" title=\"spring cookbooks\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41325\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nSpring is slowly creeping in — as evidenced by the cherry blossoms and lingering evening light. And with that comes more color at the farmers markets: asparagus and artichokes beckon, and the anticipation for berries, peas and ramps is in full swing. Thankfully, five writers and chefs have just released cookbooks that delve into the harvest with highly visual, inspired, and delicious books. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had a conversation with a friend recently about some of the recipes in these books, about how simple they are. Do we really need a recipe for roasted beets? Don’t people know how to roast a beet? Not so fast. In our Bay Area food bubble, many of us roast beets frequently but there are many, too, that buy them pre-roasted and packaged at Trader Joe’s and call it a day. No judgement—we’re all eating beets and that’s a good thing, but what each of these books aims to do is get you excited about a particular ingredient and confident enough to take it on for yourself. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In James Peterson’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Vegetables-Revised-Authoritative-Preparing-Cooking/dp/1607740265/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333732560&sr=1-1\">Vegetables\u003c/a>, for example, there’s a recipe for Avocado on Toast. I’d adored the book up until this point but found myself stopping here: Really? Do we all need a recipe for this? Is this even a recipe? But with more consideration, I decided this was much more of an invitation for a major avocado craving, and it worked. I can’t stop thinking about avocados after seeing the step-by-step photos of slicing a creamy, ripe avocado perfectly and smearing it on top of your favorite bread. Yes, please. And this, I think, is the success of all of these books. They each garner a big, fat \"yes, please\" and an excitement about basic ingredients from the garden and the market. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Sunset Edible Garden Cookbook\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis cookbook is filled with beautifully photographed recipes geared at quicker meals at home. Each chapter is organized around a specific vegetable (summer squash or hearty greens, for example) and begins with information on Why to Grow These Vegetables, When to Harvest Them, How to Keep Them, and Preserving the Harvest. The information is succinct enough to get gardeners going without seeming daunting or heavy-handed, something I’ve seen similar books struggle with. They usually cover each vegetable in 1-2 pages, so you don't feel inundated with too much gardening\u003cem> and \u003c/em>cooking information -- the result of which is often feeling too overwhelmed to tackle either. 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Until now. If you read Cheryl’s blog (a recent IACP winner), \u003ca href=\"http://5secondrule.typepad.com/\">5 Second Rule\u003c/a>, you’re familiar with her smart, witty voice, and I was delighted to discover how much of that voice shines through here in each and every recipe — I could read the headnote to a random asparagus recipe in this book and guess that Cheryl had written it. Of the book, Cheryl says it best: “What you’ll find in these pages is sensory, pretty, practical, and fun.” I concur wholeheartedly. Paulette Phlipot’s photos are stunning, and the \u003cem>Three Simple Uses\u003c/em> is a unique inclusion. For each produce item, Cheryl gives three quick ingredient combinations to get you going without a hard-and-fast recipe, perfect for afternoons when you’ve just come back from the farmers market and can’t be bothered with a more detailed recipe. Not only do I love the ease of this, but I love the way it encourages home cooks to use their intuition more in the kitchen, to trust the process. I can see many vegetable love affairs born from these pages. Thank you for that, Cheryl and Paulette.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/20120405_BABGardenBooks-112.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/20120405_BABGardenBooks-112.jpg\" alt=\"Ripe\" title=\"Ripe\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41321\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Recipes to Try:\u003c/strong> Polenta-Stuffed Chard with Bubbly Parmesan, Chocolate-Flecked Banana Buttermilk Pancakes, Apricot Frangipane Galette.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Buy the Book:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Ripe-Colorful-Approach-Fruits-Vegetables/dp/0762440244\">Ripe\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nThe Preservation Kitchen by Paul Virant with Kate Leahy\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis book could be construed as a stretch to include in this line-up, but I think it very much captures the spirit of preserving the garden’s bounty. While the other books here tend to encourage picking a tomato from the yard, coming indoors and using it right away in a salad, Chicago chef Paul Virant has fantastic ideas for how to preserve that tomato to enjoy it later, in the dead of winter. In fact, his Introduction is titled, “Capturing the Year in a Jar.” If you’re new to preserving, there’s a wonderfully informative beginning chapter on the Principles of Safe Preserving. The organization of the book is downright likeable, with the first half, In the Jar, focusing on recipes for jams, pickles, fermenting and curing while the second half, At the Table, moves on to more substantial recipes that utilize those base ingredients. How about Braised Chicken Legs in Pear Pasta with Swiss Chard and Pickled Stems? Or Pound Cake with Dehydrated Strawberry Jam and Sweetened Crème Fraiche? With clear instructions and a full seasonal spectrum of inspiration, this has already made its way to the top of my stack of spring cookbooks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/20120405_BABGardenBooks-106.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/20120405_BABGardenBooks-106.jpg\" alt=\"The Preservation Kitchen\" title=\"The Preservation Kitchen\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41319\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRecipe to Try: Kumquat Marmalade, Lemon-Pickled Turnips, Pear and Vanilla Aigre-Doux.\u003cbr>\nBuy the Book:\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/The-Preservation-Kitchen-Preserves-Aigre-doux/dp/1607741008\"> The Preservation Kitchen\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vegetables by James Peterson\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nJames Peterson’s book is a substantially revised version of the original, with 50 new recipes, 30 new vegetables, and a new section on herbs. The section on Preparing and Cooking Vegetables is awesome: it’s highly visual and walks you through simple tasks that many of us may not know: all the different ways to slice garlic, or how to peel and seed a tomato. He moves on to cover methods of cooking, from Broiling to Roasting with a few sample recipes scattered throughout. But the heart of the book really lies in the Vegetable section, where James Peterson highlights, vegetable by vegetable, delicious recipes and photos on preparing them. 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For each produce item, Cheryl gives three quick ingredient combinations to get you going without a hard-and-fast recipe, perfect for afternoons when you’ve just come back from the farmers market and can’t be bothered with a more detailed recipe. Not only do I love the ease of this, but I love the way it encourages home cooks to use their intuition more in the kitchen, to trust the process. I can see many vegetable love affairs born from these pages. Thank you for that, Cheryl and Paulette.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/20120405_BABGardenBooks-112.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/20120405_BABGardenBooks-112.jpg\" alt=\"Ripe\" title=\"Ripe\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41321\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Recipes to Try:\u003c/strong> Polenta-Stuffed Chard with Bubbly Parmesan, Chocolate-Flecked Banana Buttermilk Pancakes, Apricot Frangipane Galette.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Buy the Book:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Ripe-Colorful-Approach-Fruits-Vegetables/dp/0762440244\">Ripe\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nThe Preservation Kitchen by Paul Virant with Kate Leahy\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis book could be construed as a stretch to include in this line-up, but I think it very much captures the spirit of preserving the garden’s bounty. While the other books here tend to encourage picking a tomato from the yard, coming indoors and using it right away in a salad, Chicago chef Paul Virant has fantastic ideas for how to preserve that tomato to enjoy it later, in the dead of winter. In fact, his Introduction is titled, “Capturing the Year in a Jar.” If you’re new to preserving, there’s a wonderfully informative beginning chapter on the Principles of Safe Preserving. The organization of the book is downright likeable, with the first half, In the Jar, focusing on recipes for jams, pickles, fermenting and curing while the second half, At the Table, moves on to more substantial recipes that utilize those base ingredients. How about Braised Chicken Legs in Pear Pasta with Swiss Chard and Pickled Stems? Or Pound Cake with Dehydrated Strawberry Jam and Sweetened Crème Fraiche? 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/pine-point-cookingschool.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/pine-point-cookingschool.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Pine Point Cooking School\" title=\"Photo courtesy of Pine Point Cooking School\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41405\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo courtesy of Pine Point Cooking School\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Easter and Passover might be early this year, but bringing out the eggs and afikomen means that that summer's coming soon. Which means, parents, that now's the time to make plans for your kids' school's-out activities. For adults, workshops and events revolving around thinking, writing, making, cooking, and growing food are more popular than ever, so it's no surprise that food- and farming-themed kids' camps are springing up throughout the Bay Area. Some are one-day excursions, others week-long adventures, but all involve a lively, hands-on, and, we hope, deliciously messy foray into real farm-to-table, dirt-to-dining discoveries. (Plus, petting goats!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.takemywordforit.net\">Take My Word for It\u003c/a>, which teaches a variety of writing programs for kids, is presenting half-day, week-long versions of Peanut Butter and the Pen, its popular food-writing course for 8 to 12 year olds, at three locations this summer. June 18 thru June 22, the camp will be in residence at \u003ca href=\"http://www.18reasons.org\">18 Reasons\u003c/a> in San Francisco's Mission District. The theme? Fairytales reimagined, and come to think of it, there's a lot of eating in all those bedtime stories, from the big bad wolf dining on grandmother to Snow White and the poisoned apple. Take My Word for It will also be offering more general food-writing camps for kids at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.piedmont.ca.us/recreation/catalog.shtml\">Piedmont Recreation Center\u003c/a> in Oakland (June 18-22) as well as at \u003ca href=\"http://www.seesawsf.com\">Seesaw\u003c/a> in Hayes Valley. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Piedmont Recreation Center also offers three hands-on cooking classes. 5 to 6 year olds can get started at Beginning Cooking Camp, where they'll learn basic skills--and some eating etiquette--with instructor Jane Backus. At Little Spoons Cafe (8-12 year olds), kids work with \u003ca href=\"http://www.baumancollege.org/\">Bauman College\u003c/a>-trained chef Eric Pomert to make family-pleasing recipes like Indian carrot cake muffins, bang bang chicken, hazelnut chocolate macaroons, and yes, Mom's favorite, crunchy kale chips. Meanwhile, Cre8tive Design (9-11 year olds) takes cooking and sewing, those old home-ec staples, into the 21st century by combining fashion design with culinary creation in a Project-Runway-meets-Top-Chef explosion of teamwork, baking, and outfit-making. You don't have to live in Piedmont to attend, although residents do get a slightly reduced price. (Download the online catalog for dates, times, prices, and registration information.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your kids can take Michael Pollan's dictum to \"eat...mostly plants\" to heart at \u003ca href=\"http://www.18reasons.org\">18 Reasons\u003c/a>' \u003ca href=\"http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/234352\">All Plant Parts Gardening and Cooking Camp\u003c/a> at Sanchez School this summer. The four-day, half-day program for 9 to 12 year olds teaches basic botany by way of the garden and kitchen, as kids learn to identify, taste, and cook all the edible parts of many different plants, making easy dishes like trail mix, popcorn, fava-bean hummus, and whole-grain flatbreads. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Want your third-grader to be a bona fide San Francisco foodie? Sign him or her up for \u003ca href=\"http://www.jccsf.org/programs/camps/summer-camp/specialty-camps/#culinary\">SF Foodies\u003c/a> at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.jccsf.org\">JCC\u003c/a>, a four-day session filled with field trips to City hot spots and food trucks, followed by recipe exploration in the kitchen. The JCC has seven other cooking camps this summer, ranging from Pizzas Around the World and Famous Chefs to Farm to Table (did you know the JCC has a rooftop garden?) and, for aspiring Harold McGees and Nathan Myhrvolds, Food Science. At the \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinjcc.org\">Marin JCC\u003c/a>, the week-long \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinjcc.org/camp/summer-camp\">cooking day camps\u003c/a> include Junior Chefs (basic techniques plus a trip to the farmers' market) for grades 1-4, and Cake Capades (cake decorating) and Master Chefs (international recipes and a \"friendly competition\") for grades 4-6. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.hiddenvilla.org/programs/summer-camps\">Hidden Villa\u003c/a>, a non-profit educational farm, ranch, and wilderness area in Los Altos offers a variety of sleepaway and day camp options. Each camp includes gardening and taking care of the farm animals, plus hiking, swimming, art projects, storytelling, and more (like ice-cream making and blackberry picking), with a mandate towards promoting social justice, a healthy environment, and a sustainable future. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Junior Farmers programs at \u003ca href=\"http://www.slideranch.org/programs/camp.html\">Slide Ranch\u003c/a> in Muir Beach are already sold out (although you can ask to be put on the waiting list), but there's still room in their other farm, livestock, and garden-based day camps. According to their website, their camps include \"milking goats, feeding and collecting eggs from chickens, carding and spinning wool from our sheep, creating nature-based crafts, preparing compost, planting seeds, and harvesting and cooking from our organic garden.\" Most of the camps are half days for children 5-12 years old; there's also a Junior Camp Counselor Program for teens 13-18 years old. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.ymcasf.org/marin/what_we_offer/for_kids/camp#contentTab_719-tab\">Marin YMCA\u003c/a> has two hands-on, week-long cooking classes, including La Petite Chef (Aug 6-10, 9am-4pm), teaching basic skills for children in grades K-2, and Global Eats (June 18-22, 9am-4pm), which promises fun with international recipes for 3rd through 5th graders. Both classes include time out of the kitchen for hikes, nature walks, and swimming. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://dges.org/\"> DGES Educational Services\u003c/a>, which operates in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"http://www.devilsgulchranch.com\">Devil's Gulch Ranch\u003c/a> in Nicasio (known particularly for its \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/06/bunny-on-the-table/\">tasty rabbit\u003c/a>) is partnering with the Marin Y to offer seven week-long \u003ca href=\"http://www.ymcasf.org/marin/what_we_offer/for_kids/camp#contentTab_1057-tab\">DGES day camp sessions\u003c/a> where campers participate in farm chores, livestock care, and gardening on a working ranch, followed by lots of nature exploration in nearby Samuel P. Taylor State Park along with traditional skill-building, including pottery, rope-making, basket-weaving, jewelry making with horns and bones, drum making, and hide tanning. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://windrushfarm.wordpress.com\"> Windrush Farm\u003c/a> in Petaluma has nine four-day day-camp sessions this summer for kids 7 to 12. At the farm, kids get busy in the garden, gather eggs from the chickens, tend the goats, cows, and llamas, create wool crafts, splash in the pond, and make pizza in the wood-burning outdoor oven. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in my teen years, I would have \u003cem>loved\u003c/em> the chance to go to a very personalized (only 6 students per session, grouped by grades 5-7 or 8-10) summer cooking school like the one offered by Mediterranean chef Adrianna Dinihanian at her \u003ca href=\"http://pinepointcooking.com\"> Pine Point Cooking School\u003c/a> in Sausalito. Instead, I got my first job making pasta primavera and stuffing cherry tomatoes at a fancy little gourmet take-out shop downtown. It was a lot of chopping onions, then and now, but why not have your kids learn to make what you'd love to eat, without sending them straight into the grubby, repetitive reality that is actual paid kitchen work? The cooking sessions, which include a farmers' market trip to San Francisco, change seasonally, but might include risotto, savory galettes, Mediterranean-inspired dips and spreads, gelatos, cookies, and lots more. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Want your third-grader to be a bona fide San Francisco foodie? Sign him or her up for \u003ca href=\"http://www.jccsf.org/programs/camps/summer-camp/specialty-camps/#culinary\">SF Foodies\u003c/a> at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.jccsf.org\">JCC\u003c/a>, a four-day session filled with field trips to City hot spots and food trucks, followed by recipe exploration in the kitchen. The JCC has seven other cooking camps this summer, ranging from Pizzas Around the World and Famous Chefs to Farm to Table (did you know the JCC has a rooftop garden?) and, for aspiring Harold McGees and Nathan Myhrvolds, Food Science. At the \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinjcc.org\">Marin JCC\u003c/a>, the week-long \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinjcc.org/camp/summer-camp\">cooking day camps\u003c/a> include Junior Chefs (basic techniques plus a trip to the farmers' market) for grades 1-4, and Cake Capades (cake decorating) and Master Chefs (international recipes and a \"friendly competition\") for grades 4-6. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.hiddenvilla.org/programs/summer-camps\">Hidden Villa\u003c/a>, a non-profit educational farm, ranch, and wilderness area in Los Altos offers a variety of sleepaway and day camp options. Each camp includes gardening and taking care of the farm animals, plus hiking, swimming, art projects, storytelling, and more (like ice-cream making and blackberry picking), with a mandate towards promoting social justice, a healthy environment, and a sustainable future. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Junior Farmers programs at \u003ca href=\"http://www.slideranch.org/programs/camp.html\">Slide Ranch\u003c/a> in Muir Beach are already sold out (although you can ask to be put on the waiting list), but there's still room in their other farm, livestock, and garden-based day camps. According to their website, their camps include \"milking goats, feeding and collecting eggs from chickens, carding and spinning wool from our sheep, creating nature-based crafts, preparing compost, planting seeds, and harvesting and cooking from our organic garden.\" Most of the camps are half days for children 5-12 years old; there's also a Junior Camp Counselor Program for teens 13-18 years old. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.ymcasf.org/marin/what_we_offer/for_kids/camp#contentTab_719-tab\">Marin YMCA\u003c/a> has two hands-on, week-long cooking classes, including La Petite Chef (Aug 6-10, 9am-4pm), teaching basic skills for children in grades K-2, and Global Eats (June 18-22, 9am-4pm), which promises fun with international recipes for 3rd through 5th graders. Both classes include time out of the kitchen for hikes, nature walks, and swimming. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://dges.org/\"> DGES Educational Services\u003c/a>, which operates in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"http://www.devilsgulchranch.com\">Devil's Gulch Ranch\u003c/a> in Nicasio (known particularly for its \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/04/06/bunny-on-the-table/\">tasty rabbit\u003c/a>) is partnering with the Marin Y to offer seven week-long \u003ca href=\"http://www.ymcasf.org/marin/what_we_offer/for_kids/camp#contentTab_1057-tab\">DGES day camp sessions\u003c/a> where campers participate in farm chores, livestock care, and gardening on a working ranch, followed by lots of nature exploration in nearby Samuel P. Taylor State Park along with traditional skill-building, including pottery, rope-making, basket-weaving, jewelry making with horns and bones, drum making, and hide tanning. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://windrushfarm.wordpress.com\"> Windrush Farm\u003c/a> in Petaluma has nine four-day day-camp sessions this summer for kids 7 to 12. At the farm, kids get busy in the garden, gather eggs from the chickens, tend the goats, cows, and llamas, create wool crafts, splash in the pond, and make pizza in the wood-burning outdoor oven. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "America Revealed's Food Machine and Food Forward Premieres: A Tale of Two Totally Different PBS Programs",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/yul-skydiving-560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/04/yul-skydiving-560.jpg\" alt=\"Host Yul Kwon skydiving in America Revealed. Photo: Courtesy of Lion Television\" title=\"Host Yul Kwon skydiving in America Revealed. Photo: Courtesy of Lion Television\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41158\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Yul Kwon takes to the skies -- a lot -- in the opening episode of America Revealed called \"Food Machine.\"\u003c/strong> Photo: Courtesy of Lion Television\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's begin, shall we, with the first episode of \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/america-revealed/\">\u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \"Food Machine,\" which sets out to explore the vast, industrial way food is grown, processed, and transported in this country. The four-part series on systems kicks off with its first episode on food on April 11 (subsequent programs tackle energy, transport, and industry).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 56-minute program is hosted by the Bay Area native \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yul_Kwon\">Yul Kwon\u003c/a>, a former Survivor winner, among his eclectic accomplishments. Okay, let's get some of the others out of the way: He's been featured in an issue of \u003cem>People\u003c/em>'s \"Sexiest Man Alive.\" A lawyer by training, a graduate of Stanford and Yale, he helped draft the Homeland Security bill, worked for the Federal Communications Commission, and is a now a \"daredevil television host,\" according to his bio. Oh, and he opened a \u003ca href=\"http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/June-2009/Yul-Kwon-Comes-Home/\">yogurt shop in Walnut Creek\u003c/a>, his childhood hometown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, this reviewer has one question for the good people of programming at PBS: What were you thinking?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode plays like propaganda (at first I wondered if it was going to morph into mockumentary-like parody, alas no). Everything is bigger and better in this great United States of America, \u003ca href=\"http://www.liontv.com/London/Home\">Lion Television\u003c/a>, who produced the series, would have viewers believe. (The program is based on an award-winning BBC series \u003cem>Britain from Above\u003c/em>, by the independent production company, which has offices in the U.S. and the UK.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can practically taste the awe at the sheer scale of things in this land from our brothers and sisters across the pond. America Revealed is beamed at you via bright lights, aerial footage, high-definition video, real-time satellite data -- in other words, a bunch of high-tech bells and whistles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there's Kwon who takes to the skies -- a lot -- to illustrate, well, to illustrate what exactly? Oh, yeah, this is a vast and complex country. And: I am a sexy survivor who skydives. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/P9tNcmcoJkE\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the last century, an American industrial revolution has given rise to the biggest, most productive food machine the world has ever known, the show announces. Look at our marvels of engineering magic that allow 80 percent of the state of California's water to go directly to Central Valley farms -- in an area that was previously a desert -- to produce 50 percent of the entire country's fruits, nuts, and vegetables. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Might there be anything misguided about redirecting all that precious water? Just curious. But there's no time for controversy here, we're simply going to tell you how it is, with a grin, and move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode also explores how the U.S. food system feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day -- an impressive feat for sure -- at a time when less than two percent of the population produces food for the other 98 percent. Well, hello \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/food/despite-the-headlines-big-ag-subsidies-arent-going-anywhere/\">Big Ag\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>America has put nature to work, the script explains, with a maddening neutrality that made this writer want to run screaming in frustration from the screen. See how the heartland is composed of massive corn farms, where ag pilots spray more than 40 pesticides -- in the bad old days there were only a few! -- on crops eventually destined for supermarket shelves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out about the modern invention known as \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/exist/\">genetically modified corn\u003c/a> that fills so many of the products in grocery stores. Could any of this be detrimental to human health or farmland? Just asking. But, no time, we must keep on trucking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject width=\"512\" height=\"328\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=2209078973&player=viral&end=0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\u003cembed src=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"video=2209078973&player=viral&end=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of corn, discover how clever Americans are feeding corn -- not a natural source of food for cattle -- to animals who get pumped up supernaturally in industrial food lots, where they're also given doses of antibiotics and growth hormones for good measure, just so consumers might enjoy a large steak. At low cost. Should we discuss whether all this is good for the animals, land, or humans? Nah. The food machine just \"gives us what we want.\" Next segment please.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's talk \"craveability.\" What Americans want, the New York restaurant experts explain on \u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em>, is big servings of so-called \"celebration foods\" and they want 'em all the time. Case in point the restaurant hit known as the Bloomin' Onion -- soaked in buttermilk and batter and deep fried, this monster on a plate sells like hot cakes at that embarrassment to any self-respecting Aussie known as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.outback.com/companyinfo/\">Outback Steakhouse\u003c/a>. (Walkabout Soup? Alice Springs Chicken Quesadillas? Chocolate Thunder Down Under? Some marketing guru got rich making this stuff up, but I digress.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much of this episode is just uncritical content presented without any context, which does a disservice to viewers like you, who expect more from PBS documentaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if some social studies teacher showed this to a bunch of high school kids? They'd get the impression that the American system of food production and distribution is a well-oiled machine. And that's just so far from the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, if viewers stick around to the 40-minute mark, there are a few indications that all might not be golden in The Land of Oz. (Yes, folks, the camera crew visit Kansas and there are even references to Toto in this program.) \u003ca href=\"http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572\">Colony collapse disorder\u003c/a> gets some attention. Those super-size-me steak and fried onion feasts are making Americans fat and fatter we learn. Kwon revisits water in California, but only from the perspective of the expense to farmers. Don't get me started on the crop-dusting segment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Towards the end of the hour the show explores the subject of food deserts -- places where people can't find any real food to eat, since they only have corner stores that specialize in liquor, Lottery tickets, and cigarettes. One guess where the camera crew is headed? Detroit it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Motor City seems to have become the poster child for urban food renewal for visual media. Pans of vacant lots, abandoned buildings, and graffiti graphically illustrate something went horribly wrong in the home of Motown. Cut to images of urban farmers -- many African American -- growing fresh food for their people in a place that had little for a very long time and it's clear that the city is undergoing a transformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meet the aptly named \u003ca href=\"http://video.pbs.org/video/2209093103/\">Will Gardner\u003c/a>, an enterprising edible entrepreneur, who sells his produce at a Detroit farmers' market, and one of the few bright spots in an episode where a fourth-generation Midwesterner described himself not as a farmer but an \"input-output manager.\" Oh my.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject width=\"512\" height=\"328\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=2209093103&player=viral&end=0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\u003cembed src=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"video=2209093103&player=viral&end=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What else not to like? The overwrought writing and soundtrack, the frenetic images that begin the episode, the host's mug filmed from one too many planes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider yourself warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/06/edith-floyd-tractor.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/06/edith-floyd-tractor.jpg\" alt=\"Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\" title=\"Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28353\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, back to Detroit. The pilot of the series \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodforward.tv/\">\u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which showcases urban agriculture across America, reports on what's gone down and what's growing up in the Motor City too. The episode airs April 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sight of \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/urban-agriculture/2011-12-08-new-agtivist-edith-floyd-is-making-an-urban-farm-lot-by-lot/\">Edith Floyd\u003c/a> beaming on her bright orange tractor turning what were trash-strewn lots into thriving community gardens loaded with edibles is heart-warming and hopeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As are all the stories of urban farmers producing change in their own lives and others, such as \u003ca href=\"http://foodandcommunityfellows.org/fellows\">IATP Food and Community Fellow\u003c/a> Malik Kenyatta Yakini of the \u003ca href=\"http://detroitblackfoodsecurity.org\">Detroit Community Food Security Network\u003c/a>. These people don't pretend they're going to be able to feed an army let alone the entire country. They just want to do their part to get good food into the hands, mouths, and bellies of the people in their local area. You can't help but root for these underdogs in this series premiere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This writer has already covered \u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em> before -- in an \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/01/5-questions-for-food-forwards-greg-roden/\">interview with producer Greg Roden\u003c/a> for a previous \u003cem>Bay Area Bites\u003c/em> post and in a story featuring \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/2011/06/06/food-forward-a-sustainable-tv-show-for-all-americans-video/\">writer Stett Holbrook for Civil Eats\u003c/a>. Watch this program. Don't just take this reviewer's word for it. Food writer \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011/06/food_forward_review.php\">Sean Timberlake\u003c/a> described the pilot as a celebration of the real food heroes around the country. Indeed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This 13-part series needs support, just like the people it profiles, who are trying to bring about change in America's troubled food systems, whether it's a rooftop gardener in Brooklyn, a hydroponic grower in Milwaukee, or a self-described nugget of deliciousness dropping off boxes of freshly picked produce to neighbors in West Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/RnKobtfvUTs\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.calacademy.org/events/nightlife/?t=1\">Event April 5, 6-10pm: Nightlife at Cal Academy: Spring into Spring NightLife\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nKQED’s \u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em> & \u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em> Screenings & Talks by Yul Kwon & Abeni Ramsey/ African Hall \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodforward.tv/\">\u003cem>Food Forward: Urban Agriculture Across America\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPremiere Airdate: April 9 (on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/index.jsp?pgmid=20610\">KQED 9\u003c/a> Mon, Apr 9, 2012 -- 7:30pm)\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/Food_Forward\">@Food_Forward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FoodFoward\">Food Forward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://foodforwardtv.wordpress.com/\">Food Forward Blog\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/food-forward/\">Food Forward on PBS Food\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/america-revealed/\">\u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Episode 1: \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/america-revealed/episode/1/\">Food Machine\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPremiere Airdate: April 11 (on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/index.jsp?pgmid=20603\">KQED 9\u003c/a> Wed, Apr 11, 2012 -- 10pm)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can practically taste the awe at the sheer scale of things in this land from our brothers and sisters across the pond. America Revealed is beamed at you via bright lights, aerial footage, high-definition video, real-time satellite data -- in other words, a bunch of high-tech bells and whistles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there's Kwon who takes to the skies -- a lot -- to illustrate, well, to illustrate what exactly? Oh, yeah, this is a vast and complex country. And: I am a sexy survivor who skydives. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/P9tNcmcoJkE\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the last century, an American industrial revolution has given rise to the biggest, most productive food machine the world has ever known, the show announces. Look at our marvels of engineering magic that allow 80 percent of the state of California's water to go directly to Central Valley farms -- in an area that was previously a desert -- to produce 50 percent of the entire country's fruits, nuts, and vegetables. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Might there be anything misguided about redirecting all that precious water? Just curious. But there's no time for controversy here, we're simply going to tell you how it is, with a grin, and move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode also explores how the U.S. food system feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day -- an impressive feat for sure -- at a time when less than two percent of the population produces food for the other 98 percent. Well, hello \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/food/despite-the-headlines-big-ag-subsidies-arent-going-anywhere/\">Big Ag\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>America has put nature to work, the script explains, with a maddening neutrality that made this writer want to run screaming in frustration from the screen. See how the heartland is composed of massive corn farms, where ag pilots spray more than 40 pesticides -- in the bad old days there were only a few! -- on crops eventually destined for supermarket shelves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find out about the modern invention known as \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/exist/\">genetically modified corn\u003c/a> that fills so many of the products in grocery stores. Could any of this be detrimental to human health or farmland? Just asking. But, no time, we must keep on trucking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject width=\"512\" height=\"328\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=2209078973&player=viral&end=0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\u003cembed src=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"video=2209078973&player=viral&end=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of corn, discover how clever Americans are feeding corn -- not a natural source of food for cattle -- to animals who get pumped up supernaturally in industrial food lots, where they're also given doses of antibiotics and growth hormones for good measure, just so consumers might enjoy a large steak. At low cost. Should we discuss whether all this is good for the animals, land, or humans? Nah. The food machine just \"gives us what we want.\" Next segment please.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's talk \"craveability.\" What Americans want, the New York restaurant experts explain on \u003cem>America Revealed\u003c/em>, is big servings of so-called \"celebration foods\" and they want 'em all the time. Case in point the restaurant hit known as the Bloomin' Onion -- soaked in buttermilk and batter and deep fried, this monster on a plate sells like hot cakes at that embarrassment to any self-respecting Aussie known as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.outback.com/companyinfo/\">Outback Steakhouse\u003c/a>. (Walkabout Soup? Alice Springs Chicken Quesadillas? Chocolate Thunder Down Under? Some marketing guru got rich making this stuff up, but I digress.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much of this episode is just uncritical content presented without any context, which does a disservice to viewers like you, who expect more from PBS documentaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if some social studies teacher showed this to a bunch of high school kids? They'd get the impression that the American system of food production and distribution is a well-oiled machine. And that's just so far from the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, if viewers stick around to the 40-minute mark, there are a few indications that all might not be golden in The Land of Oz. (Yes, folks, the camera crew visit Kansas and there are even references to Toto in this program.) \u003ca href=\"http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572\">Colony collapse disorder\u003c/a> gets some attention. Those super-size-me steak and fried onion feasts are making Americans fat and fatter we learn. Kwon revisits water in California, but only from the perspective of the expense to farmers. Don't get me started on the crop-dusting segment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Towards the end of the hour the show explores the subject of food deserts -- places where people can't find any real food to eat, since they only have corner stores that specialize in liquor, Lottery tickets, and cigarettes. One guess where the camera crew is headed? Detroit it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Motor City seems to have become the poster child for urban food renewal for visual media. Pans of vacant lots, abandoned buildings, and graffiti graphically illustrate something went horribly wrong in the home of Motown. Cut to images of urban farmers -- many African American -- growing fresh food for their people in a place that had little for a very long time and it's clear that the city is undergoing a transformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meet the aptly named \u003ca href=\"http://video.pbs.org/video/2209093103/\">Will Gardner\u003c/a>, an enterprising edible entrepreneur, who sells his produce at a Detroit farmers' market, and one of the few bright spots in an episode where a fourth-generation Midwesterner described himself not as a farmer but an \"input-output manager.\" Oh my.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject width=\"512\" height=\"328\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=2209093103&player=viral&end=0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\u003cembed src=\"http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"video=2209093103&player=viral&end=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What else not to like? The overwrought writing and soundtrack, the frenetic images that begin the episode, the host's mug filmed from one too many planes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider yourself warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/06/edith-floyd-tractor.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2011/06/edith-floyd-tractor.jpg\" alt=\"Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\" title=\"Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28353\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Edith Floyd of Growing Joy Garden in Detroit. Photo: Greg Roden\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, back to Detroit. The pilot of the series \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodforward.tv/\">\u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which showcases urban agriculture across America, reports on what's gone down and what's growing up in the Motor City too. The episode airs April 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sight of \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/urban-agriculture/2011-12-08-new-agtivist-edith-floyd-is-making-an-urban-farm-lot-by-lot/\">Edith Floyd\u003c/a> beaming on her bright orange tractor turning what were trash-strewn lots into thriving community gardens loaded with edibles is heart-warming and hopeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As are all the stories of urban farmers producing change in their own lives and others, such as \u003ca href=\"http://foodandcommunityfellows.org/fellows\">IATP Food and Community Fellow\u003c/a> Malik Kenyatta Yakini of the \u003ca href=\"http://detroitblackfoodsecurity.org\">Detroit Community Food Security Network\u003c/a>. These people don't pretend they're going to be able to feed an army let alone the entire country. They just want to do their part to get good food into the hands, mouths, and bellies of the people in their local area. You can't help but root for these underdogs in this series premiere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This writer has already covered \u003cem>Food Forward\u003c/em> before -- in an \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2011/06/01/5-questions-for-food-forwards-greg-roden/\">interview with producer Greg Roden\u003c/a> for a previous \u003cem>Bay Area Bites\u003c/em> post and in a story featuring \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/2011/06/06/food-forward-a-sustainable-tv-show-for-all-americans-video/\">writer Stett Holbrook for Civil Eats\u003c/a>. Watch this program. Don't just take this reviewer's word for it. Food writer \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2011/06/food_forward_review.php\">Sean Timberlake\u003c/a> described the pilot as a celebration of the real food heroes around the country. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/isointro560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/isointro560.jpg\" alt=\"Iso Rabins\" title=\"Iso Rabins\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40860\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/\">forageSF\u003c/a> founder Iso Rabins. All photos courtesy forageSF.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nBorn in Santa Cruz and raised on the East Coast, Iso Rabins always knew he wanted to return to California after college. What he didn’t know was that he’d be making a living out of what he found in the woods. Staying with his father in the woods east of Eureka, CA, Rabins learned to forage mushrooms and began to drive them down to San Francisco to sell at the back doors of restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Black trumpets, hedgehogs, chanterelles,” Rabins recalls. “\u003ca href=\"http://www.offalgood.com/\">Chris Cosentino\u003c/a> was one of the first guys to buy from me. He seemed pretty into it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mushies5601.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/mushies5601.jpg\" alt=\"Foraged mushrooms\" title=\"Foraged mushrooms\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40864\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Foraged mushrooms ready for sale.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rabins, who would “cold call chefs and show up at the back door with a flat of mushrooms,” counted \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/intro.php\">Chez Panisse\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pizzaiolooakland.com/\">Pizzaiolo\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://emmysspaghettishack.com/\">Emmy's Spaghetti Shack\u003c/a> among his regular clients. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But mushroom season is short in California, and Rabins had a knack for foraging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I realized that for rest of the year, you can forage too!” he says. Wild greens, acorns, and seaweed made it onto his short list of items to gather in the woods. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I grew up in Vermont but I wasn't really a woods guy,” says Rabins. “It's cool when I go back now to visit my mom, I see so much more than I saw before. There are ramps everywhere!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Foraging gives you a real awareness of your surroundings. You notice things you'd never seen before.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Rabins started a “CSF” (Community Supported Forage) box program, similar to a \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agricultur\">CSA\u003c/a> box you’d get from a farm. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to sell at the farmer's markets but people get freaked out by wild mushrooms,” he said. So then, he started the \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/market/\">underground market\u003c/a>. The event, which ran for eighteen months, was a space for people who are making food at home to be able to sell it. Morphing from a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/01/29/underground-farmers-market/\">private house in the Mission\u003c/a>, to which 150 people showed up to a 2,500 person private club held at \u003ca href=\"http://publicsf.com/\">Public Works\u003c/a>, the underground market was eventually shut down by the Health Department. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/food-market560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/food-market560.jpg\" alt=\"Underground Market\" title=\"Underground Market\" width=\"560\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40867\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Hungry patrons wait outside the Underground Market in 2010.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThree years ago, Rabins started the \u003ca href=\"http://wildkitchen.wordpress.com/\">Wild Kitchen\u003c/a>, a series of wild foraged underground dinners. Each of the eight courses focuses on a couple of wild ingredients that Rabins collects; he cooks with co-chef Thomas Martinez, formerly of \u003ca href=\"http://www.missionbeachcafesf.com/\">Mission Beach Cafe\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bartartine.com/\">Bar Tartine\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The focus for Rabins and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/\">forageSF\u003c/a> crew now, is shifting toward an “incubator kitchen,” a concept Rabins is developing based off of the model of \u003ca href=\"http://techshop.ws/\">Tech Shop\u003c/a>. For around $100 monthly, members can use industrial design equipment and receive help with their projects. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Commercial kitchens aren't welcoming to non-professionals,” Rabins explains. “We all have these little apartment kitchens, which are not cohesive to cooking large amounts of food.”\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/an-incubator-kitchen/fundraising-for-forage-kitchen/\">Forage Kitchen\u003c/a> is intended to be a “hub for food.” The shared-use commercial kitchen will have office space and offer consulting to people who are starting their own food businesses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you're starting your own food business there is so much bureaucracy and red tape,” says Rabins. “There is so much hassle and you're generally trying to do it all on your own, so it's really disheartening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forage Kitchen will be a space for people to work alongside each other. “People talk a lot about the food community in SF, but more realistically it's a lot of people doing the same stuff on their own in the same city,” Rabins says. A lot of small-business food entrepreneurs, Rabins says, know each other but don’t meet up. Being around others who “are going through the same stuff, and learning the same stuff” will be beneficial to both the small businesspeople and to the larger SF food community as a whole. Beyond Forage Kitchen being for small businesses, though, Rabins sees it as a welcoming space for individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Forage Kitchen is still several months away from opening, Rabins is just starting to fundraise now. He hasn’t begun applying for any licenses yet but there is a space the foragers are eyeballing. “Think 10,000 square feet in SOMA, with space for a rooftop garden and a temperature-controlled room to hang meats and cure prosciutto,” Rabins says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/utopia560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/utopia560.jpg\" alt=\"utopia\" title=\"utopia\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40869\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Diners will eventually enjoy the fruits of local labor at the Forage Kitchen.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nAnother dream is to have a “home brew room,” where novice brewmeisters can produce beer, and a café in front that will sell the wares made on site. 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Although this weekend’s Basque feasts are sold out there will be future fundraising events to get the Forage Kitchen project off the ground. To be among the first to know about upcoming events subscribe to the \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/\">forageSF email list\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Related Links:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nforageSF: \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/wild-kitchen/health-department-blues-2/\">Health Department Blues\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Citizen: \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/culturefeed/foragesf-founder-says-health-department/\">ForageSF Founder Accuses Health Department of Harassment\u003c/a> (UPDATED)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Morphing from a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/01/29/underground-farmers-market/\">private house in the Mission\u003c/a>, to which 150 people showed up to a 2,500 person private club held at \u003ca href=\"http://publicsf.com/\">Public Works\u003c/a>, the underground market was eventually shut down by the Health Department. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/food-market560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/food-market560.jpg\" alt=\"Underground Market\" title=\"Underground Market\" width=\"560\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40867\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Hungry patrons wait outside the Underground Market in 2010.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThree years ago, Rabins started the \u003ca href=\"http://wildkitchen.wordpress.com/\">Wild Kitchen\u003c/a>, a series of wild foraged underground dinners. Each of the eight courses focuses on a couple of wild ingredients that Rabins collects; he cooks with co-chef Thomas Martinez, formerly of \u003ca href=\"http://www.missionbeachcafesf.com/\">Mission Beach Cafe\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bartartine.com/\">Bar Tartine\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The focus for Rabins and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/\">forageSF\u003c/a> crew now, is shifting toward an “incubator kitchen,” a concept Rabins is developing based off of the model of \u003ca href=\"http://techshop.ws/\">Tech Shop\u003c/a>. For around $100 monthly, members can use industrial design equipment and receive help with their projects. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Commercial kitchens aren't welcoming to non-professionals,” Rabins explains. “We all have these little apartment kitchens, which are not cohesive to cooking large amounts of food.”\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://foragesf.com/an-incubator-kitchen/fundraising-for-forage-kitchen/\">Forage Kitchen\u003c/a> is intended to be a “hub for food.” The shared-use commercial kitchen will have office space and offer consulting to people who are starting their own food businesses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you're starting your own food business there is so much bureaucracy and red tape,” says Rabins. “There is so much hassle and you're generally trying to do it all on your own, so it's really disheartening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forage Kitchen will be a space for people to work alongside each other. “People talk a lot about the food community in SF, but more realistically it's a lot of people doing the same stuff on their own in the same city,” Rabins says. A lot of small-business food entrepreneurs, Rabins says, know each other but don’t meet up. Being around others who “are going through the same stuff, and learning the same stuff” will be beneficial to both the small businesspeople and to the larger SF food community as a whole. Beyond Forage Kitchen being for small businesses, though, Rabins sees it as a welcoming space for individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Forage Kitchen is still several months away from opening, Rabins is just starting to fundraise now. He hasn’t begun applying for any licenses yet but there is a space the foragers are eyeballing. “Think 10,000 square feet in SOMA, with space for a rooftop garden and a temperature-controlled room to hang meats and cure prosciutto,” Rabins says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/utopia560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/utopia560.jpg\" alt=\"utopia\" title=\"utopia\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40869\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Diners will eventually enjoy the fruits of local labor at the Forage Kitchen.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nAnother dream is to have a “home brew room,” where novice brewmeisters can produce beer, and a café in front that will sell the wares made on site. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Lambs-in-Petaluma560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/Lambs-in-Petaluma560.jpg\" alt=\"Lambs in Petaluma\" title=\"Lambs in Petaluma\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40725\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Ewes and lambs at Weirauch Farm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rolling hills of Sonoma and West Marin are finally turning green, thanks to this month's better-late-than-never rains. Springtime is a great time to make a day trip north, before the wine-tasting, guidebook-clutching traffic of summer backs up the backroads, and while the meandering, tree-crowned pastures are dotted with fluffy, just-born lambs and calves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/ACREexterior1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/ACREexterior560.jpg\" alt=\"Acre Coffee\" title=\"Acre Coffee\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40720\">\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Located in Sonoma county (but close to the border of Marin), Petaluma is a good first stop that's often overlooked by wine-country browsers or beach-seeking hikers. With the highway behind you, stop, stretch your legs, check out the many antique shops, funky boutiques, and thrift stores, then, of course, get a bite to eat. Petaluma Boulevard is the town's main drag, but it's worth walking down the side streets, too; otherwise you might settle for Starbucks instead of the third-wave coffee served at the nifty \u003ca href=\"http://www.acrecoffee.com/\">Acre Coffee\u003c/a>, which opened in September of last year. (Flying Goat Coffee in Healdsburg roasts their beans.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/ACREinterior700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/ACREinterior280.jpg\" alt=\"Acre Coffee interior\" title=\"Acre Coffee interior\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40722\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/ACREcoffee1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/ACREcoffee280.jpg\" alt=\"Acre coffee\" title=\"Acre coffee\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40718\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Need brunch? Don't miss the challah French toast, honey-broiled grapefruit, or green eggs n' ham pizza at \u003ca href=\"http://www.lumapetaluma.com\">LUMA\u003c/a> in the city's riverside warehouse district, where several local other food businesses, like \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com\">Cowgirl Creamery\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.threetwinsicecream.com\">Three Twins Ice Cream\u003c/a>, have their production facilities. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On sunny Sundays, the tables out front are particularly coveted for relaxed morning meals, perhaps recapping the previous night's music show at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mystictheatre.com\">Mystic Theatre\u003c/a>. (Henry Rollins will be doing his thing at the Mystic on March 29; Mazzy Star and the Carolina Chocolate Drops are upcoming in April.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LumaDoor600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LumaDoor600-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"LUMA Entrance. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"LUMA Entrance. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40729\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAsoup1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAsoup1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"LUMA Soup. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"LUMA Soup. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40730\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMACHEF1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMACHEF1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"LUMA Chef Jen Solomon in pink. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"LUMA Chef Jen Solomon in pink. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40732\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At dinnertime, the restaurant, which opened last year, serves what owner Tim Tatum calls \"eclectic American\" or \"global comfort food\"--pizzas from a wood-burning oven, a pasta or two, lots of salads, truffled mac n' cheese, and chicken under a brick, with specials that might range from Korean short ribs to swordfish with capers, dished up by chef Jen Solomon, who worked at AsiaSF and District wine bar in the city before coming to Petaluma. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tim, a builder and developer who grew up in San Francisco, built the mixed-use building that houses LUMA, with a plan for a restaurant in mind. The ceilings are high, the bar (where locals gather to eat, drink, and kibbitz) front and center. \"We're still getting discovered by people,\" says Tim, who opened the place with his wife Kate hoping to create a \"neighborhood joint\" for locals, especially those in the 2-block-by-8-block riverfront district, where some 200 residential units have recently joined the old industrial spaces, where much of Petaluma's agricultural output was processed for shipping to San Francisco and beyond. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAownerskatetime700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAownerskatetime700-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Luma owners. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"Luma owners. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40737\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAMENU600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAMENU600-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Luma Menu. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"Luma Menu. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40738\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMABAR700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMABAR700-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"LUMA bar. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"LUMA bar. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40741\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without making a big deal of it, LUMA boosts many local products: coffee from the nearby Petaluma Roasting Company, cheese from Cowgirl Creamery, ice cream from Three Twins, port from Sonoma Portworks, Saison beer made in two-barrel batches in a warehouse down the road by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/HenHouse-Brewing-Company/211269008902745\">Henhouse Brewing Company\u003c/a>. (Given Petaluma's history as the egg basket of Northern California, a beer company named after a chicken coop is no surprise.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a short but intriguing wine list in place, LUMA's now working on building up a beer program to match. \"The craft breweries in this neck of the woods are phenomenal. Everyone who works here is very into beer. Up the North Coast, the Lost Coast, the beer scene is really exploding.\" says Tim. He hopes that, over time, the menu could adapt to accommodate these new beers, although already the Satan's Kiss pizza, topped with roasted cherry peppers, Italian sausage, mozzarella, and ricotta seems custom-made for a tall draft. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And speaking of beer, don't let the name fool you: although the company started in West Marin, the popular, rapidly expanding Lagunitas Brewing Company now brews in Petaluma. They offer tasting tours of the brewery Monday through Friday at 3pm, as well walk-through tours Wednesday through Friday at 3pm and 5pm, Saturday and Sunday at 1pm, 3pm, and 5pm. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStankscows1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStankscows280.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS tanks and cows\" title=\"LAGUNITAS tanks and cows\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40750\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproomsign1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproomsign2801.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS taproom sign\" title=\"LAGUNITAS taproom sign\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40757\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attached to the brewery is a lively taproom and beer garden with live music and plenty of special brews on tap. Although the whole complex is a few miles out of town, along a drab stretch of road lined with anonymous office parks, plenty of beer enthusiasts find their way here by happy hour; on a recent Friday night, parking spots were rare and nearly every outdoor picnic table was filled. (Plastic tenting and heat lamps keep the atmosphere toasty, no matter what the weather.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproom2-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproom2-280.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS taproom\" title=\"LAGUNITAS taproom\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40752\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITASbeerflight1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITASbeerflight280.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS beer flight\" title=\"LAGUNITAS beer flight\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40748\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITASbeercloseup1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITASbeercloseup280.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS beer closeup\" title=\"LAGUNITAS beer closeup\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40746\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproom1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproom280.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS taproom\" title=\"LAGUNITAS taproom\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40754\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For $5.50, you can create your own 4-taste beer flight, based on whatever's on tap that night. We got a mix of bright, grapefruity Lil' Sumpin' Sumpin; malty, mellow Wilco Tango Foxtrot (abbreviated, naturally, to WTF); snappy, yeasty Hop Stoopid, which smelled like baking bread and which we dubbed the \"breakfast beer\", and the brunch-worthy, coffee-flavored Cappuccino Stout. Pretzels and peanuts in the shell come with the brews, but there's a menu of panini, sausages, and other bar snacks, too. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prefer a taste that's a little more Downton Abbey? Try a dessert-wine sipping at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.portworks.com\">Sonoma Valley Portworks\u003c/a>, where you can sip port, sherry, muscat, even grappa. Deco, one of their most popular ports, is flavored with bittersweet chocolate, while the Duet cream sherry is enhanced with hazelnuts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspired by all the green around you? \u003ca href=\"http://rareseeds.com/petaluma-seed-bank\">The Seed Bank\u003c/a>, at the corner of Petaluma Boulevard and Washington Avenue, took over what was once the Sonoma County National Bank. Now, the imposing building is packed with over a thousand different hard-to-find fruit, flower, herb, and vegetable seeds from the Missouri-based Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, along with lots of useful magazines, books, and tools geared towards down-and-dirty home gardeners or aspiring urban farmers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday, March 24 from 10:30am-12:30pm, \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinorganic.org/p_tours.php\">Marin Organic\u003c/a> is offering a family-friendly tour of \u003ca href=\"http://windrushfarm.wordpress.com/about/\">Windrush Farm\u003c/a> in the nearby Chileno Valley, where owner Mimi Luebbermann raises sheep for wool, as well as chickens, llamas, and alpacas. (Save a pat for Daisy the Jersey cow, too!) Pet the lambs, snuggle a chicken, and learn how natural animal fibers are transformed from \"sheep to shawl.\" \u003ca href=\"https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e5kxjh5wc94b0c9f&oseq=\">Advance registration\u003c/a> is required; the tour is $25-$20 for adults, $5 for children 2-16, free for children under 2. Can't make it this weekend? Windrush will be hosting another \u003ca href=\"https://www.z2systems.com/np/clients/malt/eventRegistration.jsp;jsessionid=716774FE47DD24DBC0378EAFCB54C68B?event=356\">Farm Family Day\u003c/a> in conjunction with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.malt.org\">Marin Agricultural Land Trust\u003c/a> on Saturday, May 5, from 10:30am to 1:30pm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Photos by Stephane von Stephane \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acrecoffee.com\">Acre Coffee\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAddress:\u003ca href=\"http://g.co/maps/2f9pj\"> Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n21 4th St.\u003cbr>\nPetaluma, CA\u003cbr>\nPhone: (707) 772-5117\u003cbr>\nHours: Mon-Fri: 6:30am-6pm, Sat-Sun: 7am-6pm\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/acrecoffee\">AcreCoffee\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.lagunitas.com/taproom/index.html\">Lagunitas TapRoom\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAddress: \u003ca href=\"http://g.co/maps/y8qm8\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n1280 North McDowell Boulevard\u003cbr>\nPetaluma, CA\u003cbr>\nPhone: (707) 769-4495\u003cbr>\nHours: Wed-Fri: 2pm-9pm, Sat-Sun: 11:30am-8pm\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitter.com/#!/lagunitasT\">@LagunitasT\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/lagunitastaproom\">Lagunitas TapRoom\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.lumapetaluma.com\">LUMA\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAddress: \u003ca href=\"http://g.co/maps/n9pgy\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n500 1st St\u003cbr>\nPetaluma, CA\u003cbr>\nPhone: (707) 658-1940\u003cbr>\nHours: Tue–Thu: 4pm–9pm, Fri–Sat: 4pm–9:30 pm, Sun: 10am–2pm (brunch), 5pm–8pm (dinner)\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"http://www.twitter.com/#!/lumapetaluma\">@lumapetaluma\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/LUMA/149917835030580\">LUMA\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Need brunch? Don't miss the challah French toast, honey-broiled grapefruit, or green eggs n' ham pizza at \u003ca href=\"http://www.lumapetaluma.com\">LUMA\u003c/a> in the city's riverside warehouse district, where several local other food businesses, like \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com\">Cowgirl Creamery\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.threetwinsicecream.com\">Three Twins Ice Cream\u003c/a>, have their production facilities. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On sunny Sundays, the tables out front are particularly coveted for relaxed morning meals, perhaps recapping the previous night's music show at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mystictheatre.com\">Mystic Theatre\u003c/a>. (Henry Rollins will be doing his thing at the Mystic on March 29; Mazzy Star and the Carolina Chocolate Drops are upcoming in April.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LumaDoor600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LumaDoor600-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"LUMA Entrance. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"LUMA Entrance. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40729\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAsoup1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAsoup1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"LUMA Soup. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"LUMA Soup. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40730\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMACHEF1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMACHEF1000-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"LUMA Chef Jen Solomon in pink. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"LUMA Chef Jen Solomon in pink. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40732\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At dinnertime, the restaurant, which opened last year, serves what owner Tim Tatum calls \"eclectic American\" or \"global comfort food\"--pizzas from a wood-burning oven, a pasta or two, lots of salads, truffled mac n' cheese, and chicken under a brick, with specials that might range from Korean short ribs to swordfish with capers, dished up by chef Jen Solomon, who worked at AsiaSF and District wine bar in the city before coming to Petaluma. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tim, a builder and developer who grew up in San Francisco, built the mixed-use building that houses LUMA, with a plan for a restaurant in mind. The ceilings are high, the bar (where locals gather to eat, drink, and kibbitz) front and center. \"We're still getting discovered by people,\" says Tim, who opened the place with his wife Kate hoping to create a \"neighborhood joint\" for locals, especially those in the 2-block-by-8-block riverfront district, where some 200 residential units have recently joined the old industrial spaces, where much of Petaluma's agricultural output was processed for shipping to San Francisco and beyond. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAownerskatetime700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAownerskatetime700-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Luma owners. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"Luma owners. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40737\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAMENU600.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMAMENU600-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Luma Menu. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"Luma Menu. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40738\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMABAR700.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LUMABAR700-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"LUMA bar. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"LUMA bar. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40741\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without making a big deal of it, LUMA boosts many local products: coffee from the nearby Petaluma Roasting Company, cheese from Cowgirl Creamery, ice cream from Three Twins, port from Sonoma Portworks, Saison beer made in two-barrel batches in a warehouse down the road by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/HenHouse-Brewing-Company/211269008902745\">Henhouse Brewing Company\u003c/a>. (Given Petaluma's history as the egg basket of Northern California, a beer company named after a chicken coop is no surprise.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a short but intriguing wine list in place, LUMA's now working on building up a beer program to match. \"The craft breweries in this neck of the woods are phenomenal. Everyone who works here is very into beer. Up the North Coast, the Lost Coast, the beer scene is really exploding.\" says Tim. He hopes that, over time, the menu could adapt to accommodate these new beers, although already the Satan's Kiss pizza, topped with roasted cherry peppers, Italian sausage, mozzarella, and ricotta seems custom-made for a tall draft. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And speaking of beer, don't let the name fool you: although the company started in West Marin, the popular, rapidly expanding Lagunitas Brewing Company now brews in Petaluma. They offer tasting tours of the brewery Monday through Friday at 3pm, as well walk-through tours Wednesday through Friday at 3pm and 5pm, Saturday and Sunday at 1pm, 3pm, and 5pm. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStankscows1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStankscows280.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS tanks and cows\" title=\"LAGUNITAS tanks and cows\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40750\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproomsign1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproomsign2801.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS taproom sign\" title=\"LAGUNITAS taproom sign\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40757\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attached to the brewery is a lively taproom and beer garden with live music and plenty of special brews on tap. Although the whole complex is a few miles out of town, along a drab stretch of road lined with anonymous office parks, plenty of beer enthusiasts find their way here by happy hour; on a recent Friday night, parking spots were rare and nearly every outdoor picnic table was filled. (Plastic tenting and heat lamps keep the atmosphere toasty, no matter what the weather.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproom2-1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproom2-280.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS taproom\" title=\"LAGUNITAS taproom\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40752\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITASbeerflight1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITASbeerflight280.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS beer flight\" title=\"LAGUNITAS beer flight\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40748\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITASbeercloseup1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITASbeercloseup280.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS beer closeup\" title=\"LAGUNITAS beer closeup\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40746\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproom1000.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/LAGUNITAStaproom280.jpg\" alt=\"LAGUNITAS taproom\" title=\"LAGUNITAS taproom\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40754\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For $5.50, you can create your own 4-taste beer flight, based on whatever's on tap that night. We got a mix of bright, grapefruity Lil' Sumpin' Sumpin; malty, mellow Wilco Tango Foxtrot (abbreviated, naturally, to WTF); snappy, yeasty Hop Stoopid, which smelled like baking bread and which we dubbed the \"breakfast beer\", and the brunch-worthy, coffee-flavored Cappuccino Stout. Pretzels and peanuts in the shell come with the brews, but there's a menu of panini, sausages, and other bar snacks, too. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prefer a taste that's a little more Downton Abbey? Try a dessert-wine sipping at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.portworks.com\">Sonoma Valley Portworks\u003c/a>, where you can sip port, sherry, muscat, even grappa. Deco, one of their most popular ports, is flavored with bittersweet chocolate, while the Duet cream sherry is enhanced with hazelnuts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspired by all the green around you? \u003ca href=\"http://rareseeds.com/petaluma-seed-bank\">The Seed Bank\u003c/a>, at the corner of Petaluma Boulevard and Washington Avenue, took over what was once the Sonoma County National Bank. Now, the imposing building is packed with over a thousand different hard-to-find fruit, flower, herb, and vegetable seeds from the Missouri-based Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, along with lots of useful magazines, books, and tools geared towards down-and-dirty home gardeners or aspiring urban farmers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday, March 24 from 10:30am-12:30pm, \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinorganic.org/p_tours.php\">Marin Organic\u003c/a> is offering a family-friendly tour of \u003ca href=\"http://windrushfarm.wordpress.com/about/\">Windrush Farm\u003c/a> in the nearby Chileno Valley, where owner Mimi Luebbermann raises sheep for wool, as well as chickens, llamas, and alpacas. (Save a pat for Daisy the Jersey cow, too!) Pet the lambs, snuggle a chicken, and learn how natural animal fibers are transformed from \"sheep to shawl.\" \u003ca href=\"https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e5kxjh5wc94b0c9f&oseq=\">Advance registration\u003c/a> is required; the tour is $25-$20 for adults, $5 for children 2-16, free for children under 2. Can't make it this weekend? Windrush will be hosting another \u003ca href=\"https://www.z2systems.com/np/clients/malt/eventRegistration.jsp;jsessionid=716774FE47DD24DBC0378EAFCB54C68B?event=356\">Farm Family Day\u003c/a> in conjunction with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.malt.org\">Marin Agricultural Land Trust\u003c/a> on Saturday, May 5, from 10:30am to 1:30pm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Photos by Stephane von Stephane \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acrecoffee.com\">Acre Coffee\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAddress:\u003ca href=\"http://g.co/maps/2f9pj\"> Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n21 4th St.\u003cbr>\nPetaluma, CA\u003cbr>\nPhone: (707) 772-5117\u003cbr>\nHours: Mon-Fri: 6:30am-6pm, Sat-Sun: 7am-6pm\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/acrecoffee\">AcreCoffee\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.lagunitas.com/taproom/index.html\">Lagunitas TapRoom\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAddress: \u003ca href=\"http://g.co/maps/y8qm8\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n1280 North McDowell Boulevard\u003cbr>\nPetaluma, CA\u003cbr>\nPhone: (707) 769-4495\u003cbr>\nHours: Wed-Fri: 2pm-9pm, Sat-Sun: 11:30am-8pm\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitter.com/#!/lagunitasT\">@LagunitasT\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/lagunitastaproom\">Lagunitas TapRoom\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/greeneggs560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/greeneggs560.jpg\" alt=\"green eggs\" title=\"green eggs\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40449\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Stephane von Stephane\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s spring and our world is \u003ca href=\"http://www.poetry-archive.com/c/in_just.html\">mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful\u003c/a>, at last. The lettuce plants in my garden are pushing out leaf after crisp-frilled leaf for joy of this cool, cloudy, rainy weather. The sugar-snap peas are climbing the trellis, and a new crop of Bright Lights chard is adding its brilliant rainbow colors to the surrounding greens in every shade from emerald to chartreuse. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the charm of the spring garden lies in its promise, in the anticipation of delicate, de-lovely tastes to come. The pink-and-white apple blossoms promise apple pies come autumn; the green leaves crowning the hills of the potato plants mark the treasure of new potatoes soon to be discovered below. But one short-season treat is ready right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green garlic is our very particular, very Nor-Cal herald of spring, much as ramps (also a member of the allium family, along with onions, shallots, and leeks) are in the Northeast. But unlike ramps, a wild plant that must be foraged from the spring woods, green garlic is a domestic, farmable crop, common at farmers’ markets in springtime. It’s nothing more than the early shoots of the garlic plant, harvested before the familiar cloven bulb has formed at the base. Right now, the tall, leafy shoots are still pale green, with a texture somewhere between scallion and lemongrass. The scent is garlicky but the flavor is mild, making it a perfect addition to pizzas, pastas, and egg dishes. Trim off the roots and the top few inches of leaf, then slice and use much like a tougher, more pungent scallion. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And speaking of eggs, spring’s tender new greens, both domestic and wild, are a lovely complement to eggs any way. Chopped and sautéed in butter, spinach makes a fine nest for a poached duck egg. Finely sliced asparagus, a bit of poached or smoked salmon and some fresh ricotta, a lovely omelet filling. Nettles, steamed in a splash of water until just wilted (and no longer sting-able), can be drained, squeezed of any excess water, chopped finely and stirred into a scramble. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chard works well this way too, destemmed, torn up, and melted in butter with a couple of chopped stalks of green garlic. Season with salt, pepper, and a grating of fresh nutmeg. Whisk up a few eggs and add them to the greens in the pan. Scramble over medium heat until not quite done, then dot the eggs with crumbled fresh goat cheese or sheep’s milk feta. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/eggplate560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/eggplate560.jpg\" alt=\"Green Eggs and Lamb\" title=\"Green Eggs and Lamb\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40446\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As you can see from the picture the effect is more greens with eggs than green eggs, but this is a good thing. I pureed my raw eggs and greens in a blender once, just to see if I could make really green eggs, and while the answer was yes, the resulting Emerald City scramble was just a little too Astroturf-y for breakfast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As anyone who’s ever roasted a leg of lamb knows, garlic is lamb’s natural complement, and green garlic makes a splendid partner for ground lamb. To go with my chard-n-eggs on a recent morning, I made a quick batch of homemade lamb patties, shaped like breakfast-sausage patties but made like meatballs. Bread crumbs, a splash of milk and an egg yolk help hold the meat together; chopped herbs and green garlic add a little sparkle and ring the breakfast-sausage (rather than burger) chimes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with any ground meat, it’s wise to know your source, both rancher and butcher. Look for meat that’s pleasantly fatty; very lean meat can produce a too-dry patty, as can overworking the meat when you’re blending in the breadcrumbs and herbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I do so like\u003cbr>\ngreen eggs and lamb!\u003cbr>\nThank you!\u003cbr>\nThank you,\u003cbr>\nSam-I-am.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lamb Breakfast Patties\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prep Time:\u003c/strong> 10 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Cook Time: \u003c/strong>5-8 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Total Time:\u003c/strong> 15-18 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Yield:\u003c/strong> 6 2-inch patties\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs\u003cbr>\n2 tbsp milk\u003cbr>\n1 egg yolk\u003cbr>\n1/2 lb ground lamb\u003cbr>\nsalt and freshly ground pepper\u003cbr>\n1 stalk green garlic, trimmed and minced\u003cbr>\n1/4 tsp ground coriander\u003cbr>\n1/2 tsp minced fresh oregano\u003cbr>\n1/2 tsp crumbled fresh thyme or sage\u003cbr>\n1 tsp minced fresh mint or parsley\u003cbr>\nOlive oil for frying\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Preparation\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1. Soak bread crumbs in milk for 5 minutes. Stir in egg yolk, then gently mix in ground lamb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, green garlic, and fresh herbs. Mix gently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. In a medium-sized skillet over medium heat, lightly film skillet with olive oil. Shape meat mixture into 6 golf-ball sized balls, then flatten into patties. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. Cook patties until well-browned on first side, then flip over and continue cooking until just slightly pink in the center, 5-8 minutes total. Drain off extra fat as necessary. Serve hot with green eggs. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/greeneggs560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/greeneggs560.jpg\" alt=\"green eggs\" title=\"green eggs\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40449\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Photo: Stephane von Stephane\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s spring and our world is \u003ca href=\"http://www.poetry-archive.com/c/in_just.html\">mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful\u003c/a>, at last. The lettuce plants in my garden are pushing out leaf after crisp-frilled leaf for joy of this cool, cloudy, rainy weather. The sugar-snap peas are climbing the trellis, and a new crop of Bright Lights chard is adding its brilliant rainbow colors to the surrounding greens in every shade from emerald to chartreuse. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the charm of the spring garden lies in its promise, in the anticipation of delicate, de-lovely tastes to come. The pink-and-white apple blossoms promise apple pies come autumn; the green leaves crowning the hills of the potato plants mark the treasure of new potatoes soon to be discovered below. But one short-season treat is ready right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green garlic is our very particular, very Nor-Cal herald of spring, much as ramps (also a member of the allium family, along with onions, shallots, and leeks) are in the Northeast. But unlike ramps, a wild plant that must be foraged from the spring woods, green garlic is a domestic, farmable crop, common at farmers’ markets in springtime. It’s nothing more than the early shoots of the garlic plant, harvested before the familiar cloven bulb has formed at the base. Right now, the tall, leafy shoots are still pale green, with a texture somewhere between scallion and lemongrass. The scent is garlicky but the flavor is mild, making it a perfect addition to pizzas, pastas, and egg dishes. Trim off the roots and the top few inches of leaf, then slice and use much like a tougher, more pungent scallion. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And speaking of eggs, spring’s tender new greens, both domestic and wild, are a lovely complement to eggs any way. Chopped and sautéed in butter, spinach makes a fine nest for a poached duck egg. Finely sliced asparagus, a bit of poached or smoked salmon and some fresh ricotta, a lovely omelet filling. Nettles, steamed in a splash of water until just wilted (and no longer sting-able), can be drained, squeezed of any excess water, chopped finely and stirred into a scramble. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chard works well this way too, destemmed, torn up, and melted in butter with a couple of chopped stalks of green garlic. Season with salt, pepper, and a grating of fresh nutmeg. Whisk up a few eggs and add them to the greens in the pan. Scramble over medium heat until not quite done, then dot the eggs with crumbled fresh goat cheese or sheep’s milk feta. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/eggplate560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/eggplate560.jpg\" alt=\"Green Eggs and Lamb\" title=\"Green Eggs and Lamb\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40446\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As you can see from the picture the effect is more greens with eggs than green eggs, but this is a good thing. I pureed my raw eggs and greens in a blender once, just to see if I could make really green eggs, and while the answer was yes, the resulting Emerald City scramble was just a little too Astroturf-y for breakfast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As anyone who’s ever roasted a leg of lamb knows, garlic is lamb’s natural complement, and green garlic makes a splendid partner for ground lamb. To go with my chard-n-eggs on a recent morning, I made a quick batch of homemade lamb patties, shaped like breakfast-sausage patties but made like meatballs. Bread crumbs, a splash of milk and an egg yolk help hold the meat together; chopped herbs and green garlic add a little sparkle and ring the breakfast-sausage (rather than burger) chimes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with any ground meat, it’s wise to know your source, both rancher and butcher. Look for meat that’s pleasantly fatty; very lean meat can produce a too-dry patty, as can overworking the meat when you’re blending in the breadcrumbs and herbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I do so like\u003cbr>\ngreen eggs and lamb!\u003cbr>\nThank you!\u003cbr>\nThank you,\u003cbr>\nSam-I-am.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lamb Breakfast Patties\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prep Time:\u003c/strong> 10 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Cook Time: \u003c/strong>5-8 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Total Time:\u003c/strong> 15-18 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Yield:\u003c/strong> 6 2-inch patties\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs\u003cbr>\n2 tbsp milk\u003cbr>\n1 egg yolk\u003cbr>\n1/2 lb ground lamb\u003cbr>\nsalt and freshly ground pepper\u003cbr>\n1 stalk green garlic, trimmed and minced\u003cbr>\n1/4 tsp ground coriander\u003cbr>\n1/2 tsp minced fresh oregano\u003cbr>\n1/2 tsp crumbled fresh thyme or sage\u003cbr>\n1 tsp minced fresh mint or parsley\u003cbr>\nOlive oil for frying\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Preparation\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1. Soak bread crumbs in milk for 5 minutes. Stir in egg yolk, then gently mix in ground lamb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, green garlic, and fresh herbs. Mix gently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. In a medium-sized skillet over medium heat, lightly film skillet with olive oil. Shape meat mixture into 6 golf-ball sized balls, then flatten into patties. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. Cook patties until well-browned on first side, then flip over and continue cooking until just slightly pink in the center, 5-8 minutes total. Drain off extra fat as necessary. Serve hot with green eggs. \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Longer hours of daylight flip a switch in the instinctual brains of our feathered friends, chickens both urban and rural among them, and the stingy-to-nonexistent egg-laying of the winter months suddenly turns into a bountiful flood of fresh, beautiful eggs for spring. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the chickens of \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinsunfarms.com\">Marin Sun Farms'\u003c/a> home ranch in Inverness were chattering and clucking like a posse of glamour gals from \u003ca href=\"http://gossipgirl-blog.cwtv.com/\">Gossip Girl\u003c/a>, crisscrossed by a handful of strutting roosters. Eve Love, who runs the kitchen at the company's butcher shop and cafe in Point Reyes Station, gave me a springtime gift of a half-dozen jumbo eggs in every color from palest buff to aqua-green. Every egg was double-yolked, a good-luck charm from their happy hens. Love is also starting her own flock of quail, with three hens in a pen, and along with the jumbo eggs she gave me three dainty speckled quail eggs. Seen side by side, they looked like that Annie Leibovitz picture of \u003ca href=\"http://marshallmatlock.com/wp-content/gallery/annie-leibovitz-at-work-again/willie%20shoemaker%20and%20wilt%20chamberlain,%20malibu,%20ca,%201987.%20by%20annie%20leibovitz.png\"> basketball star Wilt Chamberlain and jockey Willie Shoemaker.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dainty and speckled, quail eggs, which can be found in specialty grocery stores as well in Asian markets, invariably put me in mind of the centerpiece of plovers' eggs decorating Sebastian's rooms in Evelyn Waugh's novel \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316926345/kqedorg-20\">Brideshead Revisited.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Sebastian lived at Christ Church, high in Meadow Buildings. He was alone when I came in, peeling a plover's egg taken from the large nest of moss in the centre of the table. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>'I've just counted them,\" he said. 'There were five each and two over, so I'm having the two. I'm unaccountably hungry to-day.' \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The party assembled. Each as he came in made first for the plover's eggs, then noticed Sebastian and then myself with a polite lack of curiosity which seemed to say: \u003cem>We should not dream of being so offensive as to suggest that you never met us before.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>'The first this year!\" they said. 'Where did you get them?' \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>'Mummy sends them from Brideshead. They always lay early for her.' \"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/quailegg560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/03/quailegg560.jpg\" alt=\"quail eggs. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" title=\"quail eggs. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40075\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Quail eggs, front egg peeled and topped with paprika. Photo: Stephane von Stephane\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've never seen a plover's egg, but I imagine them something like these, a little shy and wild, a woodland morsel out of a fairytale. Or, like a quail's egg, something very chic, displayed on a square black plate, ready for peeling, with matching saucers of sea salt and smoked paprika for dipping. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's easy to hard-boil quails' eggs. Put them in a pot and cover with at least an inch of water. Bring to a boil, then cover, turn off the heat, and let sit for five minutes. Drop the eggs into an ice-water bath to stop the cooking. (This helps prevent that unsightly gray ring from forming around the yolk). Once cooled, chill, then let your guests peel their own, sprinkling each bite with salt and smoked paprika. (This is a nice chance to show off whatever expensive crunchy salts you were gifted over the holidays, by the way.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What else can you do with this month's bounty of eggs? There are \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/04/04/eggs-for-easter/\">souffles\u003c/a>, of course, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/w/morefastfoodmyway/episode208.html\">Jacques Pepin's Asparagus Fans \u003c/a> with hard-boiled eggs and mustard vinaigrette. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you've made your fill of scrambles and frittatas, over-easy's and sunny-sides-up, you can try a batch of these lovely, tender pancakes, made with cottage cheese, lots of eggs, and just a hint of lemon. Similar to lemon ricotta pancakes, these were a family specialty when I was growing up, served interchangeably for breakfast and Sunday-night supper, usually rolled around a dollop of sour cream and a spoonful of warmed Bing cherries. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After calling my mom for the recipe (which she found, scrawled in my teenage handwriting, on the flyleaf of one of her cookbooks), I made them again, for the first time in decades. They were exactly as I'd remembered: moist, tender, delicate and mess-free, with a taste somewhere between a crepe and a blintz. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All you need is a blender (or a bowl and a whisk) and a frying pan. Happy spring!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cottage Cheese Pancakes\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Measure your ingredients right into the blender, then buzz and go! The pancakes can be served with maple syrup, powdered sugar, or lemon glaze. If you want to keep your pancakes local, use \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowgirlcreamery.com/cheeses.asp\">Cowgirl Creamery's excellent, Marin-made cottage cheese\u003c/a>, made from organic Straus Family Creamery milk. \u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prep Time:\u003c/strong> 5 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Cook Time:\u003c/strong> 5 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Total time:\u003c/strong>10 minutes\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Yield:\u003c/strong> 10 pancakes\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1 cup small-curd cottage cheese\u003cbr>\n6 eggs\u003cbr>\n1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup milk\u003cbr>\ngrated rind of 1 Meyer lemon (optional)\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup vegetable oil, such as grapeseed or canola\u003cbr>\n1/2 tsp vanilla extract\u003cbr>\n1/4 tsp salt\u003cbr>\nButter, for greasing pan\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lemon Glaze:\u003cbr>\n3 tbsp butter\u003cbr>\njuice of 1 large Meyer lemon\u003cbr>\n1 tbsp sugar, or to taste\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Serving:\u003cbr>\n1/2 cup sour cream\u003cbr>\n1 cup pitted cherries, liquid reserved if canned\u003cbr>\nPowdered sugar\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Preparation\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1. Combine all pancake ingredients in a blender. Blend at high speed for 1 minute, stopping to scrape down sides once. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. Cook on a hot, lightly greased griddle or frying pan, using a 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. Bake for approximately 2 minutes per side, until well golden browned. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. While pancakes are cooking, make glaze. In a small saucepan, melt butter with lemon juice and sugar, cooking over low heat until butter is melted and mixture is slightly syrupy. If using cherries, warm in their liquid until plump and heated through. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. Serve pancakes immediately, drizzled with glaze. If desired, fill each pancake with a dollop of sour cream and a spoonful of cherries. Roll pancake up around filling. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and/or drizzle with glaze. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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