The first general Slow Food Meeting for the newly formed Nevada County chapter will be held Thursday, November 12th from 7- 8:30 pm in the Briar Patch Community Room. This will be your chance to learn more about Slow Food and and how to become a member and be a part of culinary events and [...]

It’s really rewarding when you are involved with a topic and it is also being promoted on a national level. The New York Times has been really great about publishing frequent articles about local food, organic food and ways that regular people can start to incorporate some of these ideals into their everyday lives. Today [...]

Among other things, I have been spending my fall mornings gathering apples from local trees, hunting down chestnuts and re-learning how to cook with the fall and winter bounty of foods that are some what less common than everyone’s favorite summer foods. One of my unexpected fall favorites is turning out to be TURNIPS! I [...]

Halloween is one of my favorites days of the year………it is right after my birthday, there is usually a delightful chill in the air, the creativity of costume creation and of course the sweet treats! This year we stayed home and handed out treats to the neighborhood kids and then went to a Halloween party [...]