July/August Issue – Online Version
Flip through the July/August 2022 issue online:
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Jul/Aug 2022
Letter from the Editor
I wish Lindsay knew how much I love her. World peace, please. That my breakup is easier than I think it will be. I wish for me and my mom
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Meet a Local Artist – The Spindles
The Story of The Spindles: Sonoma County Stalwarts, Darlings of the Nostalgic Futurama My name is Henry Nagle. I’m a guitar player, born in Santa Rosa. In 2001, I went
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Eat Local – “Fire! Food! Friends!”
Barbecue, like so many American traditions, is rooted in Indigenous and West African cultures and practices—from the salting and seasoning that helped preserve large cuts of meat to the practice
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Drink Local Short – “Cultured Creations: Chef Lauren Kershner Takes on Kombucha”
“I bought my first kombucha at a gas station in Mendocino County when I was a teenager and thought it was awful,” Chef Lauren Kershner tells me. She’s preparing artful
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Grow Local – “Plants to the People!”
The success of a harvest starts long before planting. While some might see just a vegetable, any good farmer sees the end result of months, years, even decades of work,
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Make Local — “Resale Therapy”
Why does Brian Benn’s office contain, among other things, a bagful of a stranger’s ashes and a spinning sex swing? There’s also a bulletin board crammed with photos of people
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Make Local Short — “No More Worksheets”
Learning House envisions a more holistic approach to education In August of 2020, my youngest started kindergarten—a milestone that, with three older sisters, she’d been looking forward to pretty much
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Locavore: Eating Local, Cooking Local — “Jalapeños en Escabeche with Sheila Shupe”
Confessions of a Germophile I’ll tell you a secret. I’m a native Californian and I didn’t eat a fish taco until I was 28. When I first met my husband,
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Sonoma County Farmers’ Markets
Cotati Community Farmers Market ilovefarmersmarkets.org La Plaza Park W. Sierra and Old Redwood Hwy Thursdays 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm June 1 – September 28 Forestville Farmers Market forestvillefarmersmarket.com 6900
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