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A Letter from the Editor. When we launched Made Local Magazine in 2013, people constantly asked how we could possibly find enough stories to fill these pages every other month. […]
Nov/Dec 2015
Reinventing the Nugget
Hip Chick Farms and the quest for ethical frozen foods. It wasn’t until halfway through a call with the Food & Wine magazine editor that Jennifer Johnson and her wife
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Fire Arts
Wood-fired pizza ovens are for so much more than just pizza. Each day at 4pm, Jim and Michele Wimborough light up their dual wood-fired ovens at Hazel Restaurant in Occidental.
Big Bacteria
New ‘Spoiled to Perfection’ video series celebrates fermentation. Any dietician will tell you not to binge, let alone binge on briny, fermented foods—no matter how delicious. You can, however, sublimate
Growing Together
Late in September, on a hilly, sun-baked property at the foot of Sonoma Mountain, Vince and Jenny Trotter spent three days in the heat hand-shelling late summer beans, grown on
Suds ‘n’ Spirits – Nov/Dec ’15
Thinkin’ to drinkin’, we offer a rotating round of spots we love. Descriptions by David P. Walsh and Gretchen Giles. Cooperage Brewing Company cooperagebrewing.com | 707.293.9787 981 Airway Court, Santa
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Bring on the Funk
Fresh brewing methods make sour beer the new old thing. Until the recent craft beer revolution, the beer flavor profile has consisted primarily of malt, hops, yeast, and alcohol. It’s
Fruit of the Earth
In praise of the amazing, indestructible, utterly delicious, hard-working mushroom. The largest living organism on Earth lies just under the ground in Eastern Oregon. Spanning some 2,200 acres, it is
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Sick and Tired
New Farmworker Health Survey offers a dire prognosis for our poorest residents. A survey by the Sonoma County Department of Health Services has found that farmworkers here experience poorer health,
U-Cut Christmas Tree Farms
It’s a safe bet that every farm listed for U-Cut Christmas trees will be open the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve, but it’s always wise to call ahead and
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