November/December 2019 Issue – Online Version
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Nov/Dec 2019
Letter from the Editor
For me, the winter holidays are synonymous with tamales. My family has only attempted to make them from scratch a couple of times. The time-intensive process was a chance to
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Locavortex: Small Farm Doesn’t Mean Low Tech
For many, the countryside of Sonoma County epitomizes a certain rustic chic, a nostalgic adventure through a bygone era conjuring up lopsided barns, rusted pitchforks, and apples overflowing from splintered
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In the Aromas, the Ancestors are Present
In the face of sudden loss, the family behind The Tamale Factory continues a tradition of handmade tamales handed down through generations. When her grandmother Mary died suddenly last March
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Crab Season’s New Normal? Climate Change in the Crabbing Industry
Uncertainty plagues the local crab industry after years of setbacks fueled by climate change. With the approach of Dungeness crab season, consumers are looking forward to serving local shellfish as
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Listening to the Spirit Coming Off of the Still
Sonoma Distilling Company steadily barrels towards becoming California’s whiskey. On a warm September morning in 2008, Adam Spiegel sat in his car in the parking lot of a financial sales
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Adventures in Drinking: Breathless Wines
Breathless brut sabered at Sunday brunch! That’s not an overblown headline ripped from the front page of a tabloid. That’s part of the experience of going to Breathless Wines in
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Ode to the Local Walnut
I am by nature a forager. No matter that I come from several generations of farmers and ranchers. Give me a tangle of inky blackberries, a patch of ephemeral miner’s
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On Persimmons – An Excerpt from “Fruit Trees for Every Garden”
Growth Patterns of the Persimmon Tree The Hachiya tree is tall and vigorous, often 15–20 feet tall and as wide. The fruit too is large, 3–4 inches wide, and
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GO LOCAL’s Holiday Gift Guide
What’s in your Made Local Magazine Holiday Gift Basket? It’s that time of year again! Why go to a big box store when an amazing array of local gift options
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