Cannery Row Cuisine: Sardines
Yes, yes the toro sashimi was wonderful: a delightful mouthfeel and delicate flavor. However, what left a bad taste in my mouth was finding toro...
Category: Spice Blog
California’s Delicious Foodie Central Coast
Whether you travel by circuitous Highway 1 through Big Sur-Cambria-Guadalupe or the 101 through Paso Robles, Santa Margarita, and Solvang, the distance between Monterey and...
Searching for European-style Bakeries
For the bread suggestions offered here, a caveat. While there are a number of bakeries throughout the Central Coast, few make bread in the classic...
Great Recipes: Ratatouille
Talk about meal planning: when you set your mind to grow from seed (mostly) the ingredients for great recipes, it’s a long way from February’s...
Handcrafted Cheese
A bright spot in the news lately: dairy families who seize the opportunity to work for themselves and use their cows’ rich milk to make...
Giving Grapes: Mano Tinta
Grapes are a generous bunch. Each cluster offers dozens of individual packages of sugars and tannins, seeds and skins. “Have more,” this fruit seems to...
