We have been busy preparing for our Friends and Family Retreat coming up very soon – July 24 – 26. And as always, I’ve been testing recipes in anticipation of what will be coming out of the garden next week. We’ve had an unseasonably cool July so far so it’s been a bit difficult […]
In our quest to be as hyper-local as possible, I took a sausage-making class last week with the idea of making sausage from meat we purchase from local ranchers. Our neighbor on one of the 40-acre parcels adjacent to Reverie raises his own beef cattle and he’s willing to sell one to us but he
“Farm-to-table” has been the buzzword in kitchens in the Bay Area for at least two decades, with seasonal menus derived from local producers expected by diners and critics alike. Even Sacramento has jumped on the bandwagon and is branding themselves the Farm-to-Fork Capital of the World. Chefs frequently have gardens adjacent to their restaurants and
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It’s strawberry season! Last year we planted three different kinds of strawberries (18 to 20 strawberry plants each), two of which were “ever-bearing” and one of which was “June-bearing.” The idea was that the June-bearing strawberries would give it up all at once so I would have enough at one time to make
I think I’ve mentioned before that my philosophy around what to plant in our vegetable garden has been evolving. At first I was so excited to actually have a vegetable garden, with plenty of sun (as opposed to my tiny shade patch in Oakland) that I was planting a wide variety of familiar vegetables in
…or rather, raised beds of greens. We’ve been growing kale, chard, collard greens, mustard greens, lettuce, tatsoi, beets and their greens, turnips and their greens, and spinach in the garden beds, supplying us with greens throughout the winter. I ordered seeds of several kinds of Asian greens and radishes from an Asian specialty
Ever since I started going to the Ferry Plaza Farmers market in San Francisco in the mid-90s (which used to be at the corner of Green Street and Embarcadero back in the day), I’ve been one to eat by the seasons. Which is pretty easy when you are going to farmers markets that have as
For the second year in a row I got to be a judge at the Good Food Awards in the Chocolate Category. David Salowich, who led our Chocolate Intensive workshop at Reverie back in June, has been the Chair of the Chocolate Committee for the past five years and graciously included me as one
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Living 24/7 at Reverie makes you go into daydreams at random times and sometimes this happens to a few of us together, since that’s just so much more fun. Starting with the background story of the “daydream” we’ve been having last week, I must say that this probably started at least a decade ago
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I pass by our ancient mulberry tree several times a day as I walk to and from the garden to water everything. Right now it is literally pregnant with fat, black, juicy berries – and if last year is any indication, we should have mulberries through the end of August. Last summer – our first
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5760 Spanish Flat Rd
Garden Valley, CA 95633
