By Judith Redmond of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop Each season on the farm has its own tempo. The harvest overwhelms everyone’s attention for most of the year. The lambing …
A White Radish with Spirit
Author Michael Pollan says, “Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much.” It sounds like a Zen koan, doesn’t it? By “food,” Mr. Pollan means eating non-processed, natural fare. He says, “If your …
Where’s Billy? Raising Squash for Pets or Meat
You see, Billy is our prize squash. He's a Marina de Chiogga that we grew in our garden this summer. He should've been an eating squash, not a display gourd, but he got tucked under some big leaves …
Orange Soup Warms Heart
Butternut Squash is Comfort Food By Pia Hinckle When the weather turns damp and chilly, a heart-warming butternut squash soup is one of my favorites. This is one of those soups that will turn …
Try a Sauna for Relaxation and Well-Being
"Life without sauna seems to me impossible."—Urho Kekkonen, former Prime Minister and longest-serving President of Finland The Finnish sauna has been around for thousands of years but only came to …
Bear Track Farm
Betty Hui is powered by fruit. She has to be, she has a busy life. As The FruitGuys Retentions Specialist, she zips up, down, and around the San Francisco Bay Area visiting customers and keeping …
Thanksgiving Craft You can Eat: Apple Turkeys
Thanksgiving Crafts you Can Eat By Pia Hinckle Thanksgiving, when I was a kid, was always a massive affair. My mother would roast a monstrous turkey that barely fit in the oven; friends and family …
How to Roast a Sugar Pie Pumpkin
Mr. Jack O' Lantern’s sudden demise after Halloween may have inspired investigation by the budding entomologists in your family, but there is plenty more to be done with pumpkins than just turn them …
Orange you Healthy?
The orange of autumn is not only on trees: November is the peak season for winter squash. Although remarkably varied in appearance, winter squashes share an orange-colored flesh rich in antioxidants …
K is for Kiwi!
It’s hard to let go of things that were ingrained in my brain as a kid. I still feel nervous if I take food out of the kitchen to eat somewhere other than the table (“not on the rug, Chris!”), and …
Simple Sautéed Delicata Squash
Recipe by Meta Dunn INGREDIENTS One delicata squash Two cloves fresh garlic, minced (or 1 tablespoon of minced shallot or onion) One tablespoon olive oil Salt and pepper to taste …
You Say Hachiya, and I Say Fuyu!
My wife is on the East Coast for FruitGuys business, and I’m flying solo. My teen and preteen zombies, formerly known as my children, start rising at 5:45 every morning and usually grunt through the …
Curried Winter Squash Soup
Recipe by Tanya Milosevich INGREDIENTS ½ sweet onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 2–3 tablespoons olive oil ½ teaspoon curry powder (or more if you like a strong curry flavor) …
FruitGuy Noir: Ginny Grapefruit
It was the kind of month that gave a grown man a hangnail—the really nasty kind that snags easily on wool sweaters in the dry fall air and requires Neosporin and a superhero Band-Aid. I had been …
Roasted Kabocha Squash with Kale
Adapted from cooklocal.com INGREDIENTS 1 small kabocha squash 1 bunch kale or spinach, rinsed well and chopped 2 shallots, minced Vegetable oil (olive or canola) 3 tablespoons …
Roasted Root Vegetables
by Tanya Milosevich INGREDIENTS 2 parsnips, scrubbed well or peeled and cut in diagonal chunks 3–4 carrots, scrubbed well or peeled and cut in diagonal chunks 1–2 potatoes, sliced in …
Radicchio & Romaine Salad
Recipe by Karla Milosevich INGREDIENTS 1 head romaine lettuce 1 head radicchio 1 apple or pear (or a combination), thinly sliced Chopped nuts (walnuts and pecans work quite well) to …
Reflecting on Summer
By Jeff Main of Good Humus Produce, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop It seems like a long time since I’ve had a chance to touch bases with all of you, as a matter of fact, it has been a long …
When Larry Met Sherri and Mary
By Chris Mittelstaedt and Gretchen Bay Larry saw Mary eating a kiwi berry. “Sherri!” cried Larry, “I think that’s scary! Isn’t a kiwi supposed to be hairy?” “Oh, Larry,” laughed Sherri, “on the …
Steamboat Acres Historic Pear Farm
The Sacramento River Delta was at the center of the California Gold Rush. The northern California town that would be the future state’s capital was the gateway to the goldfields in the Sierra Nevada …
