Rachel Dovey
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Farm-to-Snail
A new Slow Food certification rewards local restaurants for good, clean, and fair business practices. Daniel Kedan, chef and owner of Backyard, has no problem with people asking to see the inside of his refrigerator. “At any point someone could come in here and I’d be happy to show them my walk-in,” he says on…
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A Nourishing Tradition
How commercial-scale bone broth came to the North Bay. Cesar Vernier’s surgical steel pot would reach his waist if it sat on the ground. Because he’s hoisted it onto a stovetop, the co-founder of The Bone Broth Company uses a small step-ladder to add ingredients, which, at this point in the lengthy process, are simply…
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Adventures in Beer
Crooked Goat Brewing From Taylor Maid coffee to backyard honey, you can taste Sonoma County in Crooked Goat Brewing is something-for-everyone menu. “Local sourcing is our focus, as much as possible,” says brewmaster Will Erickson on a recent Tuesday morning, roughly a month after Crooked Goat Brewing slid open its roll-top doors to the public…