Jul/Aug 2021
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Letter from the Editor
On a recent Saturday I took my girls to the farmers’ market for berries, greens, and cinnamon rolls. We also stopped by a mobile refill van. I left the empty bottles that previously held my laundry detergent and dish soap, did my shopping, and came back to pay; I especially love the ease of this…
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Meet a Local Artist
Writer Kelly Gray: In Her Own Words “I think when you look back at yourself as a young coyote, it’s really hard not to say, I was so scruffy. I made so many mistakes. I was not strong enough and my bite was weak. This judgment is held secretly, privately, especially in today’s robust trauma-porn…
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Borrowed Fire
Borrowed Fire Pop-up Restaurants Bring the Heat Nearly a decade ago, a “pop-down” restaurant was created 262 feet underground in the Tytyri Mine Museum in Helsinki. Diner/spelunkers wore helmets for the trek to their $160 meal featuring roasted veal tenderloin and escargot flambéed in absinthe, which was booked solid for its two-week run. The pop-up…
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Allée des Artistes
Café Frida Gallery Gathers the Town In the early 1930s, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera spent a night in a little house on Sebastopol Avenue in what is now the tiny but vibrant SOFA neighborhood near downtown Santa Rosa. The famous couple was hoping to meet botanist Luther Burbank, whom Kahlo later depicted as a half-tree…
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Sonoma Sanctuary
Growing Love and Microgreens at Sweetwater Spectrum Just two blocks off the hustle and bustle of Highway 12 near the Sonoma Plaza, I press a code into the keypad of a fortress-esque private gate that silently swings open like a portal to another realm. Moments before I had been immersed in the lively stimuli of…
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Bulking
Towards a Plastic-Free Bathroom When I found out that China quit taking our recycling in 2018, and it’s now piling up on docks, in landfills and on unsuspecting island nations around the world, I went a little nuts (Netflix, Recycling Sham). I read Zero Waste blogs obsessively. I labeled jars and filled them at bulk…
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Meet a Local Farmer
Jen Beretta: Beretta Family Dairy Dairy farming has deep roots in my family. I am a 4th-generation dairy woman at Beretta Dairy in Santa Rosa, which has been in the family for 63 years and counting. I am also fortunate to be a 6th-generation dairy woman with Dolcini Jersey Dairy, which has been run by…
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Savorbang!
Outta Here! Welcome to the final Made Local recipe column from teacher and stand-up comedian Sarah Whitmore. Dear, Sonoma County … and when I say Sonoma County I mean: Radical Family Farms, El Roy’s Tacos, Sweet Scoops Homemade Ice Cream, Green String Farm, The Casino, El Brinquito Market, Miracle Plum, Oliver’s Markets, Wild Flour Bread, Anna’s…
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The End Bit
Meet a Mover: Jake Ward, Impresario Jake Ward is an acclaimed concert promoter, emcee, and event producer. Ward’s involvement in local music and arts events has been critical to the flourishing cultural vitality of the Sonoma County arts scene. In addition to booking acts, Ward is the founder/director of a number of different events, most…