May/Jun 2021
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Letter from the Editor
Having grown up in the muggy tropics of Louisiana, I was amazed when I first moved to this Mediterranean climate in 2003. It was such a treat, the reliably cool nights after scorching days, rosemary and lavender thriving between sidewalk and street. The rainy season was actually rainy. Today I scan the 10-day forecast for…
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Meet a Local Maker
Digital Storyteller Ricardo Ibarra Ricardo Ibarra grew up in both Los Angeles and Guadalajara. He spent 20 years as a journalist, writing and editing for publications such as El Informador, Público, La Gaceta de la Universidad de Guadalajara, the Spanish news agency EFE, and El Mensajero in San Francisco. Between 2004 and 2007, he produced…
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First Comes Love, Then Comes Soup
Chad Holmes Shacks Up “All I ever wanted was good food, fast,” says Chad Holmes, who’s spent his career in hospitality—from teenage dishwasher to bartender to culinary school grad—and knows how important a good, hot nosh is to help keep up the hustle. “Soup is not rocket science,” continues the self-described simple man whose Soup…
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Taste of the Wild
Steve Doty’s Mobile Coolship Turns Rogue Yeast Into Sour Beer On a blue-skied and breezy afternoon in the Shady Oak beer garden, a comfortable outdoor patio alongside the Santa Rosa creek, brewer Steve Doty and I are here to talk about his journey into sour-beer brewing. But first we’re talking felines. “I’m sorry if I…
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Adventures in Drinking
Camp Rose Cellars Way too much wine talk is negative talk. Or haven’t you heard a wine praised for what it’s not? The phrase, “This isn’t one of those oaky, buttery Chardonnays” comes to mind. “This is no wimpy, white Zinfandel” is another, but the naysayers aren’t done with Zin, heaping praise by way of…
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Where We Belong
Pandora Thomas and the Promise of Earthseed Riding on a wicker throne, Frances Louise Thomas, 81 years of age, is carried out from beneath an unseasonably hot sun by four young men to the shade of a mother willow tree. A dog and cat kick up dirt at their feet while a hawk circles above.…
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The Power of Small
How our daily choices can make a big impact. When Trathen Heckman was 31, he started printing a zine called Ripples, about the effects wrought by small acts of change. He’d already made a huge pivot in his own life a few years before, leaving a Fortune 500 consulting firm to travel, snow-board, and make…
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Meet a Local Farmer
Rebecca Bozzelli of Lantern Farm Twenty years ago, I hopped in a car with friends in New Jersey and drove West. I landed in San Francisco, and have been growing (food) ever since. After a farming apprenticeship at U.C. Santa Cruz in 2012 and a few farming stints in Sonoma County, I branched out on…
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Savorbang!
Three Divas Frosting Welcome to our regular recipe column from teacher and stand-up comedian Sarah Whitmore. STOP WONDERING Um, is it time for dessert yet? Have you been holding your breath, crossing your fingers, waiting for confirmation that it’s safe? Stop. It will never be safe. It’s time to celebrate. Blow up a balloon, follow…
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Meet a Contributor
Jess D. Taylor: Made Local Magazine Editor Jess D. Taylor is the editor of Made Local Magazine and an English instructor at Santa Rosa Junior College. Formerly a freelance writer for the Bohemian, her writing can also be found in Creative Nonfiction, The Sun, Little Patuxent Review, KQED, Traveler’s Tales, and several other journals. Who…