Colleagues, a work in progress:
DaVero Olive Oil & Wine California’s finest olive oil. Really nice dry rosé, too.
Canvas Ranch Great CSA program, fabulous eggs, excellent wool products
Traverso’s Gourmet Foods & Liquors, Inc.
Evelyn Cheatham’s Worth Our Weight Culinary Apprenticeship Program
Clark Wolf Company He calls himself a consultant but, really, he’s a force of nature.
Paula Wolfert No one matches Paula’s talent for coaxing traditional recipes from home cooks throughout the Mediterranean and translating them in such a way that home cooks in the United States can successfully duplicate the authentic flavors.
Kasma Loha-unchit If you want great information about Thai cuisine, here it is. Kasma teaches Thai cooking, writes outstanding books on the subject and leads tours to Thailand.
Favorite places, restaurants and otherwise:
K & L Bistro The perfect neighborhood bistro.
Water Street Bistro They should have a web site but they don’t. Extraordinary. Corner of Western Ave. and Water St., just across the foot bridge from Dempsey’s.
Cyrus Restaurant A high-end restaurant without pretensions and with a remarkable sense of fun. Don’t miss the birthday bong!
Restaurant Eloise One of the newest restaurants in Sonoma County. The roasted marrow bones are transcendent but you should either share them or make them your entree. All you need is a refreshing green salad after.
The Best Place In Alaska To Watch the Aurora Don’t listen to the major news stories that send you to Chena Hot Springs Resort, which is in a valley and not at all ideal for aurora watching.
A reliable place to explore nutrition and related issues:
The Weston A. Price Foundation
Hawaii Links:
Faith Ako A new friend with a beautiful voice who plays a mean ukulele
Hawaii Nation It’s the right thing
Save Punalu’u Black Sand Beach You can help save it, wherever you live
Fresh Plumeria Flowers Get fresh fragrant plumeria to make your own leis; this farm, located on Molokai, also sells several types of plumeria leis. Reasonable and reliable.
Orchid, Mailie and other leis I’ve purchased dozens of leis from Gecko Farms and have always been very happy with them. They sell bulk orchids, too, perfect for adorning a buffet table and for making your own leis.
Hawaii Coffee Association Why does Kona coffee taste so good? I love it iced. Each sip is like a little trip to Big Island.
Some favorite artists:
Michel Stong She’s the designer for Vineyard Garden of Clay Co; she also illustrated The Good Cook’s series, which I wrote in the 1990s. We hope to work together again soon.
Mary Linnea Vaughan Her abstract landscapes are stunning.
Elizabeth Bourne Knowles We met at Yaddo, the artist colony in upstate New York. I adore her work.
Nancy Lorenz Nancy was Mouthful’s producer and engineer for several years. She’s also a hula sister.
Amelia Lorenz Talent runs in the family.
Deborah Colotti Provocative and beautiful.
John Youngblood Photography He’s a great musician, too.
Because I can: