Anna Dobrowolski is a writer interested in art, food, and travel.
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From Baker’s Stats to Stanzas: Jim Franks’ ‘Existential Bread’ Launches in Davis
Picking apart the stuff (seeds, stories, hoaxes) that go into what we think we know about bread
Baker and poet Jim Franks launched his experimental cookbook “Existential Bread” in Davis this week in collaboration with Student Collaborative Organic Plant Breeding Education, an interdisciplinary approach that offers a new way to consider our relationship with food and the complex processes and economics behind it.
Yan Can’t Quit: Why the Celebrity Chef Keeps Coming Back to the Capital Region
Martin Yan, host of long-running PBS cooking show, returns to his Davis alma mater to host a dumpling demonstration
With a career spanning over four decades, it’s safe to say Davis-trained celebrity chef Martin Yan continues to impress.
Chefs, Growers and Citizen Scientists Are Embracing Mushroom Foraging and Its Culinary Potential
The farm-to-fork pipeline is well established in Sacramento — but what about forage-to-fork? We talked to some of the foragers, scientists, chefs and enthusiasts who want to see more foraging in the Capital Region.
Seasonal Squash Stew
Inspired by butternut, tamarind and coconut stew from Yotam Ottolenghi’s ‘Comfort’
Adapt. Learn from your environment. Use local ingredients. Cook low and slow. That’s one recipe for comfort.
‘Comfort’ Comes to the Capital
Celebrity chef Yotam Ottolenghi visits the Sacramento Public Library
On Friday, October 11, Yotam Ottolenghi hosted a book talk and cooking demo at Sacramento’s Tsakopoulos Library Galleria. Some were surprised that such a big name in the culinary world would visit “Sacramento, of all places” — despite the agricultural epicenter Comstock’s readers know Sac to be.