Spring 2009
CONTENTS SPRING 2009
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| Our cover art is by “J. P.” Panter, an illustrator and painter, who describes herself, to a certain extent, as a part-time pirate of images, a part-time improviser of ideas, and a full-time surveyor of the culture.
She does freelance editorial work as well as private commissions and portraits. ThistleCreekStudio.com |
EDITOR’S MIXING BOWL
By Cheryl Angelina Koehler
SIDE DISH
By Serena Bartlett
NEWS FROM CAPAY VALLEY
The Frog Hole
By Thaddeus Barsotti
SEASON’S READINGS
By Cheryl Angelina Koehler
EATING IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
By Sage Dilts
CALDO DE PIEDRA
By Francesca Preston
CALDO DE PIEDRA
By Francesca Preston
WHAT’S IN SEASON
It’s a Green Spring Thing!
By Barbara Kobsar
SEASONAL RECIPES FROM ESSANAY CAFE
MANAGING YOUR BACKYARD FRUIT TREES
By Ann Ralph
WEAR SHOES TO THIS YEAR’S CRUSH— YOU’RE GOING COMMERCIAL
By Kirstin Jackson-Ellis
A SEED IS…
By Helen Krayenhoff
HIVES ALIVE!
By Kristin Courtemanche
photograph by Matthew Green, was taken at Brookside Farm in Brentwood.
