Just for a minute, imagine being a student at Willow Creek Academy. It’s been a long morning of reading, writing, and maybe some addition. Stomach grumbling, you excitedly line up with the rest of your class to get your school lunch. The smell of potatoes roasting wafts out of the door to the dining room. …
When talking with Tanya Holland, her hard work, creativity, conscientiousness, and community engagement shines through. As head chef and owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen, food is a powerful medium through which she expresses herself, her care for others, and the planet. Growing up, Tanya’s parents “had a lot of different kinds of people over at …
I pulled up to Lou’s Takeaway on a warm Thursday afternoon to find a kitchen even smaller than what I had imagined during my interview with Chef Anthony Rizzi earlier in the week. A chalkboard menu hung in front of a takeaway window where a cheerful young man chatted with a woman, explaining the different …
Looking back on her childhood, it seems like a career in the food industry was inevitable for Ashley Ugarte, pastry chef at San Francisco’s esteemed Dandelion Chocolate. However, despite growing up Mexican, Spanish, and American and being surrounded by traditional cooking and food culture from a young age, Ugarte did not always imagine a career …
Heirloom tomatoes are bound to fill farmers’ market stands as July quickly turns into August. At first glance, these tomatoes may seem a bit odd. They aren’t always the red, round, evenly sized tomatoes you may have grown accustomed to seeing in the grocery store. These are multi-colored, different sizes, and lumpy, never bred to …
As we enter July, basil plants are thriving in the hot weather and tomatoes are starting to ripen on the vines. We love being able to use all this great seasonal summer produce in our recipes and hope you’ll use this FLOSN-inspired recipe to start your day off right! TORTILLA DE PATATA WITH HEIRLOOM TOMATOES …
Chard is a gorgeous leafy green with creamy white or colorful jewel-toned stems that you might find in your Conscious Kitchen X Tomatero Farm boxes (check out how to buy one here) or local market. Much like kale, chard is hardy in low-nutrient soils and can grow with little care. However chard is actually related …
The California coast is covered in native Fennel, but did you know you can eat it? Well, not the wild fennel you see outside, but a cultivated version meant for consumption like the fennel in our Conscious Kitchen X Tomatero Farm Boxes (check out how to purchase a buy one-give one farm box here). Fennel …
At first glance, you may consider dandelions to be a “weed”. However, these greens are actually edible and just as healthy and delicious as any other leafy green. They’re high in iron, calcium, and plenty of vitamins — with even more iron and protein than spinach! They can be bitter however, so we recommend blanching …
Wild cauliflower (otherwise known as caulilini or baby cauliflower) is a type of cauliflower known for being extra tender and sweet! It also happens to currently be a part of our Conscious Kitchen X Tomatero Farm Boxes (which you can find out more about here)! This wild cauliflower is super rich in fiber, vitamins B-6 …
