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Creative Cheese Board Ideas with Real California Cheese

Struggling to come up with creative cheese board ideas for your delicious Real California cheese? We’ve got all the info you need - and plenty of stunning inspiration, too!  There’s no...

Paradise Pantry: Ventura’s Ultimate Farm-to-Fork Experience

Ventura’s ultimate farm-to-fork experience is at Paradise Pantry  - a place where guests can explore regional, seasonal flavors before stocking up on local wines and cheeses to enjoy at...

At Rancho San Julian, Elizabeth Poett’s Table Begins With the Land

At Rancho San Julian on California’s Central Coast, there are beehives to monitor, cattle to check, fences to mend, horses to feed, dry-farmed crops to watch, orchards to harvest, meals to prepare...

Prancer’s Farm – Where Farm Fun Meets Farm Work

At Prancer’s Farm in Santa Paula, agriculture is not something visitors observe from a distance. It is something they walk through, pick from, taste, touch, smell and, sometimes, carry home still...

A Season Worth Waiting For at Friends Ranches: Emily Ayala and the Citrus Soul of Ojai

At  Friends Ranches in Ojai, where tangerines thrive, sweetness has a season. It starts sometime in March, when the days begin to warm but the evenings still carry a coastal chill, and...

Preserve Restaurant in Winters is Redefining Seasonal Eating

Preserve Restaurant in Winters, California, has turned the farm-to-table food scene on its head by embracing the age-old art of food preservation. You've probably heard the saying, "Everything old...

An Easy Fruit-Filled Dessert Recipe for Trifle

This fruit-filled trifle is a real showstopper! Layered fruit, soft cake, clouds of citrus-laced cream are stacked into glassware so everyone can see exactly what they are about to eat, then...

Best California Cheeses for Your Next Cheeseboard

California’s dairy story is bigger than a glass of milk. From fog-cooled coastal creameries to Central Valley cheesemakers and Sonoma County classics, the Golden State produces cheeses that can...

A Cantaloupe and Prosciutto Salad That is Perfection

Here's the thing about the classic cantaloupe-and-prosciutto pairing. Everybody has eaten it. Hardly any have ever changed the script of how it's prepared - until now. Rethink The...

Blueberry Recipes to Make During California Blueberry Season

California blueberry season is one of spring’s sweetest signals. In California, blueberry harvest typically runs April through June, and because blueberries are allowed to ripen on the plant,...

How to Make Instant Pot Artichokes

Instant Pot artichokes are about to become your new go-to. If you’ve ever stood at the stove babysitting a boiling pot for forty-five minutes, wondering if the artichokes were done yet, this...

Our Veggie-Packed California Taco Blend

If you have ever wished a pound of taco meat could go a little further on a Tuesday night, this California taco blend is the answer you didn’t know you were looking for. It takes one pound of...

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