February 17,2010 at 10:30 PM

This is a Silent Auction to help Haitians rebuild their country, and to revel in a spectacular event. Celebrated Chef Thomas McNaughton of San Francisco’s Flour + Water is partnering with Mark and Myriam Pasternak of Devil’s Gulch Ranch to offer you a private dinner for 8 at Devil’s Gulch Ranch. On the date that [...]
Tags: famous chefs, farm to table
January 24,2010 at 4:08 PM

We’re all a-twitter (even on Twitter) about this week’s event! Join us right here for Secrets of an Award-Winning Organic Farmer on Tuesday the 26th at 6 PM Pacific/9 PM Eastern with Mark Pasternak and Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak of Devil’s Gulch Farm in Marin County, California. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to ask them [...]
Tags: farm to table, farmer, farmers market, locally grown, Sustainability
November 14,2009 at 2:19 PM
After I started reading Nicolette Hahn Niman’s “Righteous Porkchop” and Michael Pollan’s “Omnivore’s Dilemma”, I started buying grass fed beef exclusively. The taste of the beef reminds me of eating meat back in the 50s where I grew up in Ohio, and there are a host of other benefits as well. I just saw this [...]
Tags: farm to table, Michael Pollan
November 1,2009 at 2:29 PM

One of the things I enjoy about the farmers market is learning about different varieties of food that in the past 50 years or so have been lost to the homogenization that has taken place in our food supply. Today, one of the stands had 17 varieties of potatoes! I love it. [...]
Tags: farm to table, farmers market
September 26,2009 at 7:57 PM

“The Omnivore’s Dilemma” is my current book. Although I’m only about half-way through, Michael Pollan’s book has helped changed forever the way I shop for food, the way I cook, and my understanding of the term “sustainability”. His research into the impact that our federal government subsidy of corn is having on our diets, our [...]
Tags: farm to table, Michael Pollan, Sustainability
September 26,2009 at 1:59 PM
Posted by
Chris | Posted in
Events

Situated almost exactly equidistant from California’s 2 meccas of fine dining, Carmel is itself a hub of exquisite cuisine. Which makes sense when you consider its attributes; it is located within close proximity to the central valley, one of the worlds most fertile farming regions, in a county (Monterey) that boasts 9 appellations of winegrapes [...]
Tags: famous chefs, farm to table, locally grown, organic, Tyler Florence, wine