CONTENTS  WINTER 2012

 EDITOR'S MIXING BOWL

WHAT'S IN SEASON

  Winter Greens

BATE, BATE, CHOCOLATE!

   Rediscovering Hot Chocolate

GIFTS FOR THE SEASON

   Ideas for Keeping it Local

TANGENTIAL JOURNEY

   On a Spiral with the California Rare Fruit Growers

CURDS

   Cheese Interrupted

SEVEN STARS OF THE WINTER HAVEST

   Favorite foods and recipes from Jessica Prentice

THE MAKING OF THE CALIFORNIA OLIVE OIL CULTURE

OUR ADVERTISERS

ABOUT OUR COVER ARTIST

Our cover art this issue is by letterpress printer, illustrator, and graphic designer Elizabeth Hubbell. In 1998, Elizabeth founded Elizabeth Hubbell Studio in Berkeley to house a century-old, cast-iron printing press, the type of letterpress invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century.  Using the press and custom-mixed inks, she transfers her paintings, illustrations, and block-cuts onto beautiful textured papers from around the world. Visit elizabethhubbellstudio.com to see the video tour of her studio and to view her blog of recent work and sources of inspiration.