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Recipe: Mandarin and Avocado Salad

A bright and delightful winter salad. Adapted from Bon Appétit. Ingredients 1/2 cup fresh orange juice 1 jalapeño 1 small shallot, finely chopped 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar flaky salt, freshly ground pepper 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 2

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Fruit and News of the Week: January 26th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Tarocco Blood Orange Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange and

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Fruit and News of the Week: Jan 20th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Tarocco Blood Orange Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange and

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Farm Focus: Pruning with the Pros

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This week at the farm, we were lucky enough to have a pruning workshop with Janet Caprille, the Contra Costa County University of California Agricultural Extension Advisor. Janet paid us a visit to discuss pruning techniques,  particularly for training the

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Country Apple Baskets

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INGREDIENTS Pastry • 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour • 3 tablespoons sugar • 3/4 teaspoon salt • 1 stick plus 7 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut in small pieces • 1 large egg • 1 large egg yolk • 1/2

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    Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
    via Martha Stewart

     
    Ingredients:
    6 bone-in pork chops (loin or shoulder), cut 3/4 inch thick
    Coarse salt and fres…

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    Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think  of European honey bees, we  w…

  • Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
    The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its f…

  • Recipe: DIY Orange Soda

    Via Food52

    Ingredients:

    4 oranges
    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
    Lemon lime seltzer water

    Method:

    Zest the oranges and the lime and add all o…

  • Farm Focus: Jim Churchill of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard

    Jim of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard, never imagined himself becoming a farmer, though he grew up walking through friends orchards on weekend trips from LA. His pa…