Chef Chu's: The family-owned restaurant that grew up with Silicon Valley
For more than ten years, I’ve been traveling all over California, reporting stories about food and farming from every county. Now, for the 5...
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California Foodways
For California Foodways, reporter Lisa Morehouse spends a lot of time in her car. She’s on a kind of mission: to travel to every county in the state, finding stories about food, agriculture,...
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20 of 50 episodesRichmond's 'Minister of Food' Serves the Bay Area Southern BBQ, California Style
On a corner in Richmond, California, there’s a business that has celebrated the city’s Black history and Southern roots for 30 years: CJ's B...
Whiskey distillery moves to site of West Coast's first naval base
Californians have made whiskey since the Gold Rush. Craft bourbon has been taking off in the last couple decades -- with as many as 150 dist...
While the Bay Area sleeps, the Oakland Produce Market bustles with life
When most of California is asleep, a few square blocks on the edge of Oakland’s Jack London Square come alive with people, produce and machi...
Home on the Grange: In the Anderson Valley, a story of how hippies, old-timers connected
Grange halls have been around for more than 150 years — the Grange began as a fraternal organization for farmers. Even though farming — and...
Market a destination for food, faith, and Ramadan staples
During the holy month of Ramadan, while fasting is important, so is food. And during Ramadan, all across the state, markets are central. Not...
The railroad's surprising impact on food and civil rights in California
A lot of California kids learn about the transcontinental railroad in 4th grade, about the "Big Four" tycoons, and the mostly Chinese labore...
Eastern Sierra town home to destination restaurant
There's a town in the Owens Valley, in the Eastern Sierra, called Independence. Population: 600. It's home to a destination restaurant, the...
A temple for cheese in the North Bay, inspired by classical music
Cheese wasn’t part of Soyoung Scanlan's early life, growing up in South Korea. Now, she's one of California's most celebrated cheese makers....
Divers keep ag water flowing
Hundreds of miles from the ocean, divers don wetsuits, helmets, communication lines, and four air supply systems, and submerge into the Sacr...
The rich food traditions at Stockton's Angel Cruz Park
Along the southern end of Stockton's Angel Cruz Park the air is filled with wafts of smoke, the smell of grilled meats and karaoke tracks bo...
The Often-Invisible Work of a Hollywood Food Stylist
Hollywood writers and actors are on strike, asking for transparency, fair pay, and protection from AI. They're not the only ones impacted by...
Farming With Ghosts: Mas Masumoto and an uncovered family secret
On his family’s organic peach, nectarine and grape farm south of Fresno, California, David "Mas" Masumoto points out pruning scars from long...
Cafeteria Cook Makes Gourmet Dishes Inspired by Palauan Childhood
For California Foodways, I've been traveling the state, interviewing farmers, restaurant owners, people who deliver food to the hungry, make...
Hot temperatures, and a hot real estate market, threaten the Ojai Pixie tangerine
Ojai’s main street is charming, boasting tile roofs and Spanish-revival architecture. On weekends, crowds of the bohemian chic spill out of...
How a Hmong Market in Yuba County Became 'Everybody's Store'
On the edge of the town of Marysville in Yuba County, there’s market with an inventory that would rival Asian grocery stories in big cities....
'We Just Have Faith': Gold Country Jewish Community Strives to Connect Through COVID
In February 2020, I went to Sonora to join the Mother Lode Jewish Community in their Tu BiShvat celebration, honoring trees and the harvest....
Sierra Cattlewomen
There are plenty of people who -- in order to pursue their passions -- have jobs on the side to support themselves. It’s pretty common to he...
The Abbey of New Clairvaux: Wine in the Wilderness
The soil in Tehama County is unfit, and the temperatures are all wrong, but the monks at the Abbey of New Clairvaux are still trying to make...
Gold Rush Status Meal: The Hangtown Fry
If you want to recreate the Gold Rush experience — without all the terrible conditions — you can pan for gold, even descend into mines. In a...