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May 23, 2013
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kcetliving:

Weekend Trip: Camping in the Sand at Jalama Beach

Because of its location directly on the coastline, Jalama Beach is flush with sandy real estate. You can walk for miles in either direction without stumbling on any other buildings or packs of people, exploring tide pools along the way. Head north along the coast and pretty quickly you run into Vandenberg Air Force Base land, much of which is still open along the shore. Rocky outcroppings abound and eventually you’ll begin to make out the shape of the Cal Space launch complex, which launches many of the nation’s unmanned mapping and guidance satellites.

Head south along the beach for even more tide pool and cliffside viewing. And, for more adventurous hikers, it’s possible to hike the sandy seaside all the way to Point Conception, which is home to an old lighthouse and Coast Guard station. The trip is simple enough: just follow along the coastline for about four miles, then duck into the canyon on your left-hand side, turning south again at on old paved road that leads to the Coast Guard station at the point. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to access all of the grounds at Point Conception (and it’s not recommended you try to slip past the No Trespassing signs, lest you be fined by the on-site game warden), but the vistas and stunning lighthouse offer views you aren’t likely to find anywhere else nearby. Be sure to watch the tides; if they’re high, it might be a watery hike.

Read more at the link!

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May 23, 2013
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kcetliving: Local And Seasonal: Fava Bean, Prosciutto, and Pecorino Romano Salad Click through for the recipe, and some info on favas …

kcetliving:

Local And Seasonal: Fava Bean, Prosciutto, and Pecorino Romano Salad

Click through for the recipe, and some info on favas …

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May 22, 2013
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laphamsquarterly: Man, WASPs really know how to summer.  wnyc: nwkarchivist: Ice Cubes Made from Tonic Water… Folks were serious about their g & t’s back in ‘73! Early running for best tip of the summer. -Jody, BL Show-

laphamsquarterly:

Man, WASPs really know how to summer. 

wnyc:

nwkarchivist:

Ice Cubes Made from Tonic Water…

Folks were serious about their g & t’s back in ‘73!

Early running for best tip of the summer.

-Jody, BL Show-

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May 21, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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Summer Cocktail Recipes

Summer unofficially kicks off with this week’s Memorial Day celebrations. We’re ready for some sun and some sparkly drinks to imbibe in said sun. Grey Goose, the French vodka company, has come up with some new drink recipes for the season, which we’ve reprinted here. Now, they encourage you to use Grey Goose products. We make no such demands. Whatever you use, just don’t drive after consumption!

See the recipes here.

Yes to these. (No to Tumblr’s enraging photo “capabilities.”)

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May 21, 2013
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kcetliving: Pixies And Wine In Ojai Sixty-five miles north of Los Angeles, Ojai has long been known as a small town (population 8,150) that melds Mayberry’s easy hominess with European sophistication; the post office, where everyone knows everyone, is housed in a Castilian bell tower. But of late, this heaven-touched valley — face the pinking Topa Topa Mountains at sunset and you’ll understand — has raised fruit, in its myriad forms, to new heights. As you read this Ojai farmers, with help from scientific cohorts at the University of California Citrus Center at Riverside, are fomenting new citrus variants; sweeter, juicier, easier to peel. Not to be outdone, local winemakers — several, like Adam Tolmach and Manfred Krankl, with an avid global following — are creating new alchemy with grapes. And Ojai restaurants are bringing this fruity bounty to the table in innovative and yummy forms. Start with chef Laurel Moore’s stuffed dates at Azu. Ojai sounds positively dreamy. Read more about what to do there here.

kcetliving:

Pixies And Wine In Ojai

Sixty-five miles north of Los Angeles, Ojai has long been known as a small town (population 8,150) that melds Mayberry’s easy hominess with European sophistication; the post office, where everyone knows everyone, is housed in a Castilian bell tower. But of late, this heaven-touched valley — face the pinking Topa Topa Mountains at sunset and you’ll understand — has raised fruit, in its myriad forms, to new heights. As you read this Ojai farmers, with help from scientific cohorts at the University of California Citrus Center at Riverside, are fomenting new citrus variants; sweeter, juicier, easier to peel. Not to be outdone, local winemakers — several, like Adam Tolmach and Manfred Krankl, with an avid global following — are creating new alchemy with grapes. And Ojai restaurants are bringing this fruity bounty to the table in innovative and yummy forms. Start with chef Laurel Moore’s stuffed dates at Azu.

Ojai sounds positively dreamy. Read more about what to do there here.

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May 21, 2013
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kcetliving: Container Culture: The Romantic Potential of Beans …Sando says it’s when he gave up that things started to fall into place for him. “I started taking my beans to the farmers’ market, and one day Thomas Keller from French Laundry found my stand and loved my heirloom beans.” Take that, song about beans that highlights their flatulent potential. From there, things took off for Sando. Rancho Gordo has been featured in the pages of Bon Apetit, Sunset, and Chow, among others. Saveur Magazine even put them on their heavily-prized Saveur 100 list. Rancho Gordo is now opening up a store in San Francisco’s Ferry Building, a haven for foodies. So I guess you could call Sando’s story, a ferry tale. Ugh, someone punch me. Sando’s adoration for the legume might sound curious. None are the times I’ve heard someone emphatically declare, “I want to start a garden so I can grow beans!” Roses, yes. Eggplants, yes. Tomatoes, definitely yes. In fact, Sando got hooked on beans by accident because he was growing tomatoes and planted beans for the sake of crop rotation. But there’s good reason why people should embrace beans. For one, beans are a nitrogen-fixing crop, which means they are one of the few plants out there that will actually put nitrogen into the soil instead of taking it out. Nitrogen is important for healthy plant foliage and is usually in short supply. So, if you plant a crop of beans, you are enriching your existing soil so you can plant again using that same soil. Also, because beans don’t produce large fruits, their sunlight requirements aren’t as demanding. Their root systems are shallow so they don’t require deep (expensive) pots. Read more here.

kcetliving:

Container Culture: The Romantic Potential of Beans

…Sando says it’s when he gave up that things started to fall into place for him. “I started taking my beans to the farmers’ market, and one day Thomas Keller from French Laundry found my stand and loved my heirloom beans.” Take that, song about beans that highlights their flatulent potential.

From there, things took off for Sando. Rancho Gordo has been featured in the pages of Bon Apetit, Sunset, and Chow, among others. Saveur Magazine even put them on their heavily-prized Saveur 100 list. Rancho Gordo is now opening up a store in San Francisco’s Ferry Building, a haven for foodies. So I guess you could call Sando’s story, a ferry tale. Ugh, someone punch me.

Sando’s adoration for the legume might sound curious. None are the times I’ve heard someone emphatically declare, “I want to start a garden so I can grow beans!” Roses, yes. Eggplants, yes. Tomatoes, definitely yes. In fact, Sando got hooked on beans by accident because he was growing tomatoes and planted beans for the sake of crop rotation. But there’s good reason why people should embrace beans.

For one, beans are a nitrogen-fixing crop, which means they are one of the few plants out there that will actually put nitrogen into the soil instead of taking it out. Nitrogen is important for healthy plant foliage and is usually in short supply. So, if you plant a crop of beans, you are enriching your existing soil so you can plant again using that same soil. Also, because beans don’t produce large fruits, their sunlight requirements aren’t as demanding. Their root systems are shallow so they don’t require deep (expensive) pots.

Read more here.

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May 20, 2013
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"Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential-as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth. You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them."

— Bill Watterson (via mikekarnell)

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May 20, 2013
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kcetliving: Meatless Monday: Herb and Ricotta Cheese Soufflé “Generally, the color of the feathers inside a hen’s earlobe indicates the color of the eggs that she will lay. If a hen has white feathers, she will lay white eggs. If her earlobe feathers are red, expect to find brown eggs. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule. Araucana hens, native to Chile, have red earlobe feathers but they lay sea foam green eggs.” What?! Anyway, get the souffle recipe here!

kcetliving:

Meatless Monday: Herb and Ricotta Cheese Soufflé

“Generally, the color of the feathers inside a hen’s earlobe indicates the color of the eggs that she will lay. If a hen has white feathers, she will lay white eggs. If her earlobe feathers are red, expect to find brown eggs. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule. Araucana hens, native to Chile, have red earlobe feathers but they lay sea foam green eggs.”

What?! Anyway, get the souffle recipe here!

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May 19, 2013
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Naughty cowboy, getting in fights and kissing boys! You are BAD NEWS!

Naughty cowboy, getting in fights and kissing boys! You are BAD NEWS!

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