By Katy Budge (Ed. note: I previously featured La Cocina’s cookbook in my “Ex Libris” series in March 2021, and their marketplace in a “Forks in the Road” piece later that year. I’ve been a longtime admirer of this San Francisco non-profit and its efforts to bring equity to the food and restaurant industry. I urge you to do the same.) There was probably an … Continue reading What’s Next for La Cocina?
By Katy Budge It’s bittersweet to begin writing this post. I’m determined that it’s going to be a happy tale about being able to return to a city that I love, and to enjoy all of its moveable feasts. I did get to do that – to go to San Francisco in the spring of 2021. I and my friends were vaccinated. We wore masks … Continue reading Forks in the Road: San Francisco, Spring 2021
Volume 1, Issue 3 “Cooking Ex-Libris” is a CasaFestiva.com series exploring new recipes from my own cookbooks. Enjoy! By Katy Budge Full disclosure. The cookbook I’ve chosen for this month’s “Cooking Ex-Libris” is not one of my well-worn, dog-eared, sauce-splashed tomes. That’s only because We Are La Cocina: Recipes in Pursuit of the American Dream was just published by Chronicle Books in 2019, and didn’t hit my … Continue reading Cooking Ex-Libris: We Are La Cocina
The Good Food Awards (GFA) weekend is a great way to discover some of the best of the best – American food and beverage producers that value a better food system, a healthy environment, and authentic products. Sustainability is a subject near and dear to my heart, and it was encouraging to see all the companies that share that mindset. The intent of this entire effort … Continue reading Celebrating Sustainability at the Good Food Awards
