Slow Life with Real Food

Today has been a success! We left the house at 10am, saying good-bye to Boris (Guillermo's sweet ol' dog and my newly adopted son), and loaded down with the bare necessities needed for a 2 week motorcycle trip. It ended up being quite a lot. We nixed eating hot food, so we took off the stove and some of the food, streamlining things considerably.[Read More]

Hollyhock Farms is a gem of a place, owned by two charming farmers, Dick and Kim Rogers. This is as mom-and-pop of an operation as it gets. These two work non-stop to provide the people in their community with fresh and tasty organic produce. Even while we were sitting and enjoying a beer and a chat, Kim was pulling pesky mint from around a fountain, in preparation for guests that were planning on staying in their bed and breakfast.[Read More]

Our first farm to visit, Mt. Olive, was a little different from the 'typical' American farm we were expecting. It is owned by a group of Asian families (Malaysian and Chinese) that immigrated to California ten years ago.[Read More]