Savoring Sonoma: Short Takes with Clark Wolf

 
Clark Wolf publicityClark Wolf is a nationally recognized, James Beard Award-winning food and restaurant consultant, author, and columnist who now lives in what he calls “the Eden of All the Earth," in a 100-year-old logger’s cabin in the Redwoods of Sonoma County.
 
Savoring Sonoma: Short Takes is a weekly 60-second snapshot of what's importantly delicious in Sonoma County.
Each week, you'll hear two new episodes.
 
 
 

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Savoring Sonoma Shorts

June 08, 2025

Line-caught French fries

I once had french fries that were so good. I suggested to my dinner companion, who happened to be a restaurant critic, that they tasted like they were line caught. He stole the line. He used it in his review. I did not get any credit. I don't care. But it reminds me how much I…
June 08, 2025

Tender leaves

This time of the year, people are arguing about the cost of food and is that farmers market more expensive? But what you have to remember is everything you buy at the farmers market has more life, more nutrition, more flavor, and sometimes more leaves. And if it's the tender…
June 01, 2025

Transitional blueberries

Blueberries are one of those fruits that are just so handy. You know, you rinse them off and you put them in a bowl and you just kind of pop them in your mouth while you're watching something that you've been streaming or catching up on the news or returning emails or just, I…
June 01, 2025

Lingering citrus

Lingering citrus, that's what I like to call it. It's still there at the farmer's market. The colors are bright and lovely. Sometimes I really do want a last squeeze of something from the tree that reminds me that winter doesn't have to be all cold and wet. We have my lemons…
May 25, 2025

Watching our stone fruit

Waiting for the water to boil, the goat to blat its kid, the delivery to arrive. This is the time of the year where a lot of us are watching the stone fruit. We got through the blossoms and onto the leaves and there have been some warm days and there have been some storms but…
May 25, 2025

Apricots in my backyard

A lot of folks around here have fruit trees. There are a lot of varieties of apricots and I learned more about them every year. Some are prized for making jam, some are wonderful when they're fresh or grilled, but for me I will always remember the taste of apricots that came…

More Savoring Sonoma Shorts

Fresh cheese, mainly chèvre

There's fresh cheese available pretty much year round, but I really like to have fresh cheese in the spring, particularly goat cheese, what the…

May 18, 2025

Cherries

What has 7,000 and is just the pits? You guessed it, a cherry tree. I can never wait until the organic cherries are ready. So, the minute I see…

May 18, 2025

Baked!

Sonoma County is a really good place to get baked... I know what you're thinking, but no, what I'm talking about is we have really good bakers and…

May 11, 2025

New farmer, young farmer, old farmer

If you get the chance, I want to encourage everyone to talk to farmers. Sometimes people change careers at some point in their lives. Sometimes it's…

May 11, 2025

Snap peas

Here's what I like about Sugar Snap Peas. The sugar, the snap, and the peas. I mean it's really kind of funny because I mean Snow Peas are okay, but…

May 04, 2025

Another strawberry story

It's a saga about strawberries. In my own cultural lore, one of the big reasons I moved to Sonoma County 25 plus years ago was because there was a…

May 04, 2025

Spring!

You know what I like about spring? Everything. The sunshine, the pops of warm air, the occasional sprinkle, roses, lilacs, asparagus, new young…

Apr 27, 2025

Apple blossoms

I realize that it's not yet even close to summer, but I can't help it. I'm dreaming about apples.Maybe it's because I drive the Gravenstein Highway…

Apr 27, 2025

Rhubarb!

And now... rhubarb. My first experience with rhubarb was in a pie with strawberries. Not me personally, but you know the strawberries and rhubarb…

Apr 20, 2025

Lots a berries

We've had strawberries for a while now. Although my favorite ones are coming up soon, they're not quite here yet, but I'll be patient. But what we…

Apr 20, 2025

Spring is busting out all over

I know it's spring because I'm sneezing a lot and also there are blossoms everywhere. Every single time I go to the farmers market, there's…

Apr 13, 2025

Asparagus & peas

There are people who don't like asparagus. There are people who don't like peas. I forgive them. This is the time of the year where two of my…

Apr 13, 2025

Sign up for a CSA

CSA. No, that's not at the airport unless you're trying to, I don't know, smuggle vegetable. Don't do that. No, no. Bad idea. CSA is…

Apr 06, 2025

Farmers market high season

Spring forward, fall back. Fooey! What you need to do now is check your calendar and add to it all of your favorite seasonal farmers markets. They…

Apr 06, 2025

Sunshine means eggs

What do chickens like? They like to peck, they like to hunt, and they like to lay eggs, and they like to do that when it's warm. I keep thinking…

Mar 23, 2025

Spring milk means fresh cheese

Have you seen those videos of cute little goats hopping around, bouncing around, tumbling around, bopping into each other? Well, you know what that…

Mar 23, 2025

Sprouts and starts

Sprouts and starts and bees better scurry. It's that time of the year where things are just popping like crazy. And if you're thinking about growing…

Mar 16, 2025

Blossoms are peachy

Buds and blossoms are looking peachy. I know this because I've been sneezing for the last two weeks. It's that time of the year, although I am…

Mar 16, 2025

Eggs are precious

Eggs are precious. Let's be honest. There was a time when in New Jersey (you heard of it, it's over there on that other side) outlawed eggs over…

Mar 09, 2025

Spring is springing

I live in a cabin in the woods. So I cannot tell you how happy I am that it doesn't get dark at 4:00. It's starting to be that wonderful time of the…

Mar 09, 2025

Stir Fry

I have a friend who likes to cook. Okay, I have a lot of friends who like to cook, but one in particular cooks every day and does give me an update…

Mar 02, 2025

Peak olive oil

Have you been keeping it dark and cool? Of course, I'm talking about olive oil. The olive oil was harvested and pressed in November of last year and…

Mar 02, 2025

Finally, golden fields

Finally, our fields are going gold. Yep, gold under the vineyards, under the vines, under the fences, under the everything. Our mustard flower is…

Feb 23, 2025

We have water!

We have water. Anyone living in California who's been through a drought or three knows how important it is that we have rain. Now mind you, last…

Feb 23, 2025

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