* In the Kitchen is excited to continue building our professional relationship with Living Lands Agrarian Network…..next week we will be hosting a food safety and Soup Making 101 workshop for the new Living Lands interns! Living Lands has a robust and exciting internship program for budding farmers each year and as the program it [...]

Victorian Christmas Soup Night, December 14, 5 – 7pm in Nevada City Start your evening at Victorian Christmas with a warming, soup dinner with Living Lands. We’ll be serving soup in downtown Nevada City so you can walk from dinner to the evening festivities on Broad Street. Suggested donation: $7 – $10 per person. All [...]

Tomorrow morning starting at 6 am, Joe and our friend Greg, of Greg’s Organic Tomatoes will be canning hundreds of pounds of tomatoes. Stay tuned for what is to come…….I am hoping for many, many jars of sauce and tomatoes for the winter. Greg’s farm is located on West Main St in Grass Valley on [...]

Last night I taught a private class for a group of really great ladies, one of them being Erin Thiem, owner of the Outside Inn. Our conversation turned to vegetables and she mentioned the free vegetable stand at the Outside Inn. I thought I would take the opportunity to remind you all of this wonderful [...]

As many of you know, I am deeply connected to Living Lands Agrarian Network through my brother Tim Van Wagner. I want to take this chance to share with you an exciting opportunity to take your local food connection to the next level with one of the Living Lands Farmers. Matthew Shapero, a farmer with [...]

In the Kitchen wants to make local food available to our community through the winter season. By using the CSA model or CSK, you can “subscribe” to a 6 week, prepared whole-foods box to be picked up each Monday at In the Kitchen in Nevada City. Each box will include one of each: 1 quart [...]

SOUP by Subscription (CSA) In the Kitchen Fall Soup CSA Each Monday starting October 4th- December 20th (Oct 4, 11, 18, 25 Nov 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Dec 6, 13, 30) Do you want to continue to eat locally through the fall? Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to pick up an organic [...]

Announcing Dinner in the Field The 1st Annual Living Lands Farm Benefit Dinner on September 9th, 2010. As a collaboration of farmers, land-owners, and community members, we are working together to steward our agricultural land, create a vibrant local food culture, and train the next generation of farmers. Help us fund our farm infrastructure and [...]

Show your true Summer-Green colors! Volunteer opportunities in our area are unlimited – find out where you fit in or create your own. Docents, committee members, speakers, tour guides, gardeners, mentors, grant writers, laborers, editors, teachers, writers, cooks, artists… We really need kitchen volunteers! The meal is a central part of CHTE and you can [...]

You’ve probably noticed by now the resident baker at our CSA pick-up. Here’s a little info on her bread: You’ve probably seen it out there, or smelled it, or sensed it–the BREAD, I mean. If you haven’t, or you could benefit from a little reminder, here’s the scoop: Local Whole Wheat (c/o Grass Valley Grains) [...]