Favorite recipe: Hillbilly tomatoes with vinaigrette

Ask the Expert: Mari Takahashi on Sushi Making

The 18 best happy hours in Sonoma County

Come meet the chickens (and us) at Celebration Weekend!

Salmon leather—the next frontier in luxury, and sustainability!

Melon harvest: time for a taste test

Poor Honey!

Kurt Lived Here

Sunset’s 1941 Household Handbook

Meet a Real Cowboy: Q&A with Clay Nannini of Mustang Monument

Garbanzo beans with sweet, little seed pods!

The Great Tanglefoot Disaster

Eat Fresh, Day 12: Finding balance. Out of the Test Kitchen and into the garden.

Mulled mead – Hot, sweet, and spicy

Quick and easy strawberry ice cream

Vegan Gluten-Free Pancakes with Maple Blueberry Compote from Huckleberry

The West Parks People, Not Cars

Links we love: Dos and don’ts

Oakland Zoo animals are painting for a cause. Watch!

Rats in the henhouse! (Not our most charming day.)

How Western artists do gardening

The Nitty Gritty of Creamed Honey

Links We Love: Give Your Walls Some Love

Where to go this weekend: San Diego