Sustainable Food

At North Park’s Long Story Short, Local Ingredients Just Taste Better

Long Story Short is a coalescence of time and place, people and community, and the food you should be eating at this precise moment.

Eat Local

RECIPE: Pressure-Cooker Berbere Spiced Lentils

Living more sustainably doesn't have to be only about reducing waste and choosing your bike...

A Cinderella Story for Ugly Fruit

Ben Moore’s The Ugly Co. takes the fruit nobody wants — and makes it delicious.

Spiny Lobster Season in San Diego County

By the time I arrive at the marina, I’m already late. My uncle, a second-generation...

RECIPE: Spiny Lobsters With Escargot Butter

“The San Diego spiny lobster is sweet and delicate, and closer to a spot prawn...

Farms & Food Systems

Happy Hens Lay Thousands of Eggs

A third-generation husband-and-wife team have reimagined the family business to bring pasture-raised eggs to San Diego County and beyond, and secure the title of the state’s number-one egg.

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Good Libations: Tasting Green in the Heart of Napa

A tour at Trefethen Family Vineyards in the Napa valley uncovers just how sustainable a vineyard and winery can be.

RECIPE: Pressure-Cooker Berbere Spiced Lentils

Living more sustainably doesn't have to be only about reducing waste and choosing your bike over your car. What you eat also plays a role in your effect on our environment. Eating a largely plant-based diet is one of the best...

RECIPE: Spiny Lobsters With Escargot Butter

“The San Diego spiny lobster is sweet and delicate, and closer to a spot prawn in flavor than its clawed East-Coast counterpart. In fact the two species are hardly related despite bearing the same name on paper,” writes Nicole Litvack in...

RECIPE: Fancy Lobster Salad With Toast Points and Caviar

“The San Diego spiny lobster is sweet and delicate, and closer to a spot prawn in flavor than its clawed East-Coast counterpart. In fact the two species are hardly related despite bearing the same name on paper,” writes Nicole Litvack in...