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Photo of cheese samples
April 7, 2025
All Stories, Community, Eat, Experiences, Featured

Say Cheese! Santa Rosa Cheese Fest features Cal Poly Creamery

Now in its 19th year, the annual festival is to turophiles – that’s the official term for ‘cheese lover’ – what Coachella is to a glitter adorned indie rock fan. The mult...

Spring Recipes Cover
March 29, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Food, Recipes, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

In Season: Spring Sustenance Recipes

A wealth of produce begins to emerge at markets in the spring, which is exciting for cooks — whether it’s your profession or not. Fresh greens and vibrant flowers can be used t...

A spread of morning coffee and bites at KBRG Coffee Lab in Duncan Alley.
March 16, 2025
All Stories, Community, Featured, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

Warehouse Turned Hotspot: Duncan Alley in San Luis Obispo

With the development of Duncan Alley on Broad Street in San Luis Obispo, Damien Mavis hopes to offer the community its third place.

Jacinto and father, Manuel Bautista, stand at their Arroyo Grande farm in the Huasna Valley.
March 12, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

Farming for the Future: Bautista Family Farms

Today, Bautista Family Farms produce is widely known around the county for the freshest, high quality and reasonably priced ingredients possible.

View of Cayucos
March 9, 2025
All Stories, Community, Featured, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

Coastal Crown Jewel: Cayucos is Alive and Well

The town of Cayucos has been a prime vacation destination for decades, and for many good reasons. With a population just shy of 2,400, it truly is one of the last small California ...

Photo of strawberry buckets
March 7, 2025
All Stories, Community, Featured

AgWest New Producer Grant Now Open

Agriculture powers countless communities - but starting a new operation can be daunting. AgWest Farm Credit is here to help.

Creole food on table
March 7, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Food, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

Stirring the Pot: Finding Mardi Gras Year-Round in San Luis Obispo

There was a time when San Luis Obispo County had the “biggest Mardi Gras celebration west of the Mississippi.”

Students salt gouda cheese
March 4, 2025
All Stories, Community, Eat

Cal Poly Creamery Featured at California Artisan Cheese Festival

At the creamery on Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo, Jenna Bates and her fellow classmates create cheese that’s distributed to California grocery stores and restaurants.

Photo of radish mix
March 3, 2025
All Stories, Community, Featured, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

Perspective: Farm Fresh, Future Focused

In this Perspective piece, Casey Nauta discusses her role as the manager of the North County Farmers Market Association and how her experience growing up on a farm drew her to the ...

Lucky Jim Cocktail - Last Sip
March 1, 2025
All Stories, Drink, Featured, Recipes, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

Last Sip: Lucky Jim

I discovered this spine-tingling vodkatini at London’s popular Taiwanese diner BAO.

An illustration of bagels and food
March 1, 2025
All Stories, Community, Food, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

Crumb Chronicles: Bagels Create Connection for SLO Jewish Community and Beyond

Anyone who has engaged in debate about bagels has found themselves on one of two sides: New York bagels are either superior or they’re not. The reason, Big Apple believers argue,...

A hen with eggs
March 1, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Food, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

Farm fresh eggs and backyard chickens in San Luis Obispo

The gentle cluck of backyard chickens is for many San Luis Obispo County residents the sound of nourishment, connection and even companionship.

Collage of photos - Amuse Bouche - Starters to entertain the mouth and the mind.
March 1, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Food, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

Amuse Bouche: Spring 2025

Starters to entertain the mouth and the mind.

A photo of a beet
March 1, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Spring 2025 - Issue 47

Tasting Spot: Move to the Beet

Semi-sweet orbs with gem-like tones of purple, red and yellow, the beet is a versatile root vegetable that can gin up any salad, Buddha bowl or fresh juice. Spring is the perfect t...

SBIFF Presentation
February 28, 2025
All Stories, Featured

Food and Film Collide at the 40 th Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Looking on at the Hollywood stars as they waived to fans and smiled for photographs at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, it would be hard to imagine such a silver scre...

Valentine's Day for Foodies - Photo of San Luis Obispo
February 4, 2025
All Stories, Community, Experiences

Valentine’s Day Gifts for Foodies

Cupid’s arrows will soon be flying through the air. As Valentine’s Day approaches, many couples seek out presents for their special someone. And friends, too (Galentine’s Day...

Photo of the Etto Cookbook
January 24, 2025
All Stories, Cookbooks, Featured, Food, Recipe Books

Etto Pasta Cookbook

When we at Edible Magazine started getting serious about publishing cookbooks, we knew we had to start with ETTO, with their natural ability to make cooking feel simple and heartfe...

Photo of pasta plates receiving garnish
January 14, 2025
All Stories, Community, Experiences, Featured, Food

Secret Season Supper: A Celebration of Community and Culinary in Morro Bay and Paso Robles

While the Central Coast sees a surge of visitors each summer, there’s a “secret season” that offers an even more exclusive experience.

Aja Goare - Portrait Winter 2024 Food for Thought
November 17, 2024
All Stories, Community, Featured, Winter 2024 - Issue 46

Food for Thought: Winter 2024

If you’re reading this right now, you are experiencing a first alongside us. This is Edible San Luis Obispo’s first ever digital issue! As we get older, we don’t experience q...

Photo of a salad
November 17, 2024
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Food, Winter 2024 - Issue 46

Cook the Cover

Inspired by our friends at Edible San Diego and their annual Cook the Cover celebration, we put the call out to you, our readers, to be featured in the magazine – asking you to s...

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