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Lundberg family.
March 18, 2026
All Stories, Featured, Food

Babé Farms at 40: The Company That Helped America Fall for Baby Vegetables

This year Babé Farms celebrates its 40th anniversary, marking four decades as a pioneer and driving force in the specialty produce category.

Asparagus & White Bean Frittata with Dill Salsa Verde
March 8, 2026
All Stories, Featured, Food, Recipes, Spring 2026 - Issue 51

Recipe: Asparagus & White Bean Frittata with Dill Salsa Verde

This hearty asparagus and white bean frittata, finished with a bright dill salsa verde, is a simple, seasonal dish that brings together fresh vegetables, creamy cheese, and vibrant...

Last Bite: Leftover Turkey Sando
December 5, 2025
All Stories, Featured, Food, Recipes

Last Bite: Leftover Turkey Sando

This leftover turkey sando is the cure to the dull day after the holiday meal (and the next, and the next).

Garden Cottage Bean Soup (1)
October 1, 2025
All Stories, Fall 2025 - Issue 49, Featured, Food, Recipes

Last Bite: Garden Cottage Bean Soup

Fall is here to stay and there is no better way to get into the swing of the season than with a deliciously hardy soup. Gather and let Chef Phillips guide you through for a satisfy...

In Season Cauldron Cooking - Apple Cider Glazed Pork Loin
September 16, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Fall 2025 - Issue 49, Featured, Food, Recipes

In Season: Cauldron Cooking

As the summer heat fades and cardigans reemerge as dinner attire, mealtime shifts with the season; roasted, spiced and glazed become the season’s go-to cooking techniques. Paired...

A water tower sign
June 3, 2025
All Stories, Featured, Food, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Paso Robles Olive Oil Sommelier Talks Tasting and Pairing

Central Coast Olive Oil Sommelier Gail Todaro shares with writer Katy Budge the beauty of tasting and pairing olive oil. This article checks in with The Groves on 41 in Templeton a...

Six photo collage for Amuse Bouche
June 3, 2025
All Stories, Featured, Food, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Amuse Bouche: Summer 2025

Check out these starters to entertain the mouth and the mind in the Summer 2025 edition of Amuse Bouche.

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...

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.”

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.

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.

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...

November 16, 2024
Community, Eat, Food, Winter 2024 - Issue 46

Fill the Fridge

The holidays are a joyous – albeit stressful – time of year. Prepping the fridge with intention saves hours of stress, extra shopping trips and unnecessary food waste. And fill...

Photograph by Kevin White, Courtesy of America’s Test Kitchen, All Rights Reserved
November 16, 2024
Eat, Featured, Food, Recipes, Winter 2024 - Issue 46

Food Gifts

From the book Food Gifts by food stylist and best-selling author Elle Simone Scott, here, a selection of irresistible recipes for crafting personalized presents.

cacio e pepe
November 16, 2024
Eat, Food, Recipes, Winter 2024 - Issue 46

Twirl & Twist: Cacio e Pepe from Nate’s On Marsh

This cacio e pepe recipe takes comfort food to a whole new level.

In Season - Photos of three food items
June 4, 2024
Featured, Food, Recipes, Summer 2024 - Issue 44

In Season: San Luis Obispo Chef’s dynamic cooking methods preserve and punch up flavor

In this article, Chef Rachel Ponce of Frunchroom and Pair With shares recipes that use dynamic cooking methods like dehydration, fermentation and curing.

Participants are guided in harvesting their own seaweed on local shorelines.
June 2, 2024
Featured, Food, Summer 2024 - Issue 44

Foraged seaweed off the coast of Cayucos is the protein of the future

In this article, San Luis Obispo chefs and fisherman explain how seaweed fished off Cayucos offers sustainable protein for the future. The vegetarian ocean product is driving the H...

Birchwood Co-owner Howdy Nunez welcomes guests.
May 31, 2024
Featured, Food, Summer 2024 - Issue 44

Birchwood Nipomo offers beer garden and community in South San Luis Obispo County

This article illustrates how Birchwood Nipomo has served as a community gathering place in South San Luis Obispo County for decades, potentially acting as the site of the famed Mig...

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Monarch Grove Winery’s tasting room has been a fixture of the Grover Beach Amtrak station, greeting riders as they disembarked from the train. Like the butterfly, the tasting room recently migrated away, just around the corner to a larger space. Owners Ercilia Martins and Julie Garcia are excited for this new stage of their business.

After that initial trip, Julie was hooked. She began taking winemaking classes and scouting locations for the right space to open a tasting room at home in Grover Beach. They wanted to apply that same Old World approach characteristic of Portuguese winemaking to their wine. That’s when they landed on Monarch Grove Winery.

Ercilia and Julie purchased Monarch Grove Winery on the first day of 2024, but their passion for wine started long before their acquisition. Ercilia is originally from Portugal and grew up in the countryside, where her family made their own table wine. She brought Julie home for visits in 2019 and 2022. That’s when Julie first began learning about winemaking from Ercilia’s father, Joe Martins. 

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“There definitely has always been a pull to this community,” says Ercilia. In 2018, the two purchased their first home in Grover Beach and

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