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A selection of summer dishes.
June 3, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Farm and Ocean-Fresh Ingredients Elevate Pono Pacific Kitchen

The influence of Hawaii is evident on the plates served at Pono Pacific Kitchen in Arroyo Grande, where writer Emily Basanese introduces readers to Chef Preston Tripp.

Wife and hustband team, Megan Shanley Warren and Justin Warren, walk the 100-acre farm.
June 3, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Farming for the Future: Shanley Farms’ Finger Limes

Writer Jonathan LaFerrara takes readers to Shanley Farms in Morro Bay, where finger limes are getting a chance to shine. Known for their avocados, this family farm is forging a new...

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...

Woman handing wine drink
June 3, 2025
All Stories, Drink, Featured, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Water Management Creates Quality Wines at Jada Vineyard

In this article, writer Aja Goare shares how Jada Vineyard’s focus on sustainability and water management has supported healthy soils that lead to outstanding wines.

Photo of woman - Food for Thought
June 3, 2025
All Stories, Featured, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Food for Thought: Water’s Worth

The hot summer months find many of us poolside with chilled drinks, sunhats and (hopefully) and issue of Edible San Luis Obispo in hand.

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.

Group poses for photo on porch, in black and white.
June 3, 2025
All Stories, Community, Featured, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Perspective Piece: People with Disabilities Found Meaning at Templeton Café

In this Perspective piece, former Fig at Courtney’s House Owner Christina Dillow shares how her café provided a rare opportunity for people with disabilities to have meaningful ...

Photo of Gouda dry salting
June 3, 2025
All Stories, Eat, Featured, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Cal Poly Creamery’s Cheesemaking: Science and an Art

This article by Aja Goare highlights the cheesemaking process at Cal Poly Creamery, San Luis Obispo, which recently participated in the California Artisan Cheese Festival.

Tasting Spot Bubble Trouble - Photo of person holding drink
June 3, 2025
All Stories, Drink, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Tasting Spot: Sparkling Water Adds Pizazz to Hydration

Various brands and flavors of sparkling water are replete on the shelves of grocery stores, gas stations and drugstores. Not long ago, the water was sold in apothecaries, believed ...

Edible SLO Summer 2025 - Water Issue
June 3, 2025
All Stories, Featured, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Edible San Luis Obispo Summer Edition Now on Stands

You can grab a physical copy at dozens of businesses across the Central Coast or read it in full right here online.

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June 1, 2025
Past Issues, Summer 2025 - Issue 48

Summer 2025 – Issue 48

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    We laughed, we toasted, we celebrated - and we’re We laughed, we toasted, we celebrated - and we’re still smiling about it! 
 
What a beautiful evening of merrymaking to celebrate the release of our Summer issue. We’re grateful to all who helped bring the magazine to fruition: our editors, writers, photographers, illustrators, designers, story subjects, advertisers, partners, EVERYONE who graciously shared their resources, talent and stories with us. The only thing that could top that was enjoying a pretty rad party together.  
 
Huge thanks to @theandersonpaso for hosting the party in such a beautiful space, and for the delicious food, drinks and hospitality that made it so memorable. Now let’s show up for them - their restaurant is OPEN! ✨👏
 
Thank you, Edible community, for making these events some of the highlights of our lives. We’re grateful to celebrate alongside you. Consider our cups (and hearts) full ❤️
 
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    “Have It Your Way” introduces you to @chinagourmet “Have It Your Way” introduces you to @chinagourmetpr  owned by Jack Ming Chen. At China Gourmet, the menu is just a suggestion. 

Words by @ajabgoare 
Photography by @fusillofoto 

“I don’t see my favorite on the menu but I want it.” @chinagourmetpr owner Jack Ming Chen is happy to oblige. 

Team members at China Gourmet as well as on photographs of some of their popular dishes. 

Team members at China Gourmet as well as on photographs of some of their popular dishes. 

At China Gourmet, it’s all about having the dining experience that’s all about what you want.

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    🤔 “Perspective: Executive Taste” - In this Perspec 🤔 “Perspective: Executive Taste” - In this Perspective piece, Loretta McFarland shares how learning to cook in her home kitchen as a child led to a career with unexpected opportunities to serve some iconic people, including a music legend and an American president. 

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➡️ This piece is featured in the Summer 2026 issue of Edible San Luis Obispo.
    “I’ve always been an activist at heart. I wanted t “I’ve always been an activist at heart. I wanted to change the world, and I thought that I could do that for law enforcement through helping kids. Now I’m learning how to be an activist.”

Before opening a pizza restaurant, the owner of (@bennyspizzaslo) in San Luis Obispo was focused on other aspirations. But as writer Christian Camacho explains, Ben Arona is making a difference with each slice.

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🎊 In celebration of Edible Magazine’s summer issue release, join us for a party at the first castle on the right, The Anderson Paso (@theandersonpaso)

🥂Let’s toast to all who helped get this magazine on stands and in our hands, from editorial contributors to our advertisers; from subjects in the features to our digital team; and of course Edible Magazine readers, who give us a reason to keep doing what we do.

Enjoy bites and drinks from The Anderson’s culinary team, with ingredients sourced from farms and purveyors right here on the Central Coast, and opportunities to connect with the bright minds featured in this issue.

Step into our “Unexpected” issue, where moments of surprise reveal themselves in subtle turns; and join us in a spirit of camaraderie and commemoration.

The fête will be held at:
The Anderson Paso
3090 Anderson Rd
Paso Robles

Wednesday, June 24 | 5 – 7pm

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