Sonoma County 2011
Alex Roth
Roaster & founder of Pepper Peddler Coffee
Anna Barr Larsen
Founder & owner of Boat Direct Consulting
Anna Barr Larsen is the founder and owner of Boat Direct Consulting, helping fishermen go to market.
Bruce Cole
editor of Edible San Francisco
Cia Glover
Coffee Roasting
We learned to roast coffee from green beans with Alex Roth of Pepper Peddler Coffee.
Dafna Kory
jambot & founder of INNA Jam
Dafna Kory makes single-variety fruit jams, pickles and shrubs as founder of INNA Jam.
Deidre Hopp
chef
Elianna Friedman
chef & founder of Bay Leaf Kitchen
Elianna Friedman is the Associate Director for The Advot Project, a nonprofit that empowers youth from disadvantaged backgrounds through theater arts.
Emily Dellas
instructor & owner of First Class Cooking
Emily Dellas runs a cooking school, First Class Cooking. She also works on recipe development at Alpha Food Labs.
Emily Davidson
cheesemaker & co-founder of Eat Retreat
Cheesemaker
Fiona Tang
Food Styling
Food stylist Tina Bell Stamos showed off her tricks of the trade.
James Collier
photograher & digital storyteller
Photographer, writer & creative strategist
Jamming
Dafna Kory of INNA Jam taught us how to preserve small batches of seasonal fruit.
Jeff Potter
author of Cooking for Geeks
Jesse Friedman
brewer & founder of Almanac Beer
Jesse Friedman is the brewer and co-founder of Almanac Beer Company, a farm-to-barrel brewery based in San Francisco.
Julie Morelli
artist, designer & creator of Nourishing Notes
Kathryn Tomajan
olive oil maker | founder & director of Eat Retreat
Kathryn Tomajan farms three acres of olives in Sunol, California. She is a certified olive oil taster and the maker of Fat Gold.
Kelly Landrieu
local food advocate
Kelly Landrieu champions regional food producers as a Local Forager for Whole Foods. She’s based in New Orleans, LA.
Kimberley Hasselbrink
photograph & writer
Kirsten Bourne
community builder
Laura Brunow Miner
designer | co-founder of Eat Retreat
Laura Brunow Miner specializes in brand design and creative direction. She is currently working on an interactive art installation with the SFMOMA.
Lauren Ladoceour
journalist
Lily Mihalik
journalist
Maggie Rice
chef
Marc Matsumoto
chef & photographer
Michael Rakotz
physician
Mike Lee
co-founder of Alpha Food Labs
Mike Lee develops food products that support regenerative ag and biodiversity at Alpha Food Labs. He is also the founder of The Future Market.
Mirit Cohen
chef
Mirit Cohen honed her cooking chops in the kitchens of Google’s headquarters. She owned a catering company in San Francisco prior to her role as executive chef at Adobe.
Nate Keller
chef
Chef
Nicola Twilley
food & science journalist
Nicola Twilley is a contributing writer for The New Yorker and co-host of Gastropod, a podcast exploring the science and history of food.
Pablo Abuliak
photographer
Rosie Branson Gill
sustainable food advocate
Tina Bell Stamos
food stylist
Tina Bell Stamos makes food beautiful as a stylist, recipe developer and creative consultant.
Twilight Greenaway
writer & editor
Yogurt Making
Eat Retreaters took home live culture from a yogurt-making session led by chef Mirit Cohen.