Over my 36 years of practicing medicine at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA, it's become clear that what people eat is a major factor affecting their health. On this website I look forward to sharing good food with you and celebrating the people who grow it.
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Sometimes eating locally expands to encompass global goodness. This recipe started with the gift of some white tepary beans grown during the blistering hot summer of the Sonoran desert in Southern Arizona by the Tohono O’odham, Native American “River People...
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I looked back at the recently offered pizza crust recipe and have one change and one additional suggestion. In the ongoing search for crispy crust yet a bit chewy on the inside, I have found that heating the pizza stone...
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Last Friday, the farmer’s market at our hospital hosted field trips from 1st graders, third graders, and then 33 juniors from an Oakland High School environmental sciences and physiology class. Being one of the most diverse cities in America, the...
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Citrus is a winter crop. Strawberries are here spring, summer, and fall. We are in that wonderful zone where the winter circle of fruit life overlaps with the summer circle. As apriums and pluots will replace the navel oranges at...
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I am often able to get some of the ingredients for a dish at my local farmers’ market, but not all. Beautiful cabbages, onions, and cilantro were on display. Local tomatoes are still months (?) away and any limes must...
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