Californians are petrified of bread.
     Whisper from a displaced Iowan met at Warwick’s book signing “Help. Where can I buy good bread here?  We         LIKE bread in Iowa.”

Results of butter tasting:  1.President, from France 2. Plusgra  3. Land O’ Lakes 4. 365 Whole Foods  5. Kerrygold

Vegetable addiction: Kale

California style taco: Jicama “tortilla” topped with fried cauliflower.

Mistaken (California?) identity: Barbecue that looks like an ice cream sundae

The most fun: watching beet haters become beet lovers

The most popular lesson: making omelettes

The best wine: all of it

The tastiest cocktail: marguerita with black salt

The best taste: fresh-from-the-sea uni (urchin roe)

The biggest surprise: everyone loving rabbit

The luckiest thing: sumptuous swordfish from the bay – San Diegans, you have NO idea how lucky you are!

The best food gift: artichoke fritatta sandwich, at Chinos

The most magical (for someone from Normandy): oranges dripping from trees

The perfect moment: morning coffee, poolside

Jaw-drop moment: the bird-wing doors on the Tesla as they opened (and out came people)

The most gorgeous: view from Mr. A’s

The very best: the friends, the people

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