SPRING 2023

from Food & Home Magazine - Spring 2023

by Food & Home Magazine

Are you considering orthopedic surgery?

F+H Gallery

Local artists showcase their work.

Grape Escapes

Mattie’s Tavern and other wine country getaways.

Wine Picks Spring sipping.

Wine + Dine

Local eateries pair their food with great local wines.

Last Word

Dealing with snow days of the very rare kind.

One the cover: Modern kitchen design by Santa Barbara architectural firm, Anacapa Architecture. www.anacapaarchitecture. com Cover photo by Erin Feinblatt. erinfeinblatt.com @erinfeinblatt

PublIsher & PresIdent

Philip Kirkwood phil@food-home.com dInIng & CoPy edItor

Jeff Miller

WIne edItor

Hana-Lee Sedgwick travel edItor

Leslie A. Westbrook

ContrIbutors

Raymond Bloom

Angela Borda

Christine Cowles

Lisa Cullen

Danielle Fahrenkrug

Nick Franklin

Laurence Hauben

Geneva Ives

Lynette La Mere

Nancy Ransohoff

Megan Waldrep

PhotograPhy

Jim Bartsch

Michael Brown

Joshua Curry

Eliot Crowley

Mehosh Dziadzio

Braulio Godinez

Ashley Hardin

Kim Reierson

Eamonn McGeough

Shelly Vinson soCIal medIa Consultant

Kara Pearson

ContaCt InformatIon

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Laurence Hauben

Born and raised in France, Laurence began her culinary training at age three. A cooking teacher and chef, she is available for small group and private events, specializing in seasonal menus centered around Santa Barbara’s organic produce and local seafood. To learn more, visit www.marketforays.com

Geneva Ives

Geneva Ives is a local writer with a big appetite, cute little boy, and sweet ’66 El Camino. She also writes for USA Today and is the author of “Unique Eats and Eateries of Santa Barbara.” Feast along on Instagram: @hi_geneva

Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller is a longtime newspaper writer/editor who now writes books and plays. His novels can be found at amazon.com/author/ jdmillerauthor or at Lulu.com under J.D. Miller.

Nancy Ransohoff

Nancy Ransohoff is a writer and editor who’s worked at Bon Appetit, Architectural Digest, and Frommer’s guidebooks. She currently writes for 805 Living magazine and covers Santa Barbara area restaurants for Westways magazine. She was a writer and editor for the guidebook “Hometown Santa Barbara,” and loves to help show off this beautiful place we’re lucky enough to call home.

Hana-Lee Sedgwick

Hana-Lee Sedgwick is a writer, editor, and marketing consultant born and raised in Santa Barbara. A certified specialist of wine and sommelier, she loves sharing the world of wine with people, and happily spends her downtime eating, drinking, and wandering throughout California wine country and beyond. Follow her on Instagram @wanderandwine.

Megan Waldrep

Megan Waldrep is a writer based in Ojai, CA, and Wilmington, NC. Her husband, Chris Dabney, is a second-generation California spiny lobsterman and Bristol Bay fisherman, which gives Megan plenty to dish about on her lifestyle blog for partners of commercial fishermen at meganwaldrep.com.

Leslie A. Westbrook

Leslie A. Westbrook is an award-winning journalist who covers travel, food, design, and people. She also assists clients around the globe desiring to sell fine art, antiques, and collectibles via international auction houses. Leslie can be reached for a complimentary consultation at LeslieAWestbrook@gmail.com

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