California Foodways

For California Foodways, reporter Lisa Morehouse spends a lot of time in her car. She’s on a kind of mission: to travel to every county in the state, finding stories about food, agriculture, and -- most importantly -- the people that make both possible.

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Chef Chu's: The family-owned restaurant that grew up with Silicon Valley

Posted December 23, 202500:17:54

For more than ten years, I’ve been traveling all over California, reporting stories about food and farming from every county. Now, for the 58th and...

Richmond's 'Minister of Food' Serves the Bay Area Southern BBQ, California Style

Posted December 18, 202500:15:44

On a corner in Richmond, California, there’s a business that has celebrated the city’s Black history and Southern roots for 30 years: CJ's BBQ &...

Whiskey distillery moves to site of West Coast's first naval base

Posted October 10, 202500:12:48

Californians have made whiskey since the Gold Rush. Craft bourbon has been taking off in the last couple decades -- with as many as 150 distilleries...

While the Bay Area sleeps, the Oakland Produce Market bustles with life

Posted July 12, 202500:13:46

When most of California is asleep, a few square blocks on the edge of Oakland’s Jack London Square come alive with people, produce and machinery....

Home on the Grange: In the Anderson Valley, a story of how hippies, old-timers connected

Posted July 11, 202500:17:16

Grange halls have been around for more than 150 years — the Grange began as a fraternal organization for farmers. Even though farming — and Grange...