Placer cookbook launch shows boom in food awareness

More than 350 people showed up for the launch of Placer County Real Food, a cookbook that highlights the boom in food awareness in our area.

More people want to know where their food is coming from, how it’s grown and how it’s transported, and farmers markets are popping up all over the foothills.

The book’s recipes are based on shopping at the Foothill Farmers Market and cooking meals from what they found fresh for a full year. More than 300 guests dined with market co-founder Joanne Neft and chef Laura Kenny at family-style dinners, providing feedback. The background is here.

This weekend’s event, at the historic Blue Goose fruit packing shed in Loomis, was hosted by PlacerGrown. We enjoyed attending, and our son liked the fiddle music. This is a cool “shop local, buy local” story for our region, supporting independently run businesses.

A video is here:

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