California Gold Rush Brings New Look to The Roads Traveled

Mary Gilbert United States September 11, 2015Book Passage, California, California Gold Rush, Candace Rardon, Corte Madera, Don George, The Roads Traveled, Travel Writers and Photographers Conference, Travel writing 6 Comments

California Gold Rush Brings New Look to The Roads Traveled

Historians who say the California Gold Rush is over are misinformed, for I’ve struck it rich in the Golden State. My gold isn’t the same metal whose discovery in the water wheel of a sawmill in the Sacramento Valley inRead more

Say Cheese!

Mary Gilbert Food and Wine, History, United States August 17, 2013Brie, California Gold Rush, Camembert, Cheese, Cheese making, Curds, France, Golden Gate bridge, Guernsey cow, Hicks Valley Ranch, Holstein cow, Jersey cow, Jim Boyes, Lynne Devereux, Marin County, Marin French Cheese Company, Marin French Dairy, New Normandy, Petaluma, Rians, Sonoma County, Sonoma Marin Cheese Trail, The Cheese Factory, Thompson Brothers Creamery, Travel, Travel blog, Travel writing, Triple creme brie, Whey 2 Comments

Say Cheese!

Posted from Glen Ellen, CA “First you taste sweet, which is the cow’s milk. Then salt, which balances and enhances the sweet. Then a finish that’s slightly earthy, like mushrooms, from the bloomy rind, bringing a depth and pleasing bitterRead more