Roasted cauliflower, broccoli and fennel

Maitake mushroom flatbread

Lemon curd

"Lemon curd is a marvelous thing because it is so diverse," says baker Karen Holmes. "It can be used as a topping, as a filling, even as a dip."

Avocado butter

Featuring avocados grown by David Schwabauer, Ventura County, and walnut oil produced by the Gonzales family, San Luis Obispo County.

Avocado caprese salad

Aunt Mary's avocado shrimp salad

Mary's blueberry muffins

This is Mary Rose Giusto's all-time favorite muffin recipe. They are a hearty muffin—not overwhelmingly sweet—in which the blueberry flavor really comes forward.

Grilled Mission fig and beet salad

Fresh tomato salsa

Roasted California chanterelle salad