September 13, 2025

Jennifer Graue on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Jennifer Graue is our guest on this episode of Savoring Sonoma: The Hour. Her tenure as a food writer at the Press Democrat has produced a meaningful collection of articles about people and their connection to food, farming, family and our community. Now as Editor in Chief of Sonoma Magazine, and…

August 23, 2025

Life on the Farm Farmers Panel at Gravenstein Apple Fair on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

For the last decade or so host Clark Wolf has moderated panels in the Life on the Farm section of the Gravenstein Apple Fair. Usually it’s farmers and others who take care of us addressing fundamental topics of strong interest. This year the focus of Sunday’s panel was a lively discussion of those…

August 09, 2025

Michelle Wimborough and Dawn Zaft on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Host Clark Wolf spends the hour with two of the region’s best and most admired bakers and cooks. Michelle Wimborough of Hazel in Occidental and Dawn Zaft of Criminal Baking Company talk about their love of food (and pie), the world of cooking for people and the joys and challenges of doing the work…

July 26, 2025

52nd Annual Gravenstein Apple Fair preview on Savoring Sonoma

What better place to talk about the history and magic of what will be the 52nd Annual Gravenstein Apple Fair than under the old oaks at Ragle Ranch Park in Sebastopol where it’s been held for many years? Join host Clark Wolf as he perches on a picnic table to speak with some of the folks planning…

July 12, 2025

Celebrating M.F.K.Fisher with Kennedy Golden, Alex Wright, and Luke Barr on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

It’s an episode all about the late, world renown author and long time Glen Ellen resident M.F.K. Fisher in honor of her recent birthday on July 3rd. It would have been her 117th. Join host Clark Wolf as he speaks with Fisher’s daughter Kennedy Golden, grandson Alex Wright and Grand Nephew Luke Barr…

June 22, 2025

Critical Topics in Food Studies NYU Panel Discussion on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

In this show, we listen to a very special panel discussion held in New York City and recorded over Zoom earlier this year. This marked the the 20th anniversary of the Critical Topics in Food Program Launched by Wolf and run in collaboration with the NYU Department of Nutrition and Food Studies,…

Jun 08, 2025

Sustainability panel discussion on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Recently, host Clark Wolf had the pleasure of moderating a panel at the Sustainability Enterprise Conference held nearby, in Rhonert Park’s favorite…

May 24, 2025

Jennifer Bice on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

The contributions of Jennifer Bice to the 20th and 21st Century advancement of artisan foods, most specifically goat’s milk dairy products, cannot be…

May 10, 2025

Kiano Moju on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Kiano Moju is the author of a beautiful cookbook called AfriCali: Recipes from my Jikoni. Building on her family history from Kenya and Nigeria, as…

Apr 27, 2025

Chef Douglas Keane on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

This episode of Savoring Sonoma: The Hour presents a deep and powerful - sometimes funny - conversation with chef Douglas Keane centered on his new…

Apr 13, 2025

Rob Schwenker and Susan Erkel Ryan of Russian Riverkeeper

Host Clark Wolf sits down for an in-depth conversation with two people working tirelessly to protect our watershed and all that includes. Executive…

Mar 23, 2025

Michelle Wood's Jimtown and Then Some on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

For more than a hundred years the Jimtown Store has been at the heart of the Alexander Valley. The collection of buildings and gardens on the bucolic…

Mar 09, 2025

J. David Holt on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

J. David Holt is an author, historian, and former marketing executive. His new children’s book, “The Mystery of Mushroom Valley,” illustrates…

Feb 23, 2025

Matthew Kammerer on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Matthew Kammerer has traveled the world to be able to end up in a remote outpost of stunning natural beauty. Chef, partner, and hotelier of the two…

Feb 09, 2025

Omer and Tal Seltzer on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Omer and Tal Seltzer and their families took a fascinating and circuitous route to and from the mountains of Judea to fine, artisan cheese making in…

Jan 12, 2025

Evan Wiig on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Who better to speak with about all things small and family farming than Evan Wiig, Director of Membership and Communications for CAFF? That stands…

Dec 22, 2024

Sara B. Franklin on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Photo credit: Katrin BjorkSara B. Franklin is a writer, teacher and oral historian. She holds a PhD in Food Studies from New York University, is the…

Nov 24, 2024

Diana R. Chambers on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Author Diana R. Chambers may have never meet famed TV chef Julia Child but that hasn’t stopped the Sebastopol writer from crafting an engaging,…

Nov 10, 2024

Preeti Mistry on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Preeti Mistry is a powerhouse of activity. Chef, activist, restaurateur, podcaster, hear their interview with Clark Wolf on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour.

Oct 27, 2024

Gravenstein Elementary and Hillcrest Middle School gardens on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Host Clark Wolf explores an inspiring food program at Gravenstein Elementary and Hillcrest Middle School

Oct 13, 2024

Jim Reichardt of Liberty Ducks on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Jim Reichardt’s family started with a dozen ducks from Denmark, at their farm in San Francisco’s Mission District in 1901. The story of their…

Aug 25, 2024

Protecting Diversity in Farming panel on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Tune in to enjoy a benchmark panel conversation recorded live at the 51st Annual Gravenstein Apple Fair. Right in the middle of the Life On The Farm…

Aug 11, 2024

Sarah Silva on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Recently named Climate Smart Farmer of The Year by CAFF (Community Alliance of Family Farms), Sarah Silva and her mother Carol steward the 85 acre…

Jul 28, 2024

Dan Imhoff on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Dan Imhoff is a writer, author, publisher, activist and musician. Splitting his time between Sonoma County and Spain, he shares deeply informed…

Jul 14, 2024

Elizabeth Kaiser on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Elizabeth Kaiser from Singing Frogs Farm joins host Clark Wolf and talks about just what it takes to farm for real.

Jun 23, 2024

Sue Conley, Kennedy Golden, Peg Smith, and Carmen Snyder on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

We wouldn’t usually post a "pledge drive" show to our archive but the folks who joined in our efforts to support KRCB and the good work of NPR are…

Jun 09, 2024

Chef Rogelio Garcia on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Rogelio Garcia is the star chef, and Executive Chef of the two restaurants at Calistoga’s Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley. One is an…

May 26, 2024

Chris Smith and Phil Rosenthal on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Two great story tellers are welcomed to Savoring Sonoma in this week’s episode. First it’s long time Press Democrat Columnist Chris Smith, talking…

May 12, 2024

NYU panel discussion with editors of Practicing Food Studies

It’s hard to fathom that this effort to develop and establish Food Studies programs, and therefore an all new academic discipline, happened way back…

Apr 28, 2024

Bob and Jill Giacomini on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese has been in the making since 1959, when Bob and Dean Giacomini built their dairy farm off Tomales Bay to start making…

Apr 14, 2024

Dr. Gail Myers on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

In her work as a cultural anthropologist, Dr. Gail Myers noted the lack of support at all levels of government and industry for black farmers. In…

Mar 24, 2024

Albert Straus on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Join host Clark Wolf as he speaks with this year’s Grand Award for Outstanding Leadership recipient for the Second Annual NorCal Public Media Food…

Mar 10, 2024

Jonathan Bravo on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

Jonathan Bravo is this week’s guest on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour, hosted by Clark Wolf. Bravo is the Bilingual Garden Specialist at Landpath’s Bayer…

Feb 23, 2024

Susan Gilmore on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: February 25, 2024)

Join host Clark Wolf as he gets deep into lively conversation with Susan Gilmore, Founder and Executive Director of North Bay Children's Center. They…

Feb 08, 2024

Nick Schwanz and Spencer Scott of Solar Punk Farms on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: February 11, 2024)

This week, as we’re Savoring Sonoma, we get to visit for the hour with Nick Schwanz and Spencer Scott of Solar Punk Farms, sitting just outside of…

Jan 29, 2024

June Michaels and Hector Alvarez on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: January 28, 2024)

This time on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour host Clark Wolf speak with two of the very special local folks who will be honored on March 30th at the Second…

Jan 14, 2024

Wissam Kahi, Anya Von Bremzen, and Betsy Fisher on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: January 14, 2024)

From the new public garden behind the Phillip Johnson designed landmark 550 Madison Avenue in the middle of Manhattan, host Clark Wolf speaks with…

Dec 22, 2023

Christopher Herrera of Deep Roots Farm on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: December 24, 2023)

Christopher Herrera is a seventh generation Sonoma County farmer who learned a great deal of what he knows about farming, not from his parents but…

Dec 08, 2023

Chef Dan Kedan on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: December 10, 2023)

This Sunday evening host Clark Wolf welcomes Chef and Culinary Instructor Dan Kedan who, with his wife Marianna Gardenhire, owned the beloved…

Nov 27, 2023

Viola Buitoni on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: November 26, 2023)

Viola Buitoni was born in Rome and raised in the Italian countryside, where she ate, lived, and cooked very much by the seasons in a way to which…

Nov 10, 2023

The Russian Riverkeeper Don McEnhill on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: November 12, 2023)

The legendary Russian River runs through some of the most beautiful and fertile lands in a benchmark region of food and farming. That River gives and…

Oct 22, 2023

Remembering Paula Downing on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: October 22, 2023)

This week on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour we’ll be talking about the late passionate, feisty and committed Paula Downing. We speak about her years as an…

Sep 29, 2023

Crista Luedtke on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: October 8, 2023)

This week on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour, Clark’s guest is neighbor and fellow redwood resident Crista Luedtke, Proprietor of Boon, Resort and Spa,…

Sep 22, 2023

Jamilah Nixon of JAM’s Joy Bungalow on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: September 24, 2023)

Savoring Sonoma: The Hour welcomes chef/owner Jamilah Nixon of JAM’s Joy Bungalow, when we dig into her history; from Sonoma County to the shrimp…

Sep 09, 2023

Patrick O'Connell and Sean & Melissa McGaughey on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: September 10, 2023)

Patrick O'Connell has been spinning magic - now at a Michelin three star level - for 45 years at the famed Inn At Little Washington. Host Clark Wolf…

Jul 19, 2023

Liam Callahan on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: July 23, 2023)

Sometime after the Callahan family moved to thirty-four acres of bucolic Sonoma County near Petaluma, former nurse and bar certified lawyer Cindy…

Jul 07, 2023

Lindsey Shere on Savoring Sonoma (Aired: July 9, 2023)

Few people alive today hold as much history and continue to have as much impact on our community of food than Lindsey Shere. Born in Chicago, her…

Jun 22, 2023

Yvonne Michie Horn on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: June 25, 2023)

This week our guest is writer and photographer Yvonne Michie Horn who makes her home here in Sonoma County, where her family has lived for three…

Jun 09, 2023

Brian Sullivan of Dry Creek Peach on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: June 11, 2023)

This week on Savoring Sonoma we talk about precious peaches. Brian Sullivan who, with his wife Gayle Okumura Sullivan and their son Patrick, steward…

May 22, 2023

Betsy Fischer on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: May 28, 2023)

Betsy Fischer has been a powerhouse fixture in food, farming, hospitality, and education in Sonoma County for decades. These days, she’s Chair of the…

May 12, 2023

Chef proprietor and motelier Liza Hinman on Savoring Sonoma (Aired: May 14, 2021)

This week on Savoring Sonoma – on Mother’s Day - we had the great pleasure of speaking with an extremely talented and accomplished chef who also…

Apr 21, 2023

Northern California Food and Wine Awards grand honoree Alice Waters on Savoring Sonoma (Aired: April 23, 2023)

This week on Savoring Sonoma we are pleased to air the talk given by the legendary Alice Waters as she received her Grand Honoree Award for…

Mar 24, 2023

Celebrating 50 years of Farm Trails in conversation with Carmen Snyder, Wendy Krupnick, and Alan Siegle on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Airing: April 9, 2023)

Farm Trails celebrates 50 years of supporting farmers and all of us who benefit from the bounty of Sonoma County. March 27th is the official date, so…

Mar 08, 2023

Life on the Farm highlights from the 50th Anniversary of the Gravenstein Apple Fair on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: August 27, 2023)

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