Summer of Love

Love Apple Farms gives you plenty of reasons to get outside this summer! For the gardener, brush up on your tomato knowledge with the ongoing Tomato Masters series. For the artisan, explore canning and aromatherapy classes. And, for the food aficionado, don’t miss the farm lunches and dinners or its Iconic Chefs Dinner series, welcoming Michelin star Chef Dominique Crenn of San Francisco’s Atelier Crenn on Sunday, June 24. The summer continues with a special cooking class and book signing with author, food writer, broadcaster, and Food Network “The Next Iron Chef” judge Simon Majumdar on Saturday, August 4. Click here for more information and reservations.

Photo of Cynthia Sandberg by Lane Johnson, courtesy of Eucalyptus magazine

Manresa on Newsstands Now

Manresa and Love Apple Farms are featured in the August issue of Bon Appétit magazine online and on newsstands now. Read about the inspired partnership that is leading the way for a new California cuisine.

 
The Michelin Garden
Plenty of chefs start their day at the farmers' market, but now the truly-obsessed are micromanaging their own microgreens—none more so than Manresa's David Kinch, who selects every seed
By Daniel Duane / Photographs by Peden and Munk

Love Apple Farms owner Cynthia Sandberg

"It's about having 110 to 130 tomato varieties," says Kinch. "And that's not an exaggeration, by the way."

 Just picked herbs, green coriander seeds, micro chard, and other delights.

Kinch's inspiration comes not from the ethics of sustainability but from the relentless hunt for great ingredients.

Kinch, Nicolas Delaroque, and John Paul Carmona compose a course.

Try four of Kinch's best recipes:
Intro to the Garden Beignet How-To story
Beginning of Garden Beignet How-To slideshow
Garden Beignet recipe
Recipe for the Roasted Cucumber Sandwiches
Recipe for the Shizuka cocktail
Recipe for Melon Soup

Love Apple Farm Grows

The view from the new Love Apple Farm in Scotts Valley, California
Good news from Love Apple Farm: Cynthia Sandberg is expanding her Love Apple Farm to a new location in Scotts Valley, approximately 16 miles closer to Manresa. Currently, Love Apple Farm is in Ben Lomond, where it will remain while she moves some of her operations to Scotts Valley. She will maintain both locations and continue to supply Manresa with her acclaimed biodynamic-grown vegetables and provisions. Watch this space in future newsletters for reports on the progress of the expansion as Cynthia and her new farm partner, Daniel Maxfield, create a bigger, better farm.

It's Spring Fever

Bordeaux spinach at Love Apple Farm

It's springtime at the gardens of Love Apple Farm and Cynthia Sandberg with her crew of dedicated farmers, is growing the best biodyamic vegetables for Manresa. This spring white beets, cheddar cheese cauliflower, and fava beans with their tender shoots and flowers are abundant, and the luscious Bordeaux spinach, young red Russian kale, and New Zealand spinach are filling their well-tended beds. All of the fresh, green shoots of sunflower, amaranth, and pea flourish here, as well as the beautiful edible flowers of calendula, viola, arugula and Usui pea blossoms. You'll find Love Apple Farm's biodynamic produce served only at Manresa, but you can learn to grow vegetables like these by attending Cynthia's how-to gardening classes this spring.

Grow Better Veggies

Cynthia Sandberg of Love Apple Farm writes about Romanesco broccoli and all of the incredible vegetables that she grows for Manresa. Visit her new blog, Grow Better Veggies, which chronicles the daily events and revelations of her biodynamic farm.