Cookbook Drive — Donate to Delicious New Chapters to Restock the Bookshelves of Regional Wildfire Victims

 

 

With so many angles on stories of the devastating October Wine Country Wildfires, it helps to hone in on simple ways to continue to help make a difference in the lives of those rebuilding what it means to be home, be it a long-term plan to rebuild or finding somewhere suitable as a starting off point in figuring out a permanent move.   

Sondra Bernstein-founder of the girl & the fig - listened to Sonoma Valley residents talking about losing their homes and their cookbook collections in a recent cooking class. Home, hearth and cooking are an integral part of our lives here in Sonoma and Napa Counties.

This struck home for Sondra, who treasures her own cookbook collection and could not fathom losing it. 

Sondra reached out to friends Kathleen Hill - Author and Culinary Historian and Laura Havlek - Owner of Sign of the Bear - to brainstorm how we as a community of food lovers are more than capable of build ing treasured “new-old” Cookbook Collections to give away.

Here's where we come in, Southern Sonoma Country Life readers and our friends and family in the region. I'm readying signed copies of Fog Valley Winter, featuring vintage, local recipes to donate to this fantastic cookbook drive. I hope you will find one or two gems on your own bookshelf to pass along. 

 

 

From now until April 4th, donations of Cookbooks in English or Spanish in VERY GOOD condition (please only gift books you’d be proud to give a close friend) may be dropped off at the following locations:

 

• the girl & the fig

  • 110 West Spain Street - Sonoma - any day before Noon

• The Sign of the Bear

  • 435 1st Street West, Sonoma - any day before Noon

• The Rhône Room

  • 20816 Broadway, Sonoma - Friday - Sunday - 12pm - 3pm

• Sonoma Visitors Bureau 

  • 453 First Street East, Sonoma - any day - 9am - 5pm

• Ramekins Cooking School

  • 450 W Spain St, Sonoma, Tuesday - Saturday - 9am - 4pm

• the girl & the fig CATERS!

  • 21800 Schellville Road, Suite C - Sonoma - T-F, 10am - 2pm

• TIPS Roadhouse

  • 8445 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood - Daily 11:30 - 4pm 

• Sonoma Valley Museum of Art - Store

  • 551 Broadway - Wed - Sun - 11-5

• Healdsburg SHED

  • 25 North Street - Healdsburg - Daily 8am-6pm 

• Cameron + Co.

  • 145 Kentucky Street, Suite 7 - Petaluma - M-F 9 - 5:30 PM

• Franchetti’s

  • ​1229 N. Dutton Road, Santa Rosa - Tues - Sun 10:30 am - 1:30 pm, Wed - Sat 5pm - 8pm

 

Or, mail books (ask for media mail) to:

DELICIOUS NEW CHAPTERS

c/o the girl & the fig Business Office

1206 MacArthur Street #3, Sonoma, CA 95476

 

Visit www.deliciousnewchapters.org for updated locations and information.

 On Sunday, April 8th, Fire Survivors in Wine Country will be welcomed at Suite D, to create a new collection for themselves. The event will run throughout the day starting at 9 am.

"Fire Recovery is not a sprint, but a marathon. We hope our community’s efforts keep pushing out love for folks for years to come. We’d love to fill every kitchen with tangible reminders how grateful we are for the people who are the very best part of our Valley and region," says Sondra and team.

 If you have a friend or know someone that will benefit by this, please pass this along.