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Jeannette Ferrary
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Jeannette
Ferrary learned the true meaning of "It's the Cheese"
when her California
cheese article generated responses from her garage mechanic,
her mailmaneven her ex-husband. After answering all the
fan mail, Jeannette went head to thistle with the thorniest denizen
of the vegetable world: the
artichoke. Not one to be easily dissuaded, Jeannette ransacked the history
of berries in her quest for the origins of the mysterious
bumbleberry. A Bay Area food
writer, Jeannette is the author
of seven books, including MFK Fisher and Me: A Memoir of Food
and Friendship and A Good Day for Soup. She is currently working on a
book about California olive
oil, inspired by her article in the January issue. She teaches food writing
courses at UC-Berkeley extension in San Francisco.
Jeannette has also written other travel pieces for VIA: the
Incredible Shrinking Salad,
a testimony to little leafy edibles;
Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto, a street loaded with
delis, cafes, and restaurants; and
Garlic, the spicy lowdown on the
world's favorite bulblet.
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