Olivia Rathbone

The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Cookbook incorporates ingredients from all seasons, including weeds, flowers, herbs, nuts, fruits, mushrooms, and other forages. It’s a beautifully illustrated collection of 200 unique and delicious vegetarian recipes from the renowned California-based farm, educational retreat center, and eco-think tank. Olivia Rathbone, the book’s lead author, will be on hand to discuss food, foraging, and inspiring seasonal menus at the Point Reyes Farmers Market.

About The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC): OAEC curates a collection of over three-thousand rare food crop varieties and multi-use plants, and through this open-air classroom of gardens and wildlands, has provided training, inspiration, and support for thousands of individuals and daughter gardens’ since its inception in 1994. OAEC’s diverse suite of interwoven programs combine research, demonstration, education, and policy advocacy to develop community-based strategies and regional scale solutions to the pressing environmental and economic crises of our time. 

About Olivia Rathbone: Olivia Rathbone currently manages the dynamic kitchen at OAEC’s 80-acre site in Sonoma County and has tended the vibrant hearth of the community from the garden to the table for over a decade. Life-long farmer and cook, she orchestrates the inventive meals inspired by seasonal produce from the OAEC Mother Garden.