HEALDSBURG —
Cheese lovers and regenerative farming enthusiasts rejoice!
Join Tamara Jo Hicks and Jessica MacLeod at Acorn Cafe in Healdsburg for a tasty celebration of their stunning new cookbook – Feasts on the Farm: Over 60 Seasonal Recipes and Stories of Sustainable Farming from Tomales Farmstead Creamery.
The discussion will feature a live demonstration and be followed by a Q&A and book signing. Both authors are happy to take pictures and personalize.
Enjoy a refreshing elixir, nibble on cheesy bites from the cookbook, meet the authors, grab a picture and get your books signed in downtown Healdsburg!
This is a free event, registration required due to limited seating and complimentary beverage/bites.
From the famed Toluma Farms and its award-winning Tomales Farmstead Creamery: an irresistibly lush, illustrated collection of seasonal farm-to-table recipes paired with advocacy, education, and delicious inspiration.
Welcome to Toluma Farms, a 160-acre goat and sheep dairy and educational farm in Marin County, California, just a few miles from the Pacific Coast, stewarded since 2003 by Tamara Jo Hicks, her husband, David Jablons, and their two daughters. In partnership with writer and illustrator Jessica MacLeod, Feasts on the Farm is a gorgeous cookbook organized by the seasons that captures the nourishing, creative, and positive approach taken by the entire Toluma team.
Through 60+ tantalizing recipes ranging from starters to mains to sweets, this book makes it easy to bring Northern California living into your home, sharing practical guidance on how to:
- Take advantage of your local farmer’s market’s springtime bounty with a Farmers Panzanella Salad.
- Graze on the Perfect Summer Cheese Board on a lazy summer evening.
- Whip up some Pumpkin Muffins with Maple Goat Butter to kick off an early Autumn morning.
- Create a winter feast with a platter of Roasted Dungeness Crab with Herb Butter.
- And much more.
Filled with full-color photographs, charming illustrations, and short informative essays on topics such as slow living, agritourism, and raising happy goats and sheep, this sumptuous volume will instantly transport you to beautiful Toluma Farms and inspire you to embrace a year of seasonal, sustainable, cheese-filled eating and living!
FOR CHEESE LOVERS: Tomales Farmstead Creamery is known for its prize-winning artisanal goat and sheep cheeses. In these pages, decades of cheese knowledge are poured into the recipes, which go well beyond what you might imagine a cheese-y dish would be. Decadent, yes, but also fresh, plant-based, filling, and wholesome.
A CELEBRATION OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING: Tamara and the Toluma Farms team have spent over twenty years learning and practicing sustainable farming. Sprinkled throughout are stories about their journey on the land and the unique people they’ve worked with along the way.
Perfect for:
- Home cooks who focus on local and seasonal ingredients
- Anyone who loves to eat and cook with cheese
- Vegetable-forward but not exclusively vegetarian eaters
- Foodies who collect regional cookbooks
- Fans of regenerative/farm-to-table approaches
- Armchair travelers who dream of visiting the California farming coast
- Readers who enjoyed Six California Kitchens, The French Laundry Cookbook, and Alice Waters’ We Are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto
Authors:
Tamara Jo Hicks grew up in rural East County, San Diego, California, and in Oklahoma. When she moved to the Bay Area to pursue a clinical psychology doctorate degree, she gravitated to bucolic West Marin. In 2003, Hicks, along with her husband, David Jablons, and their daughters, Josy and Emmy, purchased the 160-acre Toluma Farms property and began restoring the land and old dairy, eventually adding goats and sheep. In 2013, Toluma Farms began their third phase: making their own farmstead cheese under the label of Tomales Farmstead Creamery.
Jessica Lynn MacLeod grew up in Mill Valley, CA and San Diego County where she loved to cook and paint from a young age. She has spent her career working at the intersection of technology and social good, spanning roles in early stage startups, public companies, government, and nonprofits. She is now a leadership coach and enjoys spending her free time cooking for loved ones, painting, visiting Toluma Farms, and enjoying the beauty of Marin with her husband Doug and daughter Mary.
Add to CalendarSeptember 3, 2025 | 6:00 - 7:00
Wednesday, September 3 at 6:00pm
Free to attend. Free wine pour, cheese tasting and photo opp with purchase of the cookbook.
jmadsen@copperbook.com
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Acorn Cafe - 124 Matheson Street, Healdsburg, CA 95448