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Summer Pasta Recipe

Summer's Gift

With summer still going strong, food writer and blogger Lynda Balslev has your perfect summer tomato recipe.

by Lynda Balslev

August 4, 2014

Highlights

Marin Gives Back: Our Nonprofit Partners, 2025

Marin Roots, SF Plates: 3 Chefs Bringing North Bay Flavor to the City

When Death is a Part of Life: How Death Doulas Use Love, Ritual and Courage to Reshape the Way We Say Goodbye

Why We Love Larkspur: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About This Friendly, Fascinating City

In the Company of Giants: How an Annual Trip Hosted by WILDCOAST Protects Whales

Marin Gives Back: Our Nonprofit Partners in Giving, 2024

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This year, there are a whopping 6🤷7 nonprofits

This year, there are a whopping 6🤷7 nonprofits in our Marin Gives Back feature!

Whether you have $50 or $5,000 or even $10,000, here's how to donate to our great community this holiday season. Details in bio 🔗

Which ones are you donating to? Comment below!

📷 Christian Mills

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We love spotlighting the best Northern California

We love spotlighting the best Northern California winter getaways — and this season, San Ramon is at the top of our list ❄️

Enter to win a special winter giveaway with our partner, Discover San Ramon:
🏨 Two-night stay at Residence Inn San Ramon
🍽️ $50 Slanted Door San Ramon gift card

To enter:
✔️ Follow @DiscoverSanRamonCA and @MarinMagazine
✔️ Like this post
✔️ Tag a friend

The lucky winner will be randomly chosen on 12/4.

Discover San Ramon invites you to stay, play, shop and skate all winter long. From glowing lights and open-air shopping to festive family fun, cozy dining and complimentary ice skating tickets with select hotel stays, it’s the perfect place to unwind and celebrate.

Enter for your chance to win — and start planning your festive & effortless escape!

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The December issue has arrived 👏 What's inside

The December issue has arrived 👏

What's inside:
📌 2025 Year in Review
💛 Annual Marin Gives Back Feature
🌲 A Love Letter to Larkspur
⛷️ Tahoe's Newest Hit List
➕ And much, much more!

Grab a copy, dive in and celebrate the season of giving 🫶

#marinmagazine #marincounty #magazine #maringivesback #theseasonofgiving #larkspur

Humbowl has arrived in San Rafael! #MarinNewInTown

The perfect healthy fall recipe to try 🥬 Delic

The perfect healthy fall recipe to try 🥬

Delicata, Radicchio and Black Rice Salad

Ingredients
Serves 4
Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes, plus rice cooking and cooling time

Dressing
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 small garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Salad
1 cup black rice
Kosher salt
1 large or 2 small delicata squash
1 to 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 large head radicchio, cored, leaves torn
2 to 3 scallions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
Pepitas and/or dried cranberries, for garnish

Directions
Whisk the dressing ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.

Cook the rice, according to package instructions. Season to taste with salt and set aside to cool.

Heat the oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.

Cut the squash crosswise in 1/3-inch-thick slices; scoop out the seeds. Place the rings in a large bowl.

Add the oil, 1 teaspoon salt, cumin and black pepper and toss to coat.

Arrange the squash rings in one layer on the baking sheet. Transfer to the oven and roast until tender and golden brown in spots, about 25 minutes, flipping once.

Remove from the oven and lightly brush with the dressing. Cool to lukewarm or room temperature.

Spread the radicchio in a serving bowl. Stir the scallions into the rice and then spoon the rice over and around the radicchio.

Arrange the delicata rings over the salad, tucking some of the rings under the radicchio leaves.

Garnish with parsley and the pepitas/dried cranberries, if using. Drizzle with the remaining dressing to your taste.

Comment below if you want to make it!

✍️ Written by Lynda Balslev

📷 Photo by Lynda Balslev

#marinmagazine #marincounty #squashrecipes #delicatasquash #fallrecipe

This picture, taken in the 1930s, shows one of two

This picture, taken in the 1930s, shows one of two, still operating Marin railroad tunnels that were built nearly 150-years ago. That’s an electric-powered interurban railcar entering the 1,200-foot Cal Park Tunnel, which was constructed in 1884. It was rebuilt in 2010 and is now being used by SMART (Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit) running between Larkspur and numerous northern destinations — the billboard advertising paint is on today’s Highway 101. The other tunnel that is still operational was also rebuilt by SMART, and burrowed into the hill between downtown San Rafael and the Marin County Civic Center. When driving Highway 101 and nearing North San Pedro Road, you’re near this tunnel, the Porto Suello Tunnel.

According to historian Richard Torney, though Marin is one of the smallest counties in California (per area), it once had an astounding 10 railroad tunnels open and operating. Other tunnels include two created in 1884 for the Northwestern Pacific Railroad line that connected Tiburon and San Rafael, the Reed Tunnel near Tiburon’s Blackie’s Pasture where trestle timbers are still standing, and the Meadowsweet Tunnel in Corte Madera where no remnants are visible today. Finally, there’s the much-discussed Alto Tunnel on the Mill Valley – Corte Madera border. Its 2,200-feet length was bored (a process of building a tunnel, using a Tunnel Boring Machine, or TBM) in 1884, and was operational until 1971. It was then sealed shut with pea gravel and concrete.

A group called Friends of Alto Tunnel would now like to reopen it, and create a greenway path for bikes and hikes that would connect southern and northern Marin — its estimated cost is somewhere north of $50 million.

✍️ Written by Jim Wood

📷 Photo courtesy of The Fred Codoni Collection

#marinmagazine #marincounty #marinhistory #traintunnel

From coffee in Mill Valley to cocktails in Sausali

From coffee in Mill Valley to cocktails in Sausalito, Hello! Marin curates the best places to eat, shop and explore across the county.

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A new wave of California farmers and food leaders

A new wave of California farmers and food leaders are reviving ancient practices to heal the soil, nourish communities and reshape agriculture.

In a spot between Monterey and Salinas — an area affectionately known as the “Salad Bowl of the World” — the regenerative organic farming initiative, Regenerative California (RC), is driving a shift in industry practices.

This nonprofit initiative, co-founded by former longtime Marin resident Kristin Coates, launched in 2023. It is designed to create the first regenerative economy in the US, and focuses on agriculture, marine resources and healthy affordable housing, while moving away from extractive practices.

Last spring, Regenerative California launched its agricultural initiative with its first regenerative farm known as Regenerate 68 Farm. The 68 acre farm, located just off of Highway 68 in Monterey County, is located on the Ferini Ranch.

What’s Old is New Again

According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), California is the largest agricultural exporting state in the country to date: it supplies over a third of the nation’s vegetables and three-quarters of its fruits and nuts. To keep up with the growing demands of food production over the last hundred years, farmers moved away from indigenous agricultural practices — known today as “regenerative farming” — and relied more on modern farming techniques to yield larger crops of single items. This has resulted in more food, but it also had serious drawbacks to the health of the soil, the nutritional value of the food and quality of life for the farmers.

✍️ Mark C. Anderson

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#marinmagazine #marincounty #regenerativeagriculture #regenerativefarming #farmingcalifornia

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