DK Crawford

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DK Crawford is a restaurant critic, food writer and photographer in Ventura County who originally comes from the bayou country of Southwestern Louisiana.

She is deeply passionate about all things food related; composting, gardening, soil building, farming, harvesting, cooking and canning.  She explores the sensual connection between humans and food both through her writings and her photographs.

DK is a longtime member of Slow Food and Southern Foodways Alliance.

Her most recent work appears in the VC Reporter, Ventana Monthly, Edible Ojai (PDF).

Please join her online at her blog The Food Savant ,  facebook, or email her at thefoodsavant@gmail.com.

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Summertime at Café Verde: Cooling foods, inspirational views

by DK Crawford August 19, 2010

As printed in the VC Reporter

**Note; images by DK Crawford; the Spa turkey wrap for us for no additional charge so what you are seeing is a 1/2 portion. Also note I did not use my larger camera there because I wanted to preserve the privacy of spa guests so…

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Learn to Properly Use Your Body When You Garden – Workshop This Weekend

by DK Crawford June 18, 2010

as published on FoodSavant

“Lift with your legs!” Your legs, not your back!” “Stop!!” “There you go again, lifting with your back!” my father yelled at me almost daily when I worked alongside him on our farm. I was young and only half-listened, even though he’d had more than one hernia…

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Food Films at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2010!

by DK Crawford June 17, 2010

Mr. Okra/ film still from LA Film Festival Website

As posted on FoodSavant

Nothing better than vittles on the big screen and this weekend in LA 6/17-6/27, there are a handful of great films being served up at the Los Angeles Film Festival!

Also, for those food-inclined, La Restaurants are having all sorts of…

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Ojai Beverage Company, to beer-finity and beyond!

by DK Crawford June 10, 2010

Ojai Beverage Company

Photo by: Wesley Bauman /WBI. (c)2010, Originally published in VC Reporter

Ojai Beverage Company, to beer-finity and beyond!

By D.K. Crawford

Ojai Beverage Company 655 E. Ojai Ave. Ojai 646-1700 $3-19

“Arrogant Bastard, Bikini Blonde,” my companion muttered behind me, sounding like he had Tourette’s as we walked to the back of the…

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Lemony Artichoke Stem Slices with Toasted Almond Slivers

by DK Crawford April 15, 2010

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I am in love with growing artichokes. When I bought them at a local nursery, a curmudgeon standing behind me said they “weren’t worth it.” “They take up a lot of room and you maybe get one artichoke”. But I still wanted to try! Another person told me I’d have…

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The Equine Sanctuary in Ojai faces crisis and rescued horses might have to be put down

by DK Crawford April 9, 2010

The rescued horses at The Equine Sanctuary have 5 days of hay left and perhaps enough pelleted grain to get through Friday. If they don’t get the resources they need, the founder/director of the nonprofit sanctuary Alexis Ells will be faced with putting these rescued horses down. For a sanctuary…

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Banana Coconut Chocolate Chunk Bread

by DK Crawford April 5, 2010

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There is a joke going around about how I rarely make a recipe without adulterating it — it’s like some sort of compulsion. Another twist on this disorder is that I often research something and combine 3-4 divergent recipes into one dish. Why is cooking sometimes stressful in my world?…

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Free ** Organic Gardening Workshop This Weekend in Ojai

by DK Crawford August 24, 2009

This weekend at Mountain Meadows Nursery 245 Old Baldwin Rd., Ojai 646-0714, from 10am-12 Oscar Carmona of Healing Grounds Nursery in Santa Barbara will give a talk on organic gardening at home. He is a prophet of organic gardening with the language of a philosopher.
Oscar’s message this weekend for Ojai specifically is:…

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Ojai’s Famous Potter Otto Heino Has Passed Away at the age of 94

by DK Crawford July 17, 2009

I used to stop on my daily walks and visit Otto at his home. He was such a friendly, talkative soul during the time I lived in the East End of Ojai. Would be fun to share some Otto memories or stories if anyone has them. Here is the story…

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The Luxury of Fireworks Dampened to Feed Hungry Residents

by DK Crawford June 29, 2009

Cities across the Nation are reconsidering where to put their funding. The idea of fireworks is becoming a luxury when stacked up against citizens going hungry or people losing their jobs. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fireworks29-2009jun29,0,2351470.story

“The last food bank line I saw had more than 1,000 people in it,” said Mayor Rosemarie Vasquez of…

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