Feasts on the Farm
Over 60 Seasonal Recipes and Stories of Sustainable Farming from Tomales Farmstead Creamery
Published on 11. September 2025
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-7972-2916-4 (ISBN)
Description
"An inspiring and empowering collection of farm-to-table recipes for cooks who want to know more about how ingredients get to their kitchens and want to be part of the solution offered by regenerative farming." -Library Journal
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!
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!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 to 65 years
Dimensions
Height: 192 mm
Width: 242 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
874 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7972-2916-4 (9781797229164)
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Additional editions
Tamara Hicks | Jessica MacLeod
Feasts on the Farm
Seasonal Cheese, Sustainable Farming, and 60+ Recipes from Tomales Farmstead Creamery
E-Book
08/2025
Chronicle Books LLC
€20.49
Available for download
Persons
Tamara Jo Hicks grew up in rural San Diego County and Oklahoma, so when she moved to the Bay Area to pursue her Clinical Psychology degree, she gravitated to bucolic West Marin. In 2003, she, her husband, David Jablons, and their two daughters, Josy and Emmy, purchased the 160-acre Toluma Farms property, and in 2007, restored the land's dairy operations to transition it to a goat and sheep dairy. In 2012, thanks to a grant from USDA Rural Development and capital from the land trust with Marin Agriculture Land Trust, and after several years of intensive land restoration, Tomales Farmstead Creamery was born.
Jessica MacLeod is a writer and illustrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She began volunteering at Toluma Farms when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020. At the time, she was running a non-profit that matched tech workers with government agencies in need as the crisis unfolded. While Jessica continues her career at the intersection of technology and social good, her visits to the farm and cooking delicious meals for family and friends keep her connected to the community, land, and abundance of Marin County.
Jessica MacLeod is a writer and illustrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She began volunteering at Toluma Farms when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020. At the time, she was running a non-profit that matched tech workers with government agencies in need as the crisis unfolded. While Jessica continues her career at the intersection of technology and social good, her visits to the farm and cooking delicious meals for family and friends keep her connected to the community, land, and abundance of Marin County.