October 4, 2013
Costa Mesa’s SoCo Collection is already a hub for O.C. food, with its Saturday farmers market, Surfas chef supply, plus The OC Mix’s cutting-edge restaurants and third-wave leader Portola Coffee Lab. So it seems a natural site for this weekend’s inaugural Patchwork Show Edible Edition, the all-food-all-the-time version of the biannual, multi-location Patchwork craft shows founded by Delilah Snell and Nicole Stevenson.
Certified master food preserver Snell, who owns Santa Ana’s Road Less Traveled, and Stevenson, a writer and designer of her own Random Nicole clothing line, have planned a roster of chef demos and how-to panels with local fooderati like OC Baking’s Dean Kim on bread, and fire-powered Arc chef Noah Blom grilling the perfect steak. An artisanal food marketplace will showcase sellers of handmade goods, and a panel with public health agencies from O.C. and surrounding counties will field questions from would-be home food producers about the new C
Liz Heinecke: On Writing Creative Nonfiction
Nonfiction author Liz Heinecke explores her journey from writing books for children to a more general audience and the journey to write her latest book Radiant.
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Feb 21, 2021
Liz Heinecke has an undergraduate degree in art from Luther College, a master s degree in bacteriology from UW Madison, and worked as an academic molecular biology researcher before starting her wildly successful online educational platform KitchenPantryScientist.com. She has written seven books teaching kids (and their parents) how to perform simple science experiments at home, including two which pair science experiments with history lessons about scientists. She is a regular fixture on local TV morning shows including CBS and ABC, and frequently makes appearances for library programs, and at STEM, STEAM and tech festivals. Between experiments and writing, Liz paints, sings, and plays the banjo. She lives in Minneapolis, Minn.