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Welcome to 100 Miles, an exploration of sustaining life by going no further away than 100 miles to gather the things we need to live. This web log is my journal of food-based experiences, memories, thoughts, and recipes. I hope you enjoy reading it. To subscribe, so as not to miss each new edition, please enter your email address.

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      Velvet Crumb Cake

      This is a Bisquick Velvet Crumb Cake.  It was my father’s favorite cake when my parents were first married.  As some of you already know I recently lost my father.  He died of lung cancer on April 19th at age 76.  He apparently had been sick for some time but due to [...]

      ‘To The Table’

      I have a confession to make:  I actually like sitting down at a table to eat and drink just a bit more than I do cooking.  Okay, a lot more.  There’s something so wonderful about plopping down at a beautifully set table, laying a cloth napkin across one’s lap and waiting for that first plate [...]

      Gleaning

      My great-grandparents, Ora and Rolla Goodman, Orcutt, California
      One of my favorite family stories is about how my great-grandmother, Ora Goodman – the inspiration for this blog – fed the hobos on Sundays. Sunday was pancake day at my great-grandmother’s house. Every Sunday Gramma Ora made pancakes for the family, and always made extras for the [...]

      Review: ‘The Berghoff Café Cookbook’

      The Berghoff Café Cookbook: Berghoff Family Recipes for Simple, Satisfying Food. Carlyn Berghoff with Nancy Ross Ryan. Andrews McMeel Publishing, $24.99 (156p) ISBN-13: 978-0-7407-8514-6
      Family food history. A slice of Americana. Useful cooking tips. The Berghoff Café Cookbook has it all — and more. Chef, owner, and author Carlyn Berghoff had me at ‘Deviled Eggs with [...]

      Gardening & Auntie Em’s Produce Delivery

      Me, age 2 1/2, helping water Grampa Rollie’s garden, Arroyo Grande, California, March 1962.
      Gardening
      Gardens were a big part of my childhood. As long as they were alive my great-grandparents, Rolla and Ora Goodman, had a bountiful garden. Lucky for me they both lived until I was in my teens. The garden I [...]