I love Chau Veggie’s Golden Temple Soup. It’s rich and brothy, and loaded with vegetables; the kind of thing you crave when you’re feeling sick, wiped out, or just a little lost in the world. It’s ...
Along the marsh’s edge at Cache Creek Nature Preserve, 20 miles northwest of Sacramento, Diana Almendariz harvests bundles of tule (Schoenoplectus acutus)— green, smooth cylinders up to 10 feet high.