Nancy Oster

Nancy Oster is a writer and the recipe editor for Edible Santa Barbara. She has watched as many Santa Barbara lemon orchards and avocado groves have become housing developments and shopping malls. As a child visiting Santa Barbara, she ate fish her grandmother caught and abalone her uncles harvested. Milk was delivered daily from a local dairy. Afternoon snacks were loquats her grandfather carried in his pocket or strawberries she gathered in his garden. She is deeply grateful to Santa Barbara farmers, ranchers and fishermen, for the opportunity to share the unique tastes of Santa Barbara’s soil and ocean with her own grandchildren.