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Edible Santa Barbara magazine cover: Issue 63, Spring 2026. — Spring 2026

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For Easter this year, try making naturally dyed eg

For Easter this year, try making naturally dyed eggs 🌿🥚

There are many ways to create beautiful colors using natural ingredients, but something as simple as yellow onion skins produces a rich, earthy brown. Paired with flowers and leaves gathered from your yard, they create truly stunning, one-of-a-kind eggs.

Best of all? They’re still hard-boiled — and perfectly edible afterward. Start saving those onion skins! (tip: we collect them year-round so there is always enough to make our own and to give away.)

This is a beloved family tradition that goes back nearly half a century — to a time when nylon stockings were sold inside plastic eggs at the drugstore. Remember those? Nylons may not be as common these days, but one pair will last you for years of egg-dyeing to come.

Get the full recipe and instructions at the link in bio.

#easter #eastereggs #easterDIY #naturaldye #onionskineastereggs

We have our weekend reads all queued up. Newly p

We have our weekend reads all queued up.

Newly published is a Feast for Santa Barbara, a collection of poems celebrating food and drink, edited by George Yatchisin.

With so many names and places authored and mentioned, there is a good chance you’ll recognize a handful. Copies are available now, or hang tight until the @sbculinaryexperience for a special reception on May 11th at the @theblacksheepsb where guests will receive a copy of the anthology.

Cherimoya (Annona cherimola) is a subtropical frui

Cherimoya (Annona cherimola) is a subtropical fruit that peaks in springtime. It’s climate requirements are similar to avocados so they grow well in areas of Santa Barbara that are free of frost. The custard inside is soft, sweet, and delicious.
We recently enjoyed an #exquisitebite of cherimoya panna cotta at @littlemountainsb.

Try a cherimoya, currently available at the local farmers markets, or try a version of it in Montecito.

Kicking things off in our latest spring issue is @

Kicking things off in our latest spring issue is @gyatchisin’s Drinkable Landscape on National Cocktail Day.
George offers us two things: his announcement that, after 13 years (about 44 cocktails) of dedication to the craft, he’s leaving us. To bid our cocktail readers adieu his springtime beverage is a Farewell to Georgio.

Using Ventura-based @drinkatost in place of Aperol, George’s cocktail is an homage with a local twist to Audrey Saunder’s Intro to Aperitivo. (To make it even more loyal to local, add @rock12distillery’s gin.)

We all have work to do, and George is off to write poetry as Santa Barbara’s poet laureate. Thank you for all the years and all the cheers!

To read his article and get the recipe, pick up the latest edible Santa Barbara or go to the link in our bio!

📸: Rob Bilson

The @sborchidshow has wrapped up its 78th year. Vi

The @sborchidshow has wrapped up its 78th year. Visitors were treated to an Orchid Escape, including three special evening events.

Thursday evening, a serenity yoga session and sound bath when the flowers were at their freshest.

Friday night, a party in the plants with Orchids After Dark.

And Saturday was a four course feast in the flowers with chef Amy Baer @epicureansb.

Did you know that Santa Barbara’s climate is ideal for growing orchids? From tropicals in glasshouses in Carpinteria to subtropical and montane orchids thriving outdoors in the foothills, many displays came from local farms and lifelong orchid enthusiasts right here.

Visitors made a weekend of it, enjoying the many open houses at orchid nurseries or shopping at the vendor hall next to the show at Earl Warren Showgrounds that included many plants (and even packets of vanilla) which will thrive and bloom for years to come in our special city.

Introducing: We have work to do. This spring, tak

Introducing: We have work to do.

This spring, take a break from all the work you have to do and set aside time to read about the people, places and things that make Santa Barbara county’s foodways healthier and more resilient.
Have a taste of springtime recipes, meet the people with the vision for a better future. Time is the only thing we don’t get more of, spend it wisely. Learn more in our delicious issue!

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