“Throughout all the world there goes on a long cry from the heart of the artist: give me leave to do my utmost!”
These are the artists who gave their utmost to bring La Cigale to life.
Boor Projects, for bringing spooky back
Mizen Construction, for making me question my own attention to detail
Out of the Woods & Arborica, who embody commitment to the beauty of the forest
Arch Antiques, for their enthusiastic love of beautiful old things
Adam Emilio Woodwork, who shares my compulsion to do things the hard way
Joe Tocci, the world’s most over-qualified blacksmith
Norcal OvenWorks, for building two and a half tons of medieval grilling technology
Babette’s Feast
For every perfect vegetable, stinky cheese, foraged mushroom, line-caught fish, and hand-raised animal:
Tomales Bay Cheese
Liberty Duck
Corvus Farm & Ranch
TwoBySea
Martin Bournhonesque
Star Route Farms
Wine Forest Mushrooms
Water2Table
Glenn Weddel Olive Oil
The women who made it possible.
Not just La Cigale; everything.
Mom, who refused to forge her own chains
Daisy, who rewrote my story