“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