. SingleThread s co-owners, Katina and Kyle Connaughton, share an apple amazake, a non-alcoholic aperitif that they make with Sonoma Gravenstein apples. (Photography by Patricia Chang) In Sonoma County, SingleThread serves a refreshing taste of Japan (with a spritz of Wine Country)
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Sonoma seeps through SingleThread s every pore. It s in the farm s heirloom Gravenstein apples and cabernet vines. It s in the dining room s clay-tiled walls and local burl wood oshibori trays. It s bottled in the wine and cooked within the kitchen s Japanese donabe pots. I think so much of what we do is informed by our sense of place, says Katina Connaughton, SingleThread s co-owner (along with her chef-husband Kyle Connaughton) and head farmer and florist. Not to say that we couldn t do a version of SingleThread in southern California, but it wouldn t be the same. There s so much biodiversity here in this county that ranges from the land to the sea and I thi
Donabe earthen pots are Japanese kitchen staples. Some are multifunctional and can be used to cook rice and grains or bake, stew, and steam while others are specially designed to smoke dishes. Bonus: they look beautiful in your kitchen.
“The quality of rice you get from donabe is worlds apart from what you get with an electric rice cooker, says Kyle Connaughton, chef/co-owner of SingleThread Farms in California’s Sonoma County. “The food from a smoking donabe is so much more interesting and refined than what you get with other devices.”
Connaughton prefers the donabe produced by eighth-generation artisans in Iga, Japan, as the fossils found in the clay of this region break down during manufacture to create small holes in the ceramic that allow gentle, even heat distribution over a gas ring or in an oven.
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Server Adrian Lopez waits on Eric Raymundo of New York at Rintaro restaurant in San Francisco. Lopez has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and says that he feels safe serving outdoors.Marlena Sloss / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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At Waterbar in S.F., Ricardo Torres (left) and Rich Troiani put tablecloths on tables as restaurants prepare for indoor dining in S.F. and other Bay Area counties.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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At Waterbar in S.F., tables are put back in place as restaurants prepare for indoor dining in S.F. and other Bay Area counties.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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