PIONEER PICNICS: SETTLERS OF THE EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CLIMATE CHANGE Vegetarian food is deeply woven

Vegetarian food is deeply woven into Mexico's diverse culinary history

with its plants and soils

Discover how color is harnessed from nature in this survey of dyes and pigments from around the world

this Victorian-inspired brooch is set in a timeless gold-tone

002-inch thick but can support 25 times their own weight

PIONEER PICNICS: SETTLERS OF THE EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CLIMATE CHANGE Vegetarian food is deeply wovenWhat begins as a series of articles on Layne D. Starals family history becomes the larger story of the settling of Henry Daltons Ranchos Azusa and San Jos. In the mid 1800s, these California homesteaders built homes, schools, churches, and the local towns of the San Gabriel Valley. Including family photos and memorabilia, Pioneer Picnics elaborates on the story of the transition from vast Mexican land grants to small independent communities that still