Your Guide to Authentic Regional Eats
I did not have high expectations of eating well in the fairly remote town of Willow Creek, California, about an hour east of the coast's Redwood Forest. But the burgundy-colored Washington State cherries I scored at the local grocery for dinner (in July) were at the peak of snapping-fresh flavor; and in the morning I stopped in the Buttercup Bakery, which turned out to be a nice find. No ordinary small-town bakery, it doesn't just sell coffee and pastry to locals and to the fishermen and river rafters who pass through this idyllic Northern California town known as the Bigfoot Capital of the World. It appears also to be an ad hoc gathering place for concerned citizens of the left-leaning variety, its bookcase home to a collection of politically correct non-fiction (as well as DVDs and CDs for sale), its grocery shelves stocked with organic juices and counter culture teas.
