charlotte fadipe, "california country tv." >> hi. my name is john toulze. i'm the executive chef of the girl and the fig and the fig cafe. and today, we're going to be using our fresh figs and making a grilled fig pizza with prosciutto and point reyes blue. and part of what i like about pizza and rustic is that those pizzas--is that they're not perfectly round. so if yours isn't perfectly round, you don't have to worry about it. and then just kind of squeeze the edges. we do this--i do this at home sometimes with my daughter and just go ahead and make pizza. it's a great thing. and then anybody can put anything they want on it. i'm just gonna lightly coat the outside... of the pizza dough. and then we're gonna go ahead and put on our ingredients. we'll start with some grilled red onions. we throw a little bit of olive oil and balsamic on these before we grill them. again, too, we don't really heavily laden our pizzas with a lot of ingredients. like it light and thin. from there, we're gonna go ahead and throw on some figs, and these are some beautiful, fres

>> in sacramento, charlotte fadipe, "california country" tv. >> this segment is brought to you by the california farm bureau federation. we'll be right back with more of the magical creations from california's most famous kitchens after this. >> it's one thing to buy things in boxes and packages and just have it show up. 's another thing to actually know where that is produced and where it's come from and how it's produced. i think that even goes further when you have some kind of personal connection to it. >> literally farm to table. literally, it's, like, from the garden. it's from the dirt. i mean, they come straight from that place. when you make that connection with the farmer, with the growers, it makes for a different feeling when you're cooking. for me, now things taste different. >> welcome back to "california country." >> so, we're at the fancy food show. and this year, i came prepared. i've got comfortable shoes. i've got my own eating utensil. and most of all, i've got a hungry stomach. so, let's go. [music playing] mmm. light, salty. [laughing] [indistinct chattering] >>

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in napa valley, charlotte fadipe for "california country tv." >> this segment is brought to you by the california farm bureau federation. the people, the places, the unforgettable tastes of california will be back in a moment. >> welcome back. beyond the bustle of the big city is an undiscovered paradise called california country. >> we're in san francisco. beauty has gone organic. and it's so farm fresh, people like me just can't wait to start feeding their skin. at sephora in the bay area, the hunt is on for the perfect potion to turn back thd hands of time. and thanks to a new product, customers are getting exactly what they asked for. and one thing is for sure--the old adage that you are what you eat takes on an entirely different meaning now. juice beauty is the name of a new product line started by women in the bay area who began to look at skin care from a different perspective. >> [indistinct] organic green apples a little bit? >> ok. um, yeah. yeah, actually. >> yeah. >> some apple. >> it's just really a lot of organic fruits. >> smells like applesauce. >> uh, yeah, but in a g

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. >> in san francisco, charlotte fadipe for "@alifornia country tv." >> this segment is brought to you by the calornia farm bureau federation. >> literally farm to table. literally it's like from the garden. it's from the dirt. i mean, they come straight from that place. the connection, when you make that connection with the farmer, with the growers, it makes for a different feeling when you're cooking. for me now, things taste different. >> welcome back to "california country." the show that takes you on an all-expense paid trip to experience the best kept secrets of the golden state. >> sacramento is known for many things--a rich culinary scene, unique scenery, and a wealth of history. but just a stone's throw away from california's capitol city, you will find all of those adjectives describe another central valley city-- the agricultural oasis known as courtland. here along the delta, farming once thrived as 49ers came searching for riches during the gold rush. and now it's up to people like tim neuharth to keep that history alive by farming the land that has given him and his famil