Julie Finigan Morris is a writer living on her family’s working, cattle ranch on the California Central Coast. She is a fourth-generation San Franciscan, graduated from San Diego State University, and studied her Junior year abroad in Florence, Italy, where she ate and cooked a lot.
Upon graduation from SDSU, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she covered Capitol Hill for a Canadian newspaper, grew basil in her Adams Morgan backyard, and enjoyed many “group house” meals with friends from around the country. Moving back to the California ranch has raised her awareness of the value of food that is produced close to home, processed as little as possible, and prepared in a kitchen filled with family and friends.
Bon Appetit! 
