Boots on the ground

Thanks to our extended network of volunteers & advocates, the home cooking movement has been covered by dozens of news outlets across the country. Please find select radio, newspaper, and television reports below.

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In the Paper

 

Dec 2, 2024

Cooks Get Permits to Make Dishes at Home (Read more)

Nov 20, 2024

Home kitchen mini-restaurants now a thing in LA County. Oh, and it’s legal too. (Read More)

Nov 19, 2024

A recipe for economic growth: Why San Bernardino County needs home kitchen permits (Read More)

Nov 12, 2024

New Los Angeles County Program Permits Cooks to Sell Food From Home (Read More)

Nov 1, 2024

LA County home cooks can start serving meals. What you should know for food safety (Read More)

Oct 26, 2024

Meet the New Home Kitchen Business (Read More)

Oct 24, 2024

Can You Run a Restaurant Out of Your House? More Areas Now Say Yes to Cooking Up a Side Hustle at Home (Read More)

Oct 22, 2024

Sonoma County supervisors OK state program allowing home restaurants (Read More)

Oct 17, 2024

Long Beach considering a MEHKO program — allowing residents to sell home-cooked foods (Read Now)

Oct 16, 2024

LA County’s New Health Permit Could Launch a Wave of New Home-Based Restaurants (Read Now)

Oct 7, 2024

LA County Home Cooks Can Now Get Permits to Sell Food (Read Now)

Sept 12, 2024

New Santa Cruz County ordinance will permit home kitchens for commercial use (Read Now)

July 23, 2024

Contra Costa County hands out its first permit for home-based micro-restaurants (Read Now)

July 17, 2024

Recipe for success: New LA ordinance streamlines home kitchen operations (Read More)

July 5, 2024

Small and Profitable: Home Kitchen Businesses Get a Boost from County of Santa Barbara (Read More)

July 1, 2024

New Contra Costa health permit allows home kitchens to sell meals to the public (Read More)

June 2024

Economic Boost or Neighborhood Nuisance? The Battle Over Sonoma Home Restaurants Continues (Read More)

Jan 4, 2024

Sonoma County officials struggle to embrace state law on home kitchen operations (Read More)

Nov 28, 2023

From ‘just a dream’ to DIY restaurateurs: These San Diego chefs are running small businesses from their home kitchens (Read More)

Nov 9, 2023

Fostering Economic Growth: Promising Policies To Empower Home Cooks (Read MORe)

Nov 2, 2023

A new kind of permit allows food entrepreneurs to turn a home kitchen into a small-scale restaurant (Read MORe)

April 14, 2023

A political battle is cooking in my California kitchen (Read More)

April 12, 2023

Street Vendor Advocates Are Demanding the Implementation of a Bill That Will Legally Allow Them to Cook From home (Read More)

Sept 20, 2022

From Bali to San Diego with Love (Read More)

Sept 2, 2022

The challenges, and joys, of operating an East Bay home restaurant (Read More)

June 7, 2022

How Santa Cruz County’s Underground Chefs Hope to Go Legit (Read More)

May 3, 2022

Santa Clara County expands its home kitchen industry (Read More)

Mar 19, 2022

Micro-kitchens in San Diego county get cooking (READ MORE)

Feb 10, 2022

Local entrepreneurs ramp up as San Diego county legalizes home kitchen businesses (READ MORE)

Jan 27, 2022

Supervisors approve home kitchen operations in San Diego County (READ MORE)

Jan 13, 2022

San Diego Green Lights Mini-Restaurants Operated Out of Home Kitchens (Read More)

Nov 8, 2021

The Bay Area’s legal home restaurants are on the rise. Here are 10 new ones (READ MORE)

Oct 4, 2021

Six at-home restaurants open in oakland, dozens more planned (read more)

Sept 15, 2021

Inside one of the Bay Area’s first legal home restaurants (READ MORE)

Sept 15, 2021

San Diego County turns home cooking into small business opportunity (READ MORE)

April 8, 2021

Pandemic-Weary Chefs, Cooks Enjoy Serving From Home (READ MORE)

April 7, 2021

New Landmark Law In Utah Legalizes Selling Home Cooked Meals (READ MORE)

Feb 2, 2021

How COOK Alliance is Working to Let Cooks Sell Food from Home (Read more)

Nov 18, 2020

In the Covid Economy, Laid-Off Employees Become New Entrepreneurs (READ MORE)

Sept 2, 2020

Riverside’s Newly Legal Home Restaurants Look to Revolutionize California’s Food ScenE. (Read more)

June 30, 2020

It’s Now Legal for Home Chefs in California to Sell Meals. Will More Cities Get on Board? (READ MORE)

May 10, 2019

May 10, 2019

'Food is everything': Riverside becomes first California county to put state's home-kitchen law into effect
(read more)

Oct 10, 2018

Oct 10, 2018

Lumpia, pupusas and barbecue: Charleston’s underground food economy flourishes on Facebook Marketplace
(read more)

Oct 4, 2018

Oct 4, 2018

California legalized the sale of homemade food. It should remove barriers for other industries too
(Read More)

June 10, 2018

June 10, 2018

California home cooks stand up for bill that would decriminalize their work
(read more)

Sept 21, 2018

Sept 21, 2018

Home Cooks Can Now Sell Their Food in California
(read More)

Sept 19, 2018

Sept 19, 2018

A New Law Would Legalize Selling Home-Cooked Food in California
(read more)

Sept 12, 2018

Thousands of California home cooks have no idea they’re breaking the law every day
(read more)

Nov 7, 2016

Nov 7, 2016

Undercover sting nabs California mother selling ceviche through Facebook group
(read more)


On Television

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On the Radio

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