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About Us |
| Award-winning cookbook author and chef Robert Lambert came to California in 1972 as a fine artist of sorts. By the time he left Los Angeles 5 years later his self-published books EGOZINE were in collections from the Beauboug in Paris to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In the Bay Area he began his cooking career as a pastry chef, then a catering chef, a food stylist for advertising, magazines and books, and went on to publish his own Chocolate Fantasy Desserts (Chronicle Books) in 1989, for which he won an IACP award. He has written and tested recipes for caterers and major corporations, and says with pride, "I have never had a cooking class." He has long been hand-crafting his distinctive condiments in small batches to use and share. "Friends tired of waiting for Christmas or their birthdays finally persuaded me to begin selling them 6 years ago," he says with a smile. Read this article about Robert by editor Alexander Morozoff from the international chocolate magazine COCOAROMA. (RobertLambert_Cocoaroma.pdf)   Inspiration for these products came from a family farm in northern Wisconsin, where grandmother Florrie began cooking at 13 in the logging camps of the early 1900’s. Extensive preserving by mother and grandmother was a fond childhood memory. When these memories met the ingredients of his adopted California home–wine, grapes, citrus fruit and ginger-–-his product line was born. For the full text of the introduction and first chapter to Journey Home, Robert's memoir of his family's farm, download the PDFs (journey.pdf) (Florrie.pdf)(John.pdf) |
  Robert Lambert in person: Farmer’s Market Saturday; Grand Lake, Oakland, CA., 9 AM-2 PM Sunday; San Rafael Civic Center, San Rafael, CA., 8 AM-1 PM OTHER SOURCES Northern California: Bittersweet Café, Oakland, San Francisco Best of Everything, Santa Cruz Cheese Plus, San Francisco The Cheese Shop, Healdsburg Culinary Institute of America, St. Helena Dean & Deluca, St. Helena Draeger’s, San Mateo, Menlo Park, Los Altos Emigh’s Casual Living, Sacramento The Girl and the Fig, Sonoma Lulu Rae Confections, Oakland North Bay Made, Rhonert Park The Pasta Shop, Oakland Rustic Bakery, Larkspur Toque Blanche, Half Moon Bay Woodlands Market, Kentfield Central Coast California: Edna Valley Winery, San Louis Obispo Pasolivo Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Paso Robles Southern California: Algabar, Los Angeles Briggs Wine and Spirits, Los Angeles Body Factory, Hollywood Bottle Rock, Pacific Palisades The Cheese Shop of Silverlake, Los Angeles The Connoisseur, San Pedro Cornucopia, Los Olivos Embrey Papers, Los Angeles Food Art Group, Los Angeles Grow, Manhattan Beach Joan’s on 3rd, Los Angeles Karin Zatt Designs, Los Angeles La Brea Bakery, Los Angeles Leave An Impression, Los Angeles Let¹s Get Cookin’, Westlake Village Liquid Wine and Spirits, Chatsworth The Lone Arranger, Van Nuys Market Gourmet, Venice Naples Gourmet, Corona Ojai Lavender and Rose Co., Ojai Olives Gourmet Grocery, Long Beach Pacific Coast Greens, Malibu Roger’s Gardens, Corona del Mar Terra Bella Supply, Terra Bella Treasure Beach, Ojai The Wine House, Los Angeles Zinc Café and Market, Corona Del Mar, Laguna Beach Nationwide: Andrea’s Gourmet Market, Sanibel, Florida Chocolat Celeste, St. Paul, Minnesota Cooks of Crocus Hill, St. Paul, Minnesota Dean & DeLuca, Leawood, Kansas; Madison Ave. and Soho, New York City; Washington, DC; Charlotte, North Carolina; also online and catalogue Enchanted Florist and Confections, Everett, Washington Feast Specialty Grocery, Charlottesville, Virginia Fleicher’s Grass-Fed and Organic Meat, Kingston, New York French Market, Holliston, Massachusetts Gateway Market, Des Moines, Iowa Liberty Heights Fresh, Salt Lake City, Utah Linden Hills Co-op, Minneapolis, Minnesota Sam's Wine Shop, Minneapolis, Minnesota Surdyk's, Minneapolis, Minnesota Zingerman’s mail order, Ann Arbor, Michigan International: Great American Eats, St. Barthelemy, FWI ONLINE robertlambert.com For wholesale inquiries in the ten western states, contact Robert Lambert, 415-256-8110 For wholesale inquiries in the Midwest, contact Merrill Foods LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 612-521-0450 |
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