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Food Culture at La Lomita Ranch
For Genine, the food customs at La Lomita were decidedly foreign! Specifically:
Adopt food culture
▪ Marieta and Pedro went out of their way to shop for pure, wholesome foods, exploring the first
farmers markets on the Central Coast, Trader Joe’s in Santa Barbara, aged meats incl. organ meats
at Safeway’s (now Vons). “Clean up” and
▪ Marieta was looking to “buy vegetables that still had the earth on them.”
▪ Cheeses were considered “dessert” develop hand-crafted
▪ Meals were always cooked and consumed on properly set tables with table cloths
▪ Lunches included Martinis and were from noon to 3 pm LLR breakfasts:
▪ Like in Spain, please took a long lunch and were expected to work late into the evenings
Princess Marieta
▪ Dinners were equally long
Breakfasts at La Lomita Ranch Sept. 28, 2017, excerpt from an
Genine remembers vividly serving breakfast at La Lomita Ranch— email from Zourab to Genine: The Pedro
and everyone had their very special breakfast.
“I still remember your bacon
Marieta: one container of Yoplait yogurt, served in her room with a Prince Zou’s
layered Latte and eggs and English muffins,
you would make me for
Pedro: two Thomas’ English Muffins with butter and salt—plus a
layered Latte breakfast, upon your arrival in LLR Martinis
the morning. They are still the
Huguette: fruit plate and yogurt
best! … Salt Brand
Zourab: English Muffin, 2 eggs over easy, Canadian bacon, OJ and a
layered Latte Hopefully, I will get to SLO
some time and look forward
Igor: ate anything!
to seeing you and meeting
your husband and your little

girls Gena and Sierra.”

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