http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/ Culinary Rants & Raves from Bay Area Foodies and Professionals Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:49:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-17505 Eric Taylor Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:33:59 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-17505 I live in San Diego and just bought a home built in 1923 - and it had one built in one of the cabinets. The slatted shelves were still there, but the opening to the ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-16804 Smreil Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:22:06 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-16804 Who can send me any web links to instructions on how to build a California cooler!???? Please email to smreil@aol.com http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-13707 chris c Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:55:22 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-13707 We have our original Cooler in the kitchen of our 1915 house. Other than an old Chambers stove in the garage, it's all that remains of the original kitchen. It's pretty neat, although we keep ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-11091 Evelyn Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:31:58 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-11091 I docent at a Historical House in Glendale, CA. Calif Coolers weren't for the lazy or cheap! Ice was very expensive & ice boxes were very small! You could keep everything & ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8631 Bill Tantau Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:45:33 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8631 We had a CalCooler (just called the "cooler") in the old ranch house in Cupertino - built in the early 1900's, then found one in the old manse adjacent to the St. Helena First Pres ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8085 Thy Tran Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:41:26 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8085 Rachel -- thanks for telling me about the eco food safe. I hadn't heard of that before but am very glad to learn about it. Is there another term for it? I'm having trouble ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8076 Art Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:58:51 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8076 Actually, I think California coolers were usually used in conjunction with iceboxes--it was cheaper to keep things that didn't need to be "ice cold" (so to speak!) there, while reserving the icebox for things that ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8065 Rachel Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:12:55 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8065 I've just had an "eco food safe" installed at home, which works on a similar principle. It's a wooden box, with a door at the front and a shelf inside. The top "tray" and hollow ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8011 Stephanie Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:59:18 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8011 Thy, I think you will enjoy them. They're fairly hysterical and there's an amazingly fascinating bio on all the Mitford sisters (one was completely enamored of Hitler and tried to kill her self over him) ... http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8005 Thy Tran Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:35:14 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/08/18/california-coolers/#comment-8005 Stephanie -- What would we without Google or blogs? Nancy and Jessica's books are now on my reading list. Thanks for starting a very interesting thread of learning!