OJAI IDYLL

RORY AND MEAVE McAULIFFE GATHER WITH FRIENDS AT A CENTURY-OLD ORANGE GROVE IN THE COUNTRY TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE SISTERS’ RED-HOT NEW RESTAURANT, RORY’S PLACE.

Story by HUGH GARVEY

IN OJAI, BRIDGE SEASONS are delightful and disorienting. Early in autumn, the heat of summer recedes but refuses to yield, the temperature toggles between balmy and chilly depending on cloud cover and time of day, and the aroma of woodburning ovens stoked with fallen local oak perfumes the air. Meave McAuliffe pushes a cast-iron pan loaded with heirloom pumpkins into the back of the wood oven, flames licking the domed ceiling. She peers in to make sure they’re in the blast zone that will convert them from starchy and pale orange to sweet and jeweled. “Whew,” she says, grimacing from the fire. “It’s going to be a hot one tonight.” Tonight is the calm before the storm, if you will: a celebratory dinner with friends before Meave and her sister, Rory,…

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Sunset (Digital) - 1 Issue, Wellness 2022

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