What is considered cottage food/what can I cook and sell from my home kitchen?

Selling food from your home kitchen requires a special permit called a Cottage Food permit.

Pastries, sauces, jams, and other preserves are all common cottage food. The State has a helpful list of approved cottage foods that you can check out!

If you want to sell food you make in your own kitchen, you are required to apply for a Cottage Food permit. Cottage Food is a term commonly used by regulating bodies when they refer to foods prepared in a home kitchen and then sold.

There are 2 classes of permits in Sonoma County:

Class A: sell direct to consumers
Class B: sell to local shops, restaurants, or other third-party locations