SMCL: Meet Alia Volz, Author Of Home Baked

Press release from San Mateo County Libraries:

Darren

January 12, 2022

Alia Volz

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In the 1970s, when cannabis was as illicit as heroin, Volz’s mother ran Sticky Fingers Brownies, a pioneering underground bakery that delivered 10,000 marijuana edibles per month to San Francisco. Dressed in elaborate costumes, Alia’s parents hid in plain sight, parading through the city’s circus-like atmosphere with the goods tucked into her stroller. When HIV/AIDS swept the city in the 1980s, Alia’s mom turned from a dealer into a healer, providing soothing edibles to those fighting for their lives at the dawn of medical marijuana.

Alia Volz's work has been published in The Best American Essays, The New York Times, Bon Appetit, Salon and The Best Women’s Travel Writing. Her unusual family story has been featured on Snap Judgement, Criminal and NPR’s Fresh Air.

Praise for Home Baked

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