Chefs

How The Bear and Star Stays Rooted to the Ranch it Calls Home

Michael Harlan Turkell

It all began with a rodeo star. Katie Parker is a rancher and the proprietor of KAP Land & Cattle in central California’s Los Olivos; her husband, Rocky McDonald, is a bull rider. Parker’s family history in the cattle business began in 1988 when her grandfather Fess Parker bought a 714-acre estate in the Santa Ynez Valley. Fess, the actor best known for his portrayal of Davy...