Category Archives: Monday Farmer’s Market Report

Smack dab in the middle of August means it’s smack dab in the middle of corn season, with the vegetable being fresher, more tender, and sweeter than it will be the rest of the year. Take advantage. The sweetness can … Continue reading →

Our favorite produce stand at our neighborhood farmer’s market was fresh out of the classic, Bugs Bunny-style orange carrots we’re accustomed to buying, so I resorted to the red carrots, thinking the novel color would appeal to the kids. Three … Continue reading →

We’ve settled into the seaonal standards (brussels sprouts, black kale, squash, apples, pears) and are also faced with the standard challenge of needing to clean out the vegetable drawers each week to make room for the latest purchases from the … Continue reading →

This whole back to school fall thing is not stabilizing in our household, so we’ve had to get a bit more disciplined about our cooking schedule: lot’s of pre-prep of multipurpose dinner components that can be cooked up in batches … Continue reading →

The reason there haven’t been many market reports in the past couple of months is that my wife’s been going. As a result, I haven’t had much exposure to the usual riches of my little farmer’s market that today overwhelmed … Continue reading →

We’re seeing more nectarines and pluots at the farmer’s markets here in Southern California. They’ve not yet achieved that insanely perfect sweet/sour balance that you get with mid and late summer stone fruit, but man, they’re much better than most … Continue reading →

Okay, so I made that name up in the headline. But its rough translation – Welsh-style chimichangas – speaks volumes to the mini-revelation I experienced this week at our local farmers’ market. Mally Hann of our local homemade bakery, Bake … Continue reading →