Little green mountains have started popping up all over our farmers' market. Unlike some of the market's year-round offerings, snap peas, snow peas, and fava beans are available for a limited time and...
Hollywood farmers' market shoppers are pretty spoiled – strawberries always seem to be in season, heirloom tomatoes and corn linger through the winter, and one never has to do without avocados. ...
Though the skies have been rather cloudy in LA these past couple of days, the scene at the Silver Lake farmers' market was bright and lively. There's still quite a bit of citrus, but between the crate...
As you know, we're big proponents of grass-fed beef. Beef is a big issue in the landscape of American food, and we can't reduce the complex issues down to a simplistic choice of grass-fed vs. grain-fe...
Not cherry. Not pear. Here's a hint: I took these photos as the sun came up in Patterson, California. What does that have to do with it? Read on....
We hope you'll forgive us for writing about kumquats again, but these ones are different! We just can't contain our excitement over finding these two unusual kumquat varieties at the Hollywood farmers...
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I'm in Los Angeles for almost three weeks and kicked it off yesterday with a visit to the venerable Hollywood Farmers' Market. Amid chilly rain (I came here to get away from the cold) and drama (a c...
So far, even in this ramshackle economy, I'm still trying to shop as locally and organically as possible. But if I have to choose between the two, I usually go for local over organic. It just makes ...
One of each! It's high citrus season at the Hollywood farmers' market, and this weekend we visited every single grower, breathing in the citrus-infused air and discovering the bounty of standard and h...
It's easy to talk about eating foods grown and raised locally, yadda yadda yadda, but sometimes sourcing fresh, local produce is not so easy to actually do, especially in the dead of winter. Air-freig...
We don't always think of January as a time for brilliantly colored produce, but on a recent trip to the farmers' market, we were dazzled by the array of root vegetables like turnips, beets, and rutaba...
I was in Trader Joe's on the Friday after New Year's Day and at 3 PM the place was packed. I mean jammed: people were fighting over the last remaining carts, the shelves were empty and the checkout ...
Blue potatoes, red carrots, purple cauliflower – the rainbow of offerings at Weiser Family Farms is so vibrant right now that we couldn't limit this week's market report to just one fruit or veg...
Perhaps you'd like to add a touch of elegance to your holiday party, or give someone a special gift. Why not caviar? "But we're in a recession! The economy is terrible! Who can afford that stuff?" ...
RegionalBest.com is a new e-commerce site offering hundreds of foods that are raised, caught or produced by local artisans. Foods appealing to me right now are Maryland blue crab cakes, Idaho grass-fe...
It’s the holidays, a time for special parties, feasts and fetes, and lots of good cheer. For some, it's helpful to have a non-alcoholic bottle on hand that still captures the feeling of celebration...
Last week, we wrote about the stunning Romanesco now in season at the Hollywood Farmers' Market. Though eye-catching in a different way, the gnarled and hairy – some might even say ugly – ...
I picked up this small block of butter from one of my favorite cheesemakers, Andante Dairy, last Saturday at the Ferry Plaza Market. I was excited because Andante, a small dairy located in Sonoma Cou...
Bright orange carrots. Recipe suggestion: Carrots in Marsala. Last Sunday, I went to the San Rafael Farmer's Market, which is in full winter swing. Christmas trees and cider were there, along with ...
I just learned that COPIA, Robert Mondavi's Center for Wine, Food, and Arts has closed. The reason: the economy. They just weren't making enough money to stay open. I visited there over the summer ...
With its marvelous lime green cones and spirals, the Romanesco is a vegetable we have a hard time resisting whenever it catches our eye at the farmers' market....
How appropriate that we've come full circle on our tour of regional American cooking right before Thanksgiving! Thanks, everyone, for sharing your own insight and stories (and corrections!) along the ...
Nuts and seeds are so readily available at grocery stores that we may not think of them as being seasonal. But at the Hollywood Farmers' Market, where shopping is guided by the rhythm of the seasons, ...
California is the birthplace of fusion cuisine and the local/sustainable food movement - not to mention diet fads galore! And with so many cultures converging in a place that can support so much great...
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