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Farmers' Market Report: Tahitian Squash
Los Angeles

For the past few weeks at the Hollywood Farmers' Market, we've been irresistibly drawn to these long, curved-necked Tahitian squashes. But with weight of up to 30 pounds, actually buying one of these ...

Farmers' Market Report: Calabazas de Castilla
Los Angeles

Standing out from the standard orange pumpkin varieties at our farmers' market are these beautiful calabazas de Castilla. Varying in size, shape, and shades of green, no two are quite alike. ...

Farmers' Market Report: Pomegranates
Los Angeles

Shopping at the Hollywood Farmers' Market last weekend, we were delighted by the omnipresence of brilliant rosy orbs. Although pomegranates started to appear at a couple of stands last month, this wee...

Farmers' Market Report: Apples
Los Angeles

With a recent string of 90-degree days, it doesn't exactly feel like fall yet in Southern California. But a stroll through the Hollywood Farmers' Market reveals that we are indeed transitioning to a ...

Farmers' Market Report: Jujubes
Los Angeles

Apples and pears may be the most prominent fruits of the new season but, at the Hollywood Farmers' Market, another crop vies for attention. ...

Farmers' Market Report: Fresh Dates
Los Angeles

Last weekend, we found branches full of fresh Barhi dates at the farmers' market. While we were sampling the crunchy young fruits, the man who grew them urged us to peek around the corner......

Farmers' Market Report: Pears
Los Angeles

Is it pear season already?! Signs of fall are steadily trickling into our farmers' market, and while we're still enjoying the last peaches, plums, and berries, the appearance of pears suddenly has us...

Farmers' Market Report: Signs of Fall
Los Angeles

Here and there, amongst the summer fruits and vegetables, signs of fall are beginning to dot the landscape of our farmers' market......

Farmers' Market Report: Peppers
Los Angeles

Sweet peppers, chili peppers, bell peppers – the market is brimming with jewel-toned capsicums....

Farmers' Market Report: Shell Beans
Los Angeles

This week we bring you scenes of the glorious shell bean at the Hollywood Farmers' Market. Click through for more beautiful varieties and a primer......

Farmers' Market Report: Figs
Los Angeles

Sweet, second harvest figs have been popping up all over the trees in our neighborhood (right behind our apartment!) and at local farmers' markets. At the Hollywood Farmers' Market this past weekend, ...

Farmers' Market Report: Seaweed
Los Angeles

One of the newer vendors at the Hollywood and Santa Monica farmers' markets is Carlsbad Aquafarm. Hailing from the Agua Hedionda Lagoon outside San Diego, the family-run business provides farm-raised,...

Farmers' Market Report: Tomatoes
Los Angeles

After months of anticipation, we are finally approaching high tomato season at the Hollywood Farmers' Market! Tomatoes are one of those fruits we learned to appreciate on a whole new level once we sta...

LA Farmers' Market Report: Peaches and Goat Cheese

Our favorite meal of the week is also the simplest one. Every Sunday, we make post-farmers' market sandwiches using ingredients from our trip to the Hollywood Farmers' Market. The components change fr...

LA Farmers' Market Report: Lemon Cucumbers

Summer gourds are appearing all over the Hollywood Farmers' Market, and among them is our favorite, the lemon cucumber....

LA Farmers' Market Report: Alhambra

One of the things we love about shopping at our local farmers' market every week is the sense of community; we've gotten to know our vendors and are familiar with their products throughout the seasons...

LA Farmers' Market Report: Blenheim Apricots

Last week, we reported on the abundance of stone fruit at the Hollywood Farmers' Market. One of the most prized stone fruits available in LA and other California farmers' markets is the Blenheim apric...

LA Farmers' Market Report: Stone Fruit

It's unmistakable — stone fruit season is in full swing at the Hollywood Farmers' Market! Different varieties of peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, and cherries started to appear several week...

LA Farmers' Market Report: Garlic Scapes and Blossoms

The Hollywood Farmers' Market is bustling even more than usual these days, as shoppers take advantage of the early summer sunshine and produce. Tucked between stands overflowing with stone fruits and ...

Recipe: Sunflower Date Cookies

While perusing one of our favorite stands at the Hollywood Farmers' Market last weekend, we glanced at their collection of customer-submitted recipes for new ideas. A recipe for sunflower date cookies...

Hot or Not? Hook and Go Urban Shopper

Strolling the farmers' markets in Los Angeles, I'm seeing these contraptions everywhere, much more than in New York. Oddly, they're often hanging with plastic bags. Is that the point? ...

Look! Market Trollies

When in LA, apparently you gotta have wheels. The above quilt of market trollies and other modes of transport for farmers' market finds was shot two days ago at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market in Sa...

Guess the Veggie

Greetings from Los Angeles! Yesterday we went to the Santa Monica Farmers' Market to shop for dinner and walked the aisles fighting off a nasty case of Santa Monica envy. Along the way, we came acro...

Evan Kleiman's LA Farmers' Market Video Podcast

Evan Kleiman is a favorite Los Angeles food journalist. We tune in to KCRW every Saturday at 11 a.m. to hear the weekly farmers' market report, and learn all kinds of enlightening tidbits like how to...

LA Farmers Market Report: Eliki Olive Oil Company

One of the stands at my local farmers' market sells some of my favorite olives and I always try to keep a container of them in my refrigerator. The Eliki Olive Oil Company specializes gourmet olive ...