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Survey: How Do You Shop?

This week, as I skittered around town getting ready for a dinner party, I thought about how differently people shop for food. First, let's see how you all shop, then some thoughts on shopping consci...

Midwest Crowd Pleaser: Brun-uusto
Chicago

If you've visited a farmers' market in Chicago and noticed a line forming in front of a cheese stand, there's a good chance the shoppers are waiting for a taste of Wisconsin's Brunkow Cheese. If they'...

Early Stone Fruit
Hollywood, California

It's hard to believe, but stone fruit season is already upon us. First there were the cherries, and now we're being treated to early apricots, plums, and apriums....

Has Your Local Farmers' Market Opened Yet?

Happy Monday, and happy spring! We are curious: has your local farmers' market opened yet? ...

Spring Garlic
Hollywood, California

Garlic is such a staple in our kitchens that we sometimes take it for granted. In spring, however, with the Hollywood farmers' market full of young, green garlic at every turn, we pause to acknowledge...

Farmers' Market Report: Opening Day
Chicago

Chicago's Green City Market held its first outdoor market of the year today. Taking a brief stroll through the stalls – some already overflowing with early season produce – we felt ourselves breat...

Farmers' Market Report: Echo Park
Los Angeles

As die-hard Hollywood farmers' market shoppers, we sometimes forget that there are nearly 100 other farmers' markets in LA County. While few of them match the spectacular size and selection of the Hol...

Check This Out: Stages of Edible Growth in Plants

While looking for information on microgreens last week, we came across a fantastic chart from the Splendid Table explaining all the different stages of growth for salad greens and other edible plants....

Favorite Spring Cocktail: Gibsons - with Ramps!
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Take a Martini, that sublime mixture of cool, crisp gin and dry vermouth, and garnish it with a pickled onion instead of a green olive. Now you have a Gibson. But what if that delicately savory, cru...

Nishiki Market
Kyoto, Japan

In Kyoto, there is a market hall with beautiful stained glass ceilings that stretches on for six city blocks. Called the Nishiki Market, this place is a food lovers' paradise; row after row of the fr...

Farmers' Market Report: Lettuce for Your Garden
New York

The New York City farmers' markets are still peeking out from under the blanket of winter. Ramps have arrived, but there's not much else in the way of exciting produce. There are, however, plenty of f...

Farmers' Market Report: Spring Peas and Beans
Los Angeles

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...

Farmers' Market Report: Spring in Hollywood
Los Angeles

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. ...

Farmers' Market Report: Spring in Silver Lake
Los Angeles

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...

Tip: Use a Loofah to Wash Dishes

Last week I visited Tara Kolla at her home, also known as Silver Lake Farms in Los Angeles. Her backyard is a half acre or so of paradise where she grows flowers, citrus and herbs for herself, for mar...

Farmers' Market Report: Kumquats
Los Angeles

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...

Farmers' Market Report: Apples, Apples, and More Apples
New York

While Sara Kate is visiting Los Angeles and finding avocados, asparagus, and strawberries (strawberries!) at the Hollywood Farmers' Market, we're looking at the same old scene in Union Square. Apples ...

Carved Wood Bowls from Fallen Los Angeles Trees

I stood in the rain last Sunday at the Hollywood Farmers' Market in front of a table of wooden bowls, gawking, when finally a man with artisan hands came up and introduced himself as John Talbot, th...

On Dropping In On Other Farmers' Markets

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...

Adieu to Joseph Ades, The Gentleman Peeler of Union Square

We learned the news yesterday when the NY Times called asking for permission to use our photo of Jim Ades, the famous carrot peeler of Union Square (and occasionally other parts of the city.) He was ...

Farmers' Market Report: Citrus Everywhere
Los Angeles

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...

Market Tour: The Famous Cours Saleya
Nice, France

We like bright pictures and reminders of warmer times during the cold winter. (And it's really cold nearly everywhere right now -- maybe excluding Los Angeles and a few other lucky places!) So here's ...

Summer CSAs: Sign Up Now!

Sara Kate's musings on her summer garden-to-be got us thinking about CSAs and farm shares. They fill up fast, and now is definitely the time to contact your favorite farm to reserve your spot for week...

Farmers' Market Report: Colorful Roots
Los Angeles

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...

Farmers' Market Report: Weiser Family Farms
Los Angeles

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...

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