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San Francisco Market Report: Civic Center Farmer's Market

2008_03_20-CivicCenter6.jpgThe Civic Center Farmer's Market is held every Wednesday from 8 AM to 2 PM on Market Street between 7th and 8th Streets, in the former United Nations Plaza.  Since it's so close to Little Saigon, there are often produce stands selling Southeast Asian vegetables.  There's a seafood truck, and usually another farmer is there selling live chickens, pheasant, and squab.

We saw a lot of winter roots (rutabagas, beets, turnips) and citrus, and we saw the new signs of Spring with the color green prevalent in food everywhere - baby spinach, cilantro, pea shoots, sweet potato leaves, Thai basil, baby broccoli, and salad greens.

2008_03_20-CivicCenter.jpgThe seafood truck was selling fresh spiral whelks, a popular fixture in Asian cuisine.

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2008_03_20-CivicCenter5.jpgTop: pea shoots.  Bottom: sweet potato leaves.  Both are used in Asian cuisine in soups and stir-frys.

2008_03_20-CivicCenter3.jpgLemongrass was very cheap - these big bunches were $1 each!  It's a necessary ingredient for curries.

2008_03_20-CivicCenter4.jpgEat more greens!  There were tons of baby Asian vegetables available for steaming, stir-frying, and soups.

(Images by Kathryn Hill)

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Regional Farmers Market Report, Farmers' Market, Ingredients - Vegetables, Ingredients - Seafood, Local - West Coast, San Francisco, Asian vegetables, pea shoots, spiral whelk, sweet potato vine, Civic Center farmer's market

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I love this market! It's held on Sundays as well.

posted by jazzybel on 2008-03-20 14:16:20
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"The former United Nations Plaza"? It's still UN Plaza, isn't it? Or was it torn out recently?

posted by Shawn on 2008-03-20 16:33:15
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@Shawn: I was told it was called that, so maybe my source was wrong ...

posted by Kathryn Hill on 2008-03-24 18:00:50
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