Specialty Produce + chefs road trip to the Santa Monica Farmers' Market

June 20, 2009 0 Comments

Thank you to all of our chefs & friends who made the trip in the early hours of the morning to the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market. We’d also like to thank Donna McLoughlin who provided us with many of these great photos! Chefs: Andrew Spurgin (Water’s Fine Catering) Donald Coffman (Water’s Fine Catering) Brian Sinnott …

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Food Safety Alert – Pistachio Nuts

March 31, 2009 0 Comments

Specialty Produce is reacting to the recent alert from the FDA regarding concerns over salmonella contamination of Pistachio Nuts. Last updated 3/31/09 at 4:30pm. Click here for what we are doing about it… Click here for the FDA advisory notice.

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Farmers' Market Report – Week of March 11th

March 9, 2009 0 Comments

Happy Monday, all!
Ugh, how about that darn daylight savings time? I am not thrilled to lose an hour of sleep, but at least we get more daylight – another sign that spring is coming, slowly but surely.
After talking to a lot of my farmers, up-and-coming new items for springtime menu’s are: Jerry’s Berries Strawberries (Jerry Rutiz’s version; he uses the “Galante” variety, which is a softer berry but extremely sweet – coming in early April), fresh Fava Beans from various farms – next week, lots more peas and beets and artichokes, purple baby broccoli coming this weekend from Weiser Farm (limited to start!), etc. etc.! More to come, I’m sure.

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Welcome!

March 9, 2009 0 Comments

Welcome to the Specialty Produce Blog!  You will find information on Market Reports, Farmers Market Reports, Community Events and other happenings in our world!  Check out our pages 😉

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