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FARMERS MARKET REPORT: WEEK OF JANUARY 3, 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Windrose Farms will NOT be at the market this week!! Schaner Farms has green garlic!! and beets! Coastal Organics has beautiful lettuces and baby broccoli. Baby artichokes are on hiatus until mid-January. Cara caras from Rancho Del Sol have arrived and soon, blood oranges from Beck Grove!!! SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WINTER CROPS: Bacon, …
FARMERS MARKET REPORT: NEW YEARS WEEK 2009-2010
Santa Monica Farmers Market Dec. 23, 2009 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Coleman Farms, Rutiz Farms and Tutti Frutti will NOT be at the market this week. Schaner Farms has green garlic!! and beets! Coastal Organics has beautiful lettuces, as does McGrath Farms. Baby artichokes are on hiatus until mid-January. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WINTER CROPS: Bacon, Mexicola and …
Hard Winter Squash
A cherished part of our longstanding traditions, hard squash make their appearance on our tables as early as October and linger in our ovens well into January or early February. We celebrate their quirky shapes, unusual sizes and striped markings in front door displays and Thanksgiving centerpieces. They are versatile and readily available, and at …
FARMERS MARKET REPORT: CHRISTMAS WEEK 2009
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!! SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WINTER CROPS: Bacon, Mexicola and Gwen Avocados, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Cardones, Baby Cauliflower, Celery Root, Cherimoyas, Citrus: Buddha’s Hand, Grapefruit, Meyer lemons, Mandarins, Kumquats (late winter), blood oranges, Pummelos, Tangelos, Dates, Dragon Fruit, Escarole, Fennel, Kale: Black, Peacock, Kohlrabies, Leeks, Mushrooms: Black Trumpet, Chanterelle, Oyster, Shitake, Nettles, Parsnips, Radicchio, Radishes, Sapotes, Sorrel, …
Farmers' Market Box 12/16
Please note: Due to the Holiday there will be no Farmers Market Box next week This week!!! **All produce is subject to farmers market availability** baby bok choy – Yasutomi Farm baby carrots – Jaime Farms celery root – Rutiz Farms rosemary – Rutiz Farms walla walla onions – Weiser Farms delicata squash – Windrose …
FARMERS MARKET REPORT: WEEK OF DEC. 13, 2009
SLOW FOOD = 20 YEARS OLD It was 20 years ago on December 10, 1989 that the Slow Food Manifesto was proclaimed by Carlo Petrini: In a Paris theatre, there was a call to arms for an antidote…”Against the universal madness of the Fast Life! ” The Manifesto declared, “we need to choose the defence …
We've made it…into a LEGO TRAIN display!
Kind of random! A former employee of ours happened upon this display during December Nights at Balboa Park last weekend, while all the museums were free to the public. We’re part of the traveling LEGO Train Exhibit in the San Diego Railroad Museum, orchestrated by the Southern California LEGO TRAIN CLUB. I had to go …
Cooks Confab- Street Food
Last Saturday’s Cooks Confab Street Food at Little Italy Mercato was a huge success! A great early morning turnout to see some of San Diego’s best chefs turning out quick bites and even cooking with their kids. 100% of proceeds from the event went to ARTS- A Reason To Survive www.areasontosurvive.org. Thanks to all those …
Farmers' Market Box of the Week 12/9
**update– video*** It’s going to be a beautiful box this week!!!!!!! If you are interested in ordering for this week, please email [email protected]. We have limited availability – so please make your reservation now! Leeks, Fennel, Wild Arugula – Rutiz Farm Baby Turnips – Coastal Organics Heirloom Tomatoes – Tutti Frutti Meyer Lemons and Satsuma …