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The market was great today, nice weather and lots of folks.
Saw Micheal of Michaels restaurant (he was speaking french to some chefs) out collecting veggies and fruit.
Starting to see: lots of strawberries
Continuing to see: lots of cauliflower, broccoli, lettuces (all varieties- green leaf, read leaf, romaine), potatoes, celery, lots of citrus!
Saw only one stand [...]

The Santa Monica Farmer’s Market was hopping last Saturday morning. We haven’t been there since the holidays, so the produce had completely changed in our absence! We saw some wonderful strawberries, greens, mandarins and blood oranges.
We picked up:
–Black Kale (It looks simply amazing.)
–Yellow Cauliflower (We had this last night. It was a [...]

Quaint. That’s the word I’d use to describe the Culver City Farmer’s Market. It is slightly smaller than if Luxembourg and the Gaza Strip gave birth to a street. It occupies less than a block on Main Street between Venice and Culver. I’ve worked in Culver City for four months now, and I never really [...]

One of our weekend rituals is to head down to the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market on Sunday morning. We don’t go so much for the produce, as for the prepared food and to relax on the grass. Our first stop upon arrival is at the Groundwork stand for some iced tea or coffee.

After we have [...]

How long do you have to live in L.A. before someone clues you into Bob’s “Kitty” donuts?

I just got in from the Santa Monica Farmers Market - it was much quieter than last week. I picked up some broccoli, brussel sprouts, fuji apples, tangerines, spinach (i found someone selling it cleaned in a plastic bag which was nice)…I think that’s about it. I also turned onto second street, which i [...]

I hit up the far mar and bought tons of goodies. I picked up some pineapple guavas (little green guavas that you eat the centers of), baby heirloom tomatoes (from Tutti Frutti farms, one of the best stands), carrots, cabbage, onions, mutzu apples (for baking and eating), new york apples (for baking), tangelos……I think [...]

On our way back from our weekly trip to the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market, K. and I heard Colleen Flippo on KCRW’s program, Good Food. Colleen has a great website called The Cookbook Critic that reviews cookbooks, tests recipes, and provides yummy recipes as well.
This week’s haul at the Farmer’s Market included:
Empire [...]