Today’s shopper is Caroline De Vita, a talented designer and illustrator. 
She’s going to make pasta primavera to celebrate this lovely warm weather. She’ll start by oven-roasting this Romanesco cauliflower 
in chunks with a little olive oil drizzled over top. While that’s in the oven, she sautes some chopped broccoli, zucchini, garlic, and halved cherry tomatoes 
in a little olive oil — and boils the salted water for the pasta (she uses penne). When the pasta is almost done, she takes a half cup of the pasta water and adds it to the saute pan with the veggies to make the sauce. Then, when the pasta and the cauliflower are both done, she puts all the ingredients in the pot together along with chopped parsley 
and hand-ripped basil, 
and mixes it all up. Ready to serve — sounds delish!
Today in the Green Booth, Plug-In America had an prototype electric car on display, the Mitsubishi iMiev. 
And the Valentine’s concert for the kids was a big hit! Here’s Birdie’s Playhouse in action.
I’ve tried several of the pizzas: a plain cheese for the kids, the Big Sur, which has shrimp on top, and my favorite so far, the burrata pie, which has arugula on top. 
I’ve also tried a few pastas: spaghetti and meatballs, North Beach clam and bacon spaghetti, and a special papardelle with short ribs — which was really good. 
I ate there with friends the other night; Jenny (of 
and Julia (of 
All really tasty.
He’s a great guy and he makes great food. My goal is to eat my way through the entire menu by the end of Spring. Wish me luck!
Mr. Tulley is coming to the 
The Green Booth will feature Plug In America. Electric cars, anyone?
The Blockbuster video store on the corner of National and Barrington is closing and selling off its entire inventory of dvds and games. Hurry out for great bargains — and stay tuned to see what new store will take its place…
Love the angles and the landscaping.
(She and co-founder Tracy Hepler were also the guests at the 
Then she sautes chopped garlic (onions are optional) 
in a generous amount of olive oil. Add the tomatoes, salt and pepper, and cook down a little. To serve, Lauren takes toasted bread and breaks it up on top of the soup (think large croutons), plus shredded basil, and if you like, some grated parmesan or red pepper flakes. Sounds delish!
This is Timothy Martin and Ibrahim Mesallem, who’ll be here selling in Mar Vista. The farm is outside of Stockton, CA, and I am very excited to have them here in our market. I bought some lamb chops and grilled them very simply, based on