Posted in Farmer's Market on 30. May, 2010
It’s a glorious Spring Day here in Mar Vista and it feels like summer. The fruit thinks so, too, because the peaches and nectarines smell amazing. Even though there’s no rain in sight right now, it will come back eventually, so Alex Metcalf and Paula Henson of Rainbud were on hand to talk about their [...]
Posted in Farmer's Market on 23. May, 2010
Today my shopper is Roger Nygard, director of the new documentary The Nature Of Existence, and an old friend. Roger is going to bake some beets, and saute the beet greens, and he’s going to bake some wild-caught sand dabs from the Smart Fish company. He’ll dip them in a mixture of egg whites, rice [...]
Posted in Farmer's Market on 16. May, 2010
Today at the market I met Madeline Mary Frances, eating her broccoli like an ice cream cone.(She prefers it to crepes. What a healthy girl!) The Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band was playing up a storm, and in the MVCC Green Booth, local solar company Constant Solar was on hand lending out Kill-A-Watt devices [...]
Posted in Farmer's Market on 09. May, 2010
It’s full-on Spring here and the produce is awesome right now. Two kinds of cherries, strawberries, Wong Tomatoes are back, and Lilacs! Plus Yvonne’s Gluten-Free Goodies had a booth here today — and great news for me and other fans: The grass-fed lamb and beef booth from Cali Farms is now accepting credit cards! Then [...]
Posted in Farmer's Market on 02. May, 2010
Today the Market celebrated Cinco de Mayo with dance performances from the Loyola Marymount Ballet Folklorico group and students from Grand View Elementary school’s Dual Language program. Plus Didi Pop did a Community Sing-A-Long of her song Mar Vista’s Gone Green. And in the Mar Vista Community Council Green Booth, Gary’s Greenery was on hand [...]
Posted in Family Fun, Farmer's Market on 30. Apr, 2010
Don’t miss the Annual Cinco De Mayo celebration at the Mar Vista Farmer’s Market this Sunday from 9am until 2pm at the corner of Venice and Grand View. The Mar Vista Arts and Crafts Collective will be on hand, as they are each first Sunday of the month, at 10am don’t miss the Community Sing-A-Long [...]
Posted in Farmer's Market on 25. Apr, 2010
Today I was thrilled to have Anna Getty as my Sunday Shopper. She’s making the arugula and strawberry salad that’s on page 127 of her new cookbook, Easy Green Organic. She gave me a signed copy to review, by the way, and I can’t wait to start cooking from it — it’s filled with delicious-looking [...]
Posted in Farmer's Market on 18. Apr, 2010
Today I ran into my old friends Sandy Kroopf and Lisa Bromwell at the market. They’re going to make a couple of delicious things: Cannelini beans with Tuscan kale and swiss chard (soak the beans, then cook with carrot and onion, then chop kale and chard and add to the bean mixture, wilting it all [...]
Posted in Farmer's Market on 11. Apr, 2010
Here’s what’s new at the market today: Organic Blueberries and FireHook, a Korean BBQ taco truck. I sampled the blueberries and they are sweet and delicious. I also tried the tacos — mighty tasty. Today in the Green Booth, Paul Herzog from Surfrider’s Ocean Friendly Gardens was on hand, helping to inspire green gardens. Speaking [...]
Posted in Farmer's Market on 04. Apr, 2010
Today my shopper was Stephanie Astrow, a good friend whom I’ve known since we met in college, and she’s a customer of JR Organics’ CSA program. Each week she receives a bin full of a variety of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables and she and her whole family love it. She appreciates the variety because [...]
