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Local Bounty: The Market Basketphotos By: Caron Golden Food lovers in San Diego know Catt White as the Market Maestra of the Little Italy Mercato, and the North Park and Pacific Beach farmers markets. In November she took on a new challenge—opening up a shop in Little Italy she’s calling the Market Basket. “We’ve often gotten calls from people about items they’ve seen or bought... Posted Sunday, December 11, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Local Bounty: Four Pears to BuyPhotos by: Caron Golden There’s nothing like a little Christmas music to make you think of pears… And, while smooth and delicious, they’ve always seemed the seasonal stepchild of apples. Turns out their origins are close to that of apples – both in the Caucasus – and both belong to the rose family. The similarities... Posted Monday, December 5, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Local Bounty: The Best Places To Buy Fresh PotatoesThis time of year, potatoes seem to be the star side dish, no matter how they’re prepared—roasted, mashed, smashed, au gratin. It doesn’t matter; they are the starch we love best. But they have special resonance among Jews celebrating Chanukah. The traditional Chanukah dish for Eastern European Jews is latkes, or potato pancakes, grated with onions and fried in oil until... Posted Monday, November 28, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Where To Order a Stunning Pie For ThanksgivingWho doesn’t love pies? Some food pundits have proclaimed them as the next cupcake—but I hate to think of pies as a trend. Pies are the comfort foods of desserts, a culinary warm embrace. Pies are culture; they’re history and they’re geography. There are endless ways of making them, even if we’re talking your basic pumpkin or apple—all based on varying traditions and innovations in technique, local ingredients and, well, how you were taught, perhaps by your grandma. I’ve selected three San Diego... Posted Tuesday, November 22, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Local Bounty: Best Picks at the Mira Mesa Farmers MarketJust when you think most of our regional farmers market are the same-old, same-old with familiar vendors and products, you revisit a market like the Mira Mesa farmers market and remember that in many neighborhoods, the market reflects their unique personalities. Like Mira Mesa, which has large Vietnamese and Filipino populations, the market has a wonderful selection of foods that cater to those cultures. You can find it in the parking lot of Mira Mesa High School on Mira Mesa Blvd. Tuesday afternoons from 3 to 7 p.m.... Posted Monday, November 21, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Ronald McDonald House Cooking Class with Chef Bernard GuillasHere’s a special opportunity for those who love cooking classes and also want to support kids and their families. The Marine Room’s Chef Bernard Guillas is going to be participating in the Cooking with Love classes at Ronald McDonald House Charities, which... Posted Thursday, July 28, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Limburger Cheese from Taste CheeseLimburger Cheese from Taste Cheese ($14.50 for a 200-gram package)Available at the Hillcrest Farmers' MarketVisiting my dad’s father was a challenge on so many levels, but one of the basic issues was the overpowering odor in the apartment of stale cheap cigar smoke and pungent Limburger cheese. It made me swoon—and not in a good way. Thanks to those olfactory... Posted Friday, July 15, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 3 |
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Kiowa Blackberries from Pudwill Berry FarmsBlackberries from Pudwill Berry Farms ($5 a pint)Available at the Rancho Santa Fe Farmers MarketMy first experience with blackberries as a child was in a summer pie my mom or grandmother would make for us—a purely kid’s pie of vanilla pudding studded with the berries in a graham cracker crust. On a sultry summer evening, the cold creamy pudding and punch of... Posted Friday, July 15, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 3 |
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Weiser Farm PotatoesPotatoes from Weiser Family FarmsAvailable at Specialty Produce and the Little Italy MercatoFor a lowly root vegetables, potatoes can be quite beautiful. I picked up three varieties grown by Weiser Family Farms at Specialty Produce recently, one of which I’d... Posted Wednesday, July 13, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Taste of Africa Cooking ClassesWomen’s Empowerment International is introducing cooking classes to benefit its STAR Center. Chefs Olivia Laryea of Ghana and Hasno Ali of Somalia will each teach two classes featuring the foods of their home countries. On July 10,... Posted Wednesday, July 6, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Jackie’s Jams Has A New OwnerJackie Anderson made a name for herself as one of the first local artisan producers of preserves to sell at the farmers' markets. She started her business, Jackie’s Jams, in 2004 with partner Robert Shay and her products can be found in many farmers markets and local restaurants. But when her young grandson became ill with cancer, Jackie wanted to be with her family in the Midwest and that meant giving up the... Posted Wednesday, July 6, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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Grass-Fed Beef Burgers from SonRise Ranchcaron goldenGrass-fed Beef Burger from SonRise Ranch: $8 (+$2 for bacon or blue cheese)Available at Flower Hill, Del Mar, Carlsbad, Hillcrest, and La Jolla Farmers' MarketsSelling grass-fed beef just wasn’t enough for Douglas Lindamood of SonRise Ranch. He wanted to show off his beef in complete burger form. After some tussling with the food safety... Posted Wednesday, June 29, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 5 |
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Veggie of the Moment: Baby CeleryYou know the old saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Well, if your crop of celery doesn’t mature the way you expect it to, sell “baby celery.” And that’s what Sage Mountain Farm decided to do. Up at the Rancho Santa Fe Farmers Market, Sage’s booth had sweet looking bunches of baby celery that serve up a potent, concentrated celery flavor. Add it to a vegetable soup or... Posted Monday, June 27, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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Seaside Market Celebrates 26th Anniversary
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Spotted: Alchemy at the Farmers MarketSo, I had some time before an evening meeting near UTC and thought I’d pop by the farmers market to see what was going on. I entered the aisle of prepared foods and see a sign for Alchemy. Really? Someone took the Golden Hill restaurant’s name? Well, no. Because then I saw executive chef Ricardo Heredia in the booth. What fun! Turns out the restaurant took a booth at the Golden Hill farmers market, operated by Brian Beevers, and decided to try a booth at Posted Wednesday, June 22, 2011 | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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