This week at the farmers market: 6/28/2008

Hi! Sorry! I’m back now! I’ve been a little distracted by my new job. I haven’t cooked much of anything lately. I ate frozen Trader Joe’s taquitos all week and I’m ashamed to say that much of produce I bought at the farmers market two weeks ago was found rotting in the bottom of my [...]

This week at the farmers market: 6/7/2008

It’s really summer now. Yesterday I got my first summer squash of the season. Little tiny ones. Aren’t they cute? Strawberries are everywhere and shelling peas are out now too. I got some young red onions and green garlic and a head of deep red, curly-leafed lollo rosso lettuce. And I got some milk and [...]

Fava Bean Spread

Fava beans are something I never would have bought in a million years if it weren’t for the delicious fava bean spread at Tia Pol. It’s served with slices of baguette smeared with tomato puree along side a couple of other tasty spreads, and it (and the sangria) are worth going all the way over [...]

Rhubarb French Toast

I learned to eat french toast buttered and then and coated with a thick, even layer of white sugar. So much sugar that it was crunchy. I don’t think I realized that this was strange until I got to college. Eventually I graduated to maple syrup, but lately I’ve become enamored with french toast with [...]