These beans are my latest obsession.
I started buying them a few months ago at Tuesday’s farmers’ market at the Ferry Plaza, and I’ve been cooking them practically every week since then. If I’m not personally eating them, my clients are.
Sometimes beans can be a risky item to serve at dinner parties (not everybody’s digestive system [...]
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Farmers’ Market Find: Iacopi’s Italian Butter Beans
Posted in Farms, Ingredients on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Happy Halloween from the pumpkin patch
Posted in Farms on October 31, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m thinking pie
Posted in Farms on October 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Where did I get this box of beauties? Gabriel Farm in Sebastopol. They’re organic. They’re family owned and operated. They’re the best.
U-pick Fujis, Rome Beauties, Golden Delicious, Braeburns and more.
And persimmons that are just about ready.
It’s a magical way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Hurry! Torrey at Gabriel says there’s only about a week or so [...]
A day in the pumpkin patch
Posted in Farms on October 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sunday afternoon I took a drive out to Davis to get a dose of fall.
I grew up in New England, so fall naturally holds a special place in my heart. Nothing can compare to the blazing colors of a New England autumn, but here in Northern California we do get our share of October [...]