Tableau Vivante is thinking about organizing a local farmers’ market tour

Tableau Vivante is thinking about organizing a local farmers’ market tour. Head on over to her site and let her know if you are interested!

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Homemade preserves

Erin and Superspark came over on Saturday to make preserves. Superspark brought plums from her apartment complex and Costco, and we went over to the Pasadena farmers’ market for strawberries and apricots.

Sugar

Stirring

Sealing

Picture taking

Post production photo shoot

Preserves

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Small town!

I met Tableau Vivante this weekend at the farmers’ market. We were the same booth, she had a camera around her neck and was talking about photography with the vendor. ‘Could this be the mysterious Tableau Vivante?!?‘ I wondered. It was! I got to meet the woman responsible for introducing me to apriums. She [...]

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Seascape strawberries from the Pasadena farmers’ market

Seascape strawberries
We get out of bed early on Saturdays just for these. They’re usually sold out by mid-morning.
Pasadena Victory Park Certified Farmers’ Market
Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
North Sierra Madre Blvd & Paloma Street

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Apriums from the Pasadena farmers’ market

Apriums

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Apriums

Tableau Vivante has some great pictures posted from this morning’s Farmers’ Market. One of the farms is selling apriums, and the way she describes them is making me salivate.

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Blue potatoes with slivered garlic in the making

Blue potatoes from the Pasadena farmers’ market
Blue potatoes with slivered garlic
Adapted from the Fingerlings with Slivered Garlic recipe on p. 411 of Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.
Olive oil
1 pound small All Blue potatoes scrubbed and sliced into about 1/3-inch thick rounds
6 big garlic cloves (or more small ones) sliced thinly
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Preheat [...]

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Caprese salad in the making

The tomatoes and basil are from Pasadena’s Saturday morning farmers’ market, and the buffalo mozzarella is from Roma Italian Deli & Grocery.

Caprese salad in the making, 1

Caprese salad in the making, 2

Caprese salad in the making, 3

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Russian banana fingerlings

Russian banana fingerlings
We found these Russian banana fingerling potatoes at the Pasadena farmers’ market last Saturday morning, too. They were sweet. I usually toss baby potatoes with olive oil, capers, dill and salt. These didn’t need capers, and the dill was good but not quite right. If I can find these again next week, I [...]

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Crosnes

After reading Cook and Nifty Wench’s post about crosnes, we bought some at the farmers’ market on Saturday.

Crosnes

About crosnes
We sauteed them in butter…

Crosnes sauteing
…and added lots of salt and pepper and oregano from our garden (still following Cook and Nifty Wench’s lead).

Oregano in my garden
They tasted like very good french fries, but they felt crisper [...]

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