On June 20, Seasonal Pantry on making pizza at home. You can read that column here. In that column, I promised to post a blog entry more on the topic, including my recipe for Avocado-Zucchini Pizza. I was writing that column from Seattle and time got away from me. Here it is now. Also, I’m including a column I wrote in the spring of 2004, before Seasonal Pantry was fully archived on this web site. At the time I wrote… Read More »
When the Occidental Bohemian Farmers market opens for its 2012 season on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m., it will be with several vendors that sell only at this market, along with a few farmers that sell county wide and a few that attend just one or two other markets. Star Mountain, based on Coleman Valley Rd., launches the season with radishes, scallions, basil, arugula, dill, flowers and Meyer lemons. Hands Full Farm has eggs, flowers and two jams, strawberry and… Read More »
The Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market greeted Saturday morning from its new home in the southeast parking lot of the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. By 8:30 a.m., the market’s official opening time, it was full of shoppers. You could almost hear a collective sigh of relief, as two years of tension, anxiety, unhappiness and hard work receded and a new era was born. Although the space is about 25 percent smaller than its former location at the Veterans… Read More »
Until this year, the opening of the Sebastopol Farmers Market on the first Sunday in April heralded the start of the season. Now that the market operates year round, spring comes more quietly to west county. On April 1, the Sebastopol market quietly expanded into the town plaza, as vendors who took a winter break returned. The change was subtle, as most customers went about their shopping just as they had all year. The expansion has grown more visible and… Read More »
The Sebastopol farmers market is beautiful and inviting in October. Be sure to allow yourself plenty of time, so that you can enjoy the community of the market as well as the best fruits and vegetables you can find anywhere.… Read More »
The Occidental Bohemian Farmers Market has just two weeks left in its 2011 season. … Read More »
From the Seasonal Pantry archives, here are several delicious and easy recipes that call for pears.… Read More »
