The Healdsburg Farmers Market could not have had a more gorgeous day to launch its 2012 season. The air was soft, fragrant and warm but not hot and everyone seemed to be in great spirits as they greeted friends and colleagues they’d not seen since last year’s market wrapped [...]
This Sunday evening on my radio show, Mouthful, the Wine Country's Most Delicious Hour, I'll be exploring the history of the Santa Rosa Original Farmers Market. I tend to keep what I do on my two food-related radio shows separate from what I do in print but I'm posting about [...]
The harvest of two seasons, summer and fall, make for glorious shopping at the Healdsburg farmers market.
Thursday is the final day for the new farmers market on the west side of Highway 101.
Tomatoes are begging for attention: There's no better time to make and enjoy fresh salsa.
Healdsburg's second farmers market, which takes place on Tuesday afternoons from 4 to 6:30 p.m., is the perfect destination for fresh produce midweek.
The Petaluma Certified Farmers Market on Wednesday afternoons has both vendors familiar from other markets as well as a few who attend only this market.
The Healdsburg Farmers Market opened for its 33rd season on Saturday. It's a beautiful market, with many vendors who sell nowhere but here.
There are so many olive oils on the market and labels are about marketing, not informing. Here's one easy way to be sure what you're getting.
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