TAKE NOTE: CHESTNUTS, ALONG WITH CHANTERELLES AND QUINCE, WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SANTA ROSA ORIGINAL CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET, THIS WEDNESDAY FROM 8:30 A.M. TO NOON. “The chestnuts were a little late this year,” Jim McCrumb of Sonoma Coast Organic Produce says, explaining that the burs--those nearly-impossible-to-crack cupules, each of [...]
Picture this: Baskets full of purple, chocolate, red and golden sweet peppers, tiny yellow onions, pert red shallots, leeks, garlic, chard, tomatoes and purple and white eggplant. There’s a small basket holding an array of hot peppers, Padrons are piled high in little bucket and herbs snuggle together in a [...]
On Sunday at the Sebastopol Farmers Market, First Light Farm’s stall was brimming with just-picked vegetables, beautifully arranged. One long table featured mustard greens, collard greens, kales and pretty heads of butter lettuce and red leaf lettuce. Another table was piled high with Nantes carrots, red beets and [...]
This Thursday morning, July 12, at 9 a.m., a farmers market opens at the WIC office parking lot, located at 1450 Guerneville Rd. in Santa Rosa. The market, the third operated by the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market, will continue on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 pm. through [...]
Summer treasures sparkle like almost-hidden jewels at the Sebastopol Farmers Market on Sunday. Tucked amongst Rainbow’s End Farm’s harvest of several varieties of tiny plums are the first Santa Rosa plums of the season, plump juicy scarlet spheres. Most farmers say to expect the famous plum in mid [...]
In this week's Seasonal Pantry, which you can read here, I promised to post links to apricot recipes from the column's archives so here they are. Recipes from the most recent column include, Grilled Chicken with Black Pepper, Ginger & Fresh Apricots, Apricot Shrub and Sauteed Apricots & Chorizo with Couscous, [...]
For years, the Healdsburg Farmers Market has had a second market day, on Tuesday afternoons. Until last year it took place at the town plaza but as Tuesday afternoon summer concerts grew in popularity, the market was eclipsed. Last year it moved a couple of blocks west. Now it's returned [...]
On Saturday morning, not long before the kick-off of the Rose Parade, a new farmers market opened in the west parking lot of the Santa Rosa Veterans Building. The Redwood Empire Farmers Market is the fourth farmers market in Santa Rosa. For a summary of Santa Rosa markets, [...]
In April 11's Seasonal Pantry, available here, I write about shallots and promise to post my recipe for Roasted Shallot Flan, which appeared in the column in 2001, before it was archived on line. It's taken me a while to get to it, as I've been down with a nasty [...]
The Windsor Certified Farmers opens for its 11th season at 10 a.m. Sunday on Market St., on the east side of the Town Green in downtown Windsor. The inaugural market will offer a mix of spring produce, seedlings for your garden, foods to enjoy on the spot and take home, [...]
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Have trouble remembering what’s in season when? Looking for a favorite recipe from the Seasonal Pantry or Pairing archives? Michele Anna Jordan, Press Democrat columnist, chef, teacher and author of almost 20 books, draws from 17 years of columns and articles for seasonal suggestions, recipes and menus and tips on exactly where to get the finest local foods at their peak moment. And, yes, she takes requests. Just name the dish or even a few of the ingredients and, like magic, you’ll find the recipe here in no time. Any questions related to ingredients, cooking, nutrition and eating are welcome.