Beautiful Winter Market from California of course I’m in California this week visiting markets.  Tod

Beautiful Winter Market from California of course

I’m in California this week visiting markets.  Today I was at the Ferry Plaza market in San Francisco.  We’re in a weird season – winter is winding down, but the bulk of the spring stuff hasn’t come in yet.  Tierra Vegetables has their dried beans in now – the photo here is of the Hutterite beans.  They are named for the Hutterite religious community that immigrated to New Mexico from Austria in the 1760’s and grew these beans as a staple.  As always, Marin Roots had incredible greens.  Gorgeous mixed kale and beautiful bunches of flowering broccoli di cicco, an exceptional Italian heirloom variety of broccoli.  The persian cress from County Line Farm exploded with spiciness.  On our way out of the market we picked up potatoes from the rotisserie folks – fingerlings covered in pork and chicken fat with rosemary and sea salt.  We ate them on the drive home, licking the salt and fat off our fingers.

OhlalaFood recommends the  Feast Exhibit.  Really worth the trip to the southside neighborhood of Ch

OhlalaFood recommends the  Feast Exhibit.  Really worth the trip to the southside neighborhood of Chicago. The Feast Exhibit reminds us that Food, besides bringing gustatory pleasures, can also be a framework for: political debate, peace treaty, humanity, and a catalyst for the respect of diversity. http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/

Interesting Fact!bitesizedbiology:
Have you ever cut open a bell pepper only to find a strange little surprise waiting for you inside? The first time this happened to me, it seriously freaked me out. I mean, just look at it! What on earth could that possibly be?! A pepper baby? A parasitic twin? An alien pod?It turns out that…

Bite-Sized Biology: the peculiar case of the puny pepper

“Since the 1930s, numerous artists have used the simple act of sharing food and drink to advance aesthetic goals and to foster critical engagement with the culture of their moment. These artist-orchestrated meals can offer a radical form of hospitality that punctures everyday experience, using the meal as a means to shift perceptions and spark encounters that aren’t always possible in a fast-moving and segmented society.”

Food is Art = SMART, Museum of Art, University of Chicago