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Market Report: Green plus

August 5, 2010
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Burgundy green Purple green (beans) Speckled green

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Day 22: Market Report

December 22, 2009
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I have been known to plan vacations around the dates of the farmers markets where we’ll be traveling. I will go out of my way to find a market, even if I’m not going to buy anything (except perhaps on impulse), just to see what farmers are growing and selling in other places. If there’s [...]

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Snowed in and local for Christmas dinner

December 27, 2008

Who would have guessed that, for folks living in temperate Seattle, the biggest impediment to eating a Christmas dinner made from local foods might be the weather? OK, that’s hyperbole; even if we’d been completely housebound by last week’s snows, I could’ve prepared a Christmas dinner of local foods from our freezer, pantry and refrigerator. [...]

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Dark Days ahead

November 23, 2008

The past week was the beginning of the Dark Days of Winter Eat Local Challenge, organized by Laura at (not so) Urban Hennery. The challenge, which runs November 15 – March 15, has these “rules”: Cook one meal a week featuring at least 90% local ingredients. You define local – the standard definitions range from [...]

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Market Report: Bright today

November 17, 2008

Look at the light on those beets and onions. That’s sunlight — real shadow-casting sunshine! In mid November! The sun came out while I was at the farmers’ market on Saturday, and hung around through most of the weekend. Blissful!

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Too tired to write

November 6, 2008

Paul has had a terrible hacking cough for over a week now. He wakes up coughing several times each night, sounding as if he’s going to expel a lung. As a result, neither of us has been sleeping well. When I sit down with my computer to write, I’m unable to focus. I’m just too [...]

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Market Report: On Broadway

November 2, 2008

Today, after a trip to the farmers market in Ballard, I ventured across town to Capitol Hill to visit the Broadway Farmers Market for the first time. Why two markets in one day? Chicken and eggs. I wanted both. And not just any eggs, but the amazing eggs from Skagit River Ranch, who are at [...]

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Market Report: Looking back at October

October 31, 2008

1st Weekend: An early autumn windstorm downed the leaves on Ballard Avenue’s street trees, and pushed up drifts around the market tents. Bare trees presaged the cold and dark of winter; squashes and roots piled high promised months of warming soups and stews. 2nd Weekend: Lingering summery sweet peppers and tomatoes cozy up to sun-splashed [...]

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