Topic: farmers’ market

Summer Seasonables: Farmer’s Market Soup

Summer Seasonables: Farmer's Market Soup

You might balk at the idea of summer soup (in this heat wave?), but its one of the easiest ways to use a bunch of in-season vegetables at once. Keep the broth light and add a light grain (like amaranth or quinoa), and you’ve got a soup that’s a little more August than October. Make a big pot on Sunday, and you can bring the leftovers to work (it’s usually ultra-air-conditioned in your office anyway, right?) all week. More »

In Season Now: 4 Unusual (And Nutritious) Greens to Try

In Season Now: 4 Unusual (And Nutritious) Greens to Try

It’s hard to build an appetite for warm food in the midst of hot weather, which means salads are an everyday affair for a lot of folks right now, and they will be for the foreseeable future. Yes, adding different fruits, nuts and veggies can keep things interesting for your palate. But you want to go really wild? Try some salad greens you have to forage from your front lawn (or at least hunt and gather from your local farmer’s market). What’s available depends to some extent on where you live, and the time of year, but these four warm-weather salad greens are popular enough that you can probably find them at a local market or grocer. Seek them out to avoid summer salad boredom: More »

5 Strange Farmers’ Market Fruits and Vegetables – And What to Do With Them

5 Strange Farmers' Market Fruits and Vegetables - And What to Do With Them

Have you ever watched Bizarre Foods on The Travel Channel? If not, don’t worry — the only thing you’re missing is a few involuntary gag reflexes. The host, Andrew Zimmern, basically travels the world eating the grossest things possible (turtle jelly soup, anyone?). But the nastiness isn’t reserved for things like brain tacos and pig innards — Zimmern also downs a hefty share of some pretty unusual fruits and vegetables. I know I’ll never forget the episode where he unsuccessfully tried to eat some smelly durian fruit — he described it as “completely rotten, mushy onions.”

But unusual doesn’t have to be gross. In fact, it’s worth trying out new tastes when you can. Consider this — it wasn’t too long ago that kiwis, starfruit and pomegranates didn’t have a place in most fruit markets and now they’re almost everywhere. So check out some of these new-to-your-table items that are currently become niche items on farmers’ market stands. You might find a new favorite. More »

Foursquare Meets the Farmers’ Market

Foursquare Meets the Farmers' Market

We thought you’d like this post from Emerald Catron at Lemondrop.

Finally, the motivation you’ve been looking for to really start doing that “fruit and vegetables” thing — a new badge on Foursquare.

We know, we know, you’ve been overlooking the health of your colon so you could be Mayor of Claudia’s Chicken Shack, but now you can be rewarded for shopping at your local farmer’s market.
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