Where To Find Summer's Seasonal Foods
[2008-7-21]
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"While there is a fun, theatrical aspect [to farmers' markets],consumers don't have anything to be afraid of," says Erika Lesser,executive director of Slow Food USA, a nonprofit educationalorganization. "No one's going to throw a tomato at you and expectyou to buy it."
To start, shoppers can consult the Web sites of their localfarmers' markets, or www.localharvest.org , which maintains a comprehensive list of markets across thecountry. Once at the market, Lesser suggests shoppers begin byperusing the market, comparing prices and drafting mental recipesinspired by what's for sale.
Gabrielle Langholtz, special projects manager for New York Citygreen markets, uses a similar approach.
"You might show up wanting cauliflower," she says, "but there'sthis beautiful cabbage that's speaking to you." For those seducedby a fruit or vegetable they have never cooked with before,Langholtz recommends talking to strangers. "Look at someone who'sbuying [it] and say, 'Hey, what do you do with that?'"
As for prices, Langholtz says items may be more or less expensivethan what a shopper would find in the grocery store, but there areoptions for every budget.
Green Market Goodies
This summer, green markets in Seattle , New York and Denver will offer produce, fruit, fish and meat that eclipses in tastewhat you might buy at the average supermarket. Though genericpeaches, for example, have an admirable uniformity, they have oftenbeen shipped thousands of miles, ripened (safely) with ethylene gasand stored until their sale date.
Ever shopped at a farmers' market? What's in your basket? Weigh in.Post your thoughts in our Readers' Comments section below.
Instead, try a peach freshly plucked from trees on the westernslope of the Rocky Mountains or the Hudson Valley of New York.Cherries, watermelons, cantaloupes, sweet corn and 50 types ofchilies are also available at Denver farmers' markets. At New Yorkmarkets, shoppers will find berries, asparagus, garlic, eggplant,apricots and 20 varieties of basil.
"While there is a fun, theatrical aspect [to farmers' markets],consumers don't have anything to be afraid of," says Erika Lesser,executive director of Slow Food USA, a nonprofit educationalorganization. "No one's going to throw a tomato at you and expectyou to buy it."
To start, shoppers can consult the Web sites of their localfarmers' markets, or www.localharvest.org , which maintains a comprehensive list of markets across thecountry. Once at the market, Lesser suggests shoppers begin byperusing the market, comparing prices and drafting mental recipesinspired by what's for sale.
Gabrielle Langholtz, special projects manager for New York Citygreen markets, uses a similar approach.
"You might show up wanting cauliflower," she says, "but there'sthis beautiful cabbage that's speaking to you." For those seducedby a fruit or vegetable they have never cooked with before,Langholtz recommends talking to strangers. "Look at someone who'sbuying [it] and say, 'Hey, what do you do with that?'"
As for prices, Langholtz says items may be more or less expensivethan what a shopper would find in the grocery store, but there areoptions for every budget.
Green Market Goodies
This summer, green markets in Seattle , New York and Denver will offer produce, fruit, fish and meat that eclipses in tastewhat you might buy at the average supermarket. Though genericpeaches, for example, have an admirable uniformity, they have oftenbeen shipped thousands of miles, ripened (safely) with ethylene gasand stored until their sale date.
Ever shopped at a farmers' market? What's in your basket? Weigh in.Post your thoughts in our Readers' Comments section below.
Instead, try a peach freshly plucked from trees on the westernslope of the Rocky Mountains or the Hudson Valley of New York.Cherries, watermelons, cantaloupes, sweet corn and 50 types ofchilies are also available at Denver farmers' markets. At New Yorkmarkets, shoppers will find berries, asparagus, garlic, eggplant,apricots and 20 varieties of basil.
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