Last week while carousing the farmer’s market we noticed the mint looked really good. Since we had a cheap bottle of rum lying around the house, Shannon thought we could make mojitos. Then we thought we’d just go with the whole Caribbean theme. I barbecued marinated carne asada with carmelized onions and [...]
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When you walk down the protein aisle at the Wallingford QFC there is a small section near the end with a bunch of those Styrofoam meat trays filled with an assortment of meaty goodies all marked “reduced”. What this means is that everything in the bin has to sell today or they have to [...]
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I’m at the University District Farmer’s Market buying pork from Wooly Pigs. I had $14 in my hand while the salesperson put a package of two frozen pork chops on the scale and told me “Sixteen Dollars”, about 1.3lbs worth. I pulled out the VISA card and bought them. I needed to [...]
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The Ballard Farmer’s Market
A successful season begins with good preparation. I figured that getting familiar with the products available at the Sunday Ballard Farmer’s Market would be a good place to start training. I had never been there before, Shannon and I strolled down there this past Sunday and here’s the scoop.
Parking was [...]
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