California is known for its agriculture, and its shining moment is definitely in the summer when the farmers markets are packed with all sor...

I was at the Grand Lake Farmers Market this morning in Oakland, and one of the farmers' stand had a table filled with these peppers. O...

I'm not a fan of onions, but I saw them everywhere at the farmers market last weekend. And while I don't really like to cook with th...

I've loved carrots since I was young. Maybe it's because I was born in the Year of the Rabbit. But I just love the crunch. At the fa...

When I was off during the holidays, I took advantage of a free Thursday to check out the San Francisco Ferry Building farmers market and, in...

An ingredient that I started noticing in restaurants lately is farro, a grain used often in Mediterranean dishes, especially hearty Italian ...

This is the season of the root vegetables, and no root gets me rooting for it more than the beet. Yeah, they're kind of a pain to work w...

Last weekend when I was gorging on chocolates at Fort Mason , I ran into its weekly farmers' market in the parking area. I never realize...

Saw this at the Grand Lake Farmers Market recently. I've never seen a big bunch of chilies like this. Usually they're all dried up a...

I saw these figs yesterday at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco (which BTW was beautifully sunny instead of the stupid rain th...

Sometimes I wish my Mom was better with technology. Because if she were, I could send her a photo to her mobile phone of this squash I saw a...

Look at these huge organic beets I saw last Sunday at the Temescal Farmers’ Market. Don’t they almost look like sweet potatoes? I’m really g...

If Easter was yesterday, it would have been such a beautiful day instead of the gloomy one we have this morning. Oh well, I was out at the G...

Yes, the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market can be a scene, crushed with young hipsters in their designer jeans and camera-toting tourists snapping...