Home and Garden

Cherry season is in full swing, and the Culver City Farmers Markets are the go-to place for these early summer favorites. Walking along Main Street this afternoon, you’ll find the best local cherries: plump, juicy, …

Apricots and cherries are in season, and the Culver City Farmers Market is the place to go for fresh, juicy, tree-ripened fruit. Don’t wait too long. The California cherry season is only six weeks long, …

Sugar snap peas have become an ubiquitous – and delicious – addition to vegetable platters. Plumper than a snow pea, with a soft, edible shell unlike their cousin the English pea, it seems like they …

There’s little chance that shoppers and tourists will confuse Culver City’s farmers markets with England’s Scarborough Fair of yore. Bok choi and tamales, gourmet coffee and chilled fruit juices, nopales and kim chi are all …

May 5 is just around the corner. Cinco de Mayo in Spanish. If you’ve lived in California for any length of time, the phrase Cinco de Mayo conjures up festive red, green and white decorations; …

Fresh fava beans are in season at the Tuesday Culver City Farmers market. The tender fresh beans have a naturally creamy, buttery taste, slightly nutty with a slight hint of bitterness. Does the word “fava” …

Spring is a time for new growth and new beginnings. I find myself drawn to the north east corner of the Tuesday Culver City Farmers Market, where I walk up and down the rows of …

“Too many people write about the moon,” poet Karla Kuskin observed. Don’t write about the moon, she urges, “write about a radish..” (Kuskin’s poem can be found in Moon, Have You Met My Mother?, or …

I hope that our recent heavy rains have not hurt our local farmers. Generally speaking, rain is a good thing. It replenishes aquifers, which reduces the need for expensive irrigation (and helps farmers’ bottom lines). …