Fresh From The Farm

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 …[READ MORE]

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; …[READ MORE]

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” …[READ MORE]

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 …[READ MORE]

“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 …[READ MORE]

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). …[READ MORE]

You have no idea how thankful I am to see blue sky outside my window this morning. On Sunday I was beginning to think that there was a cosmic misunderstanding about the concept of “spring.” …[READ MORE]

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. True, you might have to look elsewhere if you’re craving green beer to go with your corned beef and cabbage, but the freshly picked organic cabbage available …[READ MORE]

Today is not just an ordinary Tuesday in many parts of the world. As any party-goer in New Orleans or Rio de Janiero can tell you, today is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras: a day …[READ MORE]

Ginormous. Absolutely ginormous. Ginormously ginormous. That’s all I could think as I gazed lovingly and hungrily at the displays of jumbo fresh-picked Globe artichokes at the Tuesday Culver City Farmer’s Market. At $4 a head, …[READ MORE]