Fresh From the Farm

This week is one for the history books. It started out with the Fourth of July on Monday, and will wrap up with a royal visit to Sony on July 10 from the Duke and …

Summertime, and the grilling is easy. The Fourth of July weekend is just around the corner. Three days to relax, catch up with friends and family, and celebrate our nation’s independence. Locally, the holiday weekend …

Today is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere: the summer solstice. The earth rotates on an axis, meaning that its poles move closer to the sun as summer approaches, and then …

Last week’s column featured vinegrette salad dressings and an old-time favorite which is newly trendy again: Green Goddess Dressing. This week, Fresh From the Farm focuses on fruit. We’ll still have fresh cherries for a …

Why did the refrigerator blush? It saw the salad dressing Too hot to cook? Main dish salads to the rescue. Reunion coming up? Shopping for a new swim suit? Think salads. Cool, refreshing salads. From …

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; …