91!!! Garlic scapes and romanesco
So i got a box of garlic scapes
Tonight we did all veggie with lemon cucs
Tomatoes with feta and basil
Roasted scapes and onions
Roasted romanesco and onions
santa monica
Return to the Santa Monica Farmers Market
Finally back to the market after nearly 4 months…we tried two weeks ago but protests had it closed down (the same neighborhood had had looters)…there are still lots of boarded up windows:
But the market was busy even though its way spread out for distancing:
On of the prizes and purposes for the trip was mara des bois…from Harrys Berries
Pricey but he loves them.
I went for tomatoes and they finally are debuting:
Also found were lemon cucumbers and german butterballs.
And our first goat cheese in a long while.
This is the closest to normal i have felt in a while even with masks and spacing. I needed a brief moment to be happy….
Third street promenade farmers market
We are blessed to have a year round growing season, and we are on the verge of the moment where the most of those riches shine! Saturday at the santa monica third street promenade farmers market, the following are a prelude to the full summer bounty:
Figs! I forgot to take a pic before i cut up the ripe ones…it was a nice basket of 1/2 ripe and half ripe in a day or two
My fav farmers market cheese for years…i got the mozzarella and asiago…dont for one minute think its traditional mozza or asiago…they surely have their own style . Spring hill jersey cheese from nocal.
Lemon cucumbers
Baby red leaf heads
The very first of the tomatoes
Citrus!!!
Cucs abound
Herbs
Its still cherry and peach season
Jim Taylor waits for these puppies all year…high price, small fruit, big taste
One years i will buys these and spend the day shucking them. Can you imagine fresh garbanzos!?!
So tonight the figs will be sharing a plate with goat cheese and a Bordeaux cherry balsamic ibought in palm springs
Santa Monica Farmers Market today
Farmers Market today was rife with new surprises.
First i ran into my favorite white eggplants
The remnants of fig season…guavas
My favorite vendor with a huge array every week
Fresh ginger and even galangal
Kohlrabi
The nearby whole foods had dragonfruit
And my prizes were:
Sunchokes, zuchini blossoms, two kinds of white eggplant, potatoes, kohlrabi, chienese green onions, and baby butternut squash! Like super baby butternuts!
Border Grill Santa Monica
For probaby our final time, we went to Border Grill Santa Monica. No more day drinking scratch margaritas after a stroll down the farmers market since rhis location is closing after 26 years.
Greeted by the tortilla station:
Having had dinner and apps and drinks before, we made the brunch plunge:
We sampled mimosa and margarita and the great salsa and chips that greet you:
pictured is the cadillac, the blood orange, and a mimosa
And our dishes were:
Jalapeno Home Fries
Carnitas Tacos
Chorizo and Egg Tacos
Yucatan Eggs Benedict Sliders
Peruvian Shrimp and Grits
Waffle with Pork Belly
Oaxacan Pancakes
Chicken Panucho
Steak and Eggs
Churro Tots
And we ate and had good company:
On the plus side…i have a cookbook from Mary Sue and Susan that has several of the recipes from the restaurant…and we can still haul ourselves to the downtown or vegas locations….
Love these margaritas though! Right at the bar in santa monica…the following are from our stop there two weeks ago
Peruvian Ceviche
Green Corn Tamale
Thats the end. 🙂
#bordergrillsmmemories
Fun food finds 1/2/16
We were Santa Monica farmers market bound today and since winter is usually bland I wasn’t taking any pics until I ran into this this thing so I started with the food pics….
Having no idea what it was, I bought some. Wikipedia and several sites have cleared up my lack of knowledge…Mountain yams are a Asian tuber that turn into goo if you grate and get mucilaginous plus have an itchy skin that needs soaked in water and vinegar to neutralize…sounds like a winner here :-p
Kohlrabi are also in season as I found baby ones last weekend
Sun chokes have been about for a month or so but few in attendance this week–one vendor said the ground was too frozen to harvest
Sweet limes…which I always look at but never buy….and they aren’t green!
Unhusked walnuts which I haven’t seen in person since I used to have to collect them from my grandpas yard
Mushrooms! Including white truffle which I passed on hoping for black truffle soon…but I picked up some hedgehogs
My favorite cheese vendor provided me with a raw 1year aged white cheddar
Jim found giant macaron that are gluten free at the newly opened Lemonade
And I picked up the foodies coloring book at Barnes and noble!
Brian and Jim Eat 