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The Market:
Santa Monica Farmers Market
Santa Monica, Calif.
Arizona & 3rd Street
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Market-Goer:
Mark Thompson, publisher of this Web site |
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What I Bought:
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Osborne
figs, peaches
Price: $2.25-3/lb. for
peaches
$3/basket of $5/for two baskets of figs
(two baskets pictured above)
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Heirloom
tomatoes (front right), striped Sicilian tomato
(left), assorted sweet peppersT.
Price: $2/basket of cherry
and plum-sized tomatoes
$2/lb. for peppers
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prune
plums (front), Japanese pears This
type of plum has become an August favorite of
mine. I prick them with a fork and dry them
in a warm oven for several days.
Price: $2/lb. for plums
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Cress,
dill (back row left to right), Japanese
eggplant, Jalapeno and Anaheim peppers
Price: $1/bunch for
cress and dill
$1/for 1lb. basket of peppers
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