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The Market:
Santa
Barbara Farmers Market
Santa Barbara St. at Cota St. / map
Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
(805) 962-5354
Market-Goer: Mark
Thompson
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grapefruit from market on Santa
Cruz Island
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A
cherimoya from the market,
photographed in the
Santa Ynez Valley, north of Santa
Barbara
fruit from market at mission
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dandelion greens, strawberries, artichokes and cherimoya in
the Santa Ynez Valley
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What I Bought:
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artichokes
Price: $2.50 lb.
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(top
photo) tangerines, satsumas, grapefruit, blood oranges, lemon,
lime; (right) strawberries
Recipes:
Price: $2/lb. for citrus
fruit
$3 for basket of strawberries
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cherimoyas,
atemoyas, and guavas
Price: $6 for largest
cherimoya; $2 each for smaller ones
$3/lb. for pink guava
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pea
shoots, money beans, fava beans leaves
The fava clippings, from
plants that will soon produce beans, were
offered for sale by Fairview Gardens, in
Goleta, for use as a salad green, stir fry
vegetable, or pesto ingredient. I had never
seen fava leaves for sale, but why not? Pea
shoots have a devoted following, and the
leaves of other legumes are nutritious. I took
home a bag full of fava shoots and found them
to be a revelation, especially, in my opinion,
in pesto.
Price: $2.25/lb. for fava
leaves
$7/lb. for pea shoots
$5/lb. for money beans
frilly
red mustard, baby scallions, dandelion greens
Price: $2.25 each for
bunches of scallions and mustard
$1 for bunch for dandelion leaves
beets
and purple cabbage
Price: $1.50/lb. for
cabbage and beats
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