{"id":90,"date":"2006-07-16T12:57:41","date_gmt":"2006-07-16T21:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.taodekitchen.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2006-07-16T12:57:41","modified_gmt":"2006-07-16T21:57:41","slug":"temescal-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/general\/temescal-farmers-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Temescal Farmer’s Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

I felt like a kid waking up on Christmas morning today. Just a short stroll from my house – a new farmer’s market<\/a> was starting up. Year-round no less.<\/p>\n

It started at 9 am so I was up bright and early – helped by Mochi the dog who decided that 6:30 am was a good time to bust into the bedroom. P and I were joined by my brother, his girl friend, sister-in-law and 2 year old neice. As we headed out, our neighbor commented that it looked like we were going to a parade \ud83d\ude42 So we headed off in a very festive mood. I was anxious to get there before it got too crowded – little S with her 2 year long legs kept up with my quick pace. Soon we heard music and spied the tops of the vendor tents.<\/p>\n

I didn’t really know what to expect – I figured a small contingent of farmers and a few food vendors. I was pleasantly surprise when we turned the corner – the whole DMV parking lot was lined on both sides with vendors – many of my favorites and some I wasn’t familiar with. This was way above my expectations! Every vendor had beautiful wares and most were organic – samples were very generous \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Since our garden was busting with veggies we planned a fruit trip. The only place you can buy decent ripe fruit is at a farmer’s market (or direct from the farm). Not only does ripe fruit not travel well enough to survive the typical 2 week grocery store distribution trip I heard that there are regulations in California prohibiting the sale of fruit to wholesalers above a certain sugar level. Not sure of the exact regulation but I do trust the source of this information. So there you have it – unless you have access to fruit trees or a farm – luscious ripe fruit can only be found at a farmer’s market.<\/p>\n

Anyway – anything you could need for a week of yummy eats was there – fruit, veggies, mushrooms, avocadoes, organic free range eggs, hand made tofu, fish, oysters, breads from a number of vendors, olive oils and vinegars.<\/p>\n

We only had about 30-40 minutes to enjoy the market and with family and friends around we ended up socializing more. Honestly I was a bit overwhelmed and look forward to next week when I plan to set aside a bit more time to browse and enjoy a nice breakfast\/brunch from one of the food vendors – Thai, Crepes, Mexican, Indian, Oysters or Scones from Bakesale Betty? not sure but will have to have some goat’s milk ice cream for dessert.<\/p>\n

If you live in the Rockridge or Temescal area or are in the hood – stop by this fabulous new market. <\/p>\n

Sundays from 9 am – 1 pm
\n5300 Claremont Avenue
\nOakland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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