Farmer's Market

Clementine and I made our final Farmer's Market trip of the season this past weekend. The weather was amazing (again) and it was a good excuse to spend some time together. An outing of this size is perfect for Clementine; no huge agenda, small snacks along the way, close to home and only a couple of hours long. The more we do this, the better she gets at it. I need to remember that in many ways, she is still about 2 years old on the inside. Adventures in small bites seem to be the right fit.


My favorite: Dahlias.




We brought some of these home, along with chard, kale and those purple carrots below. The greens all turned into a big pot of smokey, spicy Ribollita last night, which was amazing. Another reason to adore the fall? SOUP!



I love living in a place that show such strong support of Farmer's Markets, but I will never get over the prices. These tomatoes were $5.49/lb! Apparently someone has been storing seeds from an original crop of Thomas Jefferson's, lovingly planted them with whispers and harvested a ripe crop once each tomato was consulted on how they were feeling about basil and a possible future next to lettuce. Needless to say, we bought from the seconds bin and they tasted mighty fine at a fraction on the price.


Roasted pepper, still warm from the flame.


Her snack choice was a yellow tomato.
I would be smiling too if I got to sell......
....these all day