Thursday, February 3, 2011

A Tribute to Produce Produced Around the World


H 
is for the Heirloom Tomato 
I bought in Oakland, CA.


is for the most Perfect Pickle, 
or the Jewish half-sour pickle. It is perfect because it captures the most delicious stage of the cucumber-to-pickle maturation process. 
Although technically not a vegetable any more, these were enjoyed at the world-famous Katz Deli in the Lower East Side of New York City.





B
is for this Beautiful Broccoli
my Aunt Pam grew in her garden in Grass Valley, CA.




A
is for that Absurdly phallic Avocado 
we found in Montezuma, Costa Rica. 
Compliments to master preparer, Marie-Claude (from Quebec, Canada).



 Y
is for the Yellowtail
Tayana and I saw at the Civic Center farmer's market in San Francisco, CA.



M
is for Bitter Melon 
(or Momordica charantia), the funny-looking wrinkly, groovy and spiky cucumber that Tayana and I also came across. Weird. 



 B 
is for Bells,
 brightly beaming in the beige baskets below (San Francisco, CA). 



P 
is for Paris the Pretentious Pineapple,
 Hawaii's hippest, coolest most "with it" pineapple. 
The pineapple on the right is definitely NOT with it.



C 
is for Crazy-Cool Catalan Cauliflower,
 and a bit of Romanesco, to the left
These violet femmes were found in Barcelona, Spain at the incredible La Boqueria on La Rambla.





O
is for Oyster Mushroom.
Fungi amazes me sometimes. These Neptunian delicacies came from the Montclair Farmer's Market (love) in Oakland, CA.




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