Email AuthorFelicia Friesema
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Oro Blanco and Mellow Gold Grapefruit
December 30, 2011 in Squid Ink
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Tamopan Persimmons + Holiday Hollywood Market Hours
December 22, 2011 in Squid Ink
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What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Oaxacan Pipicha + Winter Savory
December 15, 2011 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaPipicha from Kenter Canyon Farms at the Hollywood marketPipicha, the spindly Oaxacan herb with twiggy pine needle-like leaves, isn't an easy find. The handful we managed to procure...
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What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Spanish Black Radishes
December 12, 2011 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaBlack radish from Flora Bella FarmsThe long slow grow (60+ days) for this season's Spanish black radishes has finally come to harvest. The sooty looking root vegetable's flavor...
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Top 5 Gifts for Food Preservationists
December 08, 2011 in Squid Ink
Ball, Corp.With the establishment the Master Food Preserver program here in L.A. earlier this year, chances are there are a few budding, or even master, food preservers on your shopping...
Power Sharing: Fresco Market Stores Food for Residents Without Electricity
December 02, 2011 in Squid Ink
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Sexy Cabbage (No, Really) + A Sauerkraut Recipe
December 02, 2011 in Squid Ink
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Your Thanksgiving Herb Shopping List
November 17, 2011 in Squid Ink
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5 Local Farmers Who are Doing it Right
November 11, 2011 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaThe Hollywood market earlier this year.After reading Beth Barrett's piece about farmers markets this week, it might be tempting to hang up the locavore hat and head out...
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Large California Chanterelles
November 10, 2011 in Squid Ink
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Sugar Cane + Making Your Own Sugar From Zombie Survivalist Max Brooks
November 04, 2011 in Squid Ink
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: California Grown Jicama
October 28, 2011 in Squid Ink
Top 5 Halloween Pumpkins from Your Local Farmers Markets
October 26, 2011 in Squid Ink
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What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Delayed Persimmon Season
October 20, 2011 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaFuyu persimmons from Walker Farms at the Pasadena market.California orchardists just cannot get a break this year. The long, very cold winter we had was followed by a...
Craft Distilling: California's Only Pastis is in Temecula. Yes, Temecula.
October 19, 2011 in Squid Ink
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Celeriac
October 14, 2011 in Squid Ink
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Early Season Pomegranates + Primer from Anissa Helou
October 05, 2011 in Squid Ink
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What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Li Jujubes from Moua Brothers
September 30, 2011 in Squid Ink
Felicia Friesema"Li" Jujubes from Moua Brothers Farm at the South Pasadena night market. Looking and tasting like an apple and a date fused into one species, the Jujube has fast become...
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Bartlett Pears + Quince from Tulare County
September 22, 2011 in Squid Ink
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Santa Monica Farmers Market Q & A, Part 2: Laura Avery Discovers a Farm in Compton + Her Favorite Fall Produce
September 14, 2011 in Squid Ink
City of Santa MonicaSanta Monica Farmers Market Manager Laura Avery. Laura Avery has seen a lot change and evolution in farmers markets since she started managing the Santa Monica Farmers Market...
Santa Monica Farmers Market Q & A: Laura Avery Talks 30 Years of SMFM
September 14, 2011 in Squid Ink
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What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Fresh Purple Hull Pink Eyed Peas + Cannelinis Coming
September 08, 2011 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaPurple Hull Pink-Eyed peas at Weiser Farms booth at the Hollywood market. Fresh field peas, like the Black-Eyed and prehaps more interestingly, the Purple Hull Pink Eyed pea, debuted at...
What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Unique Mystery Apple from K&K Ranch
August 31, 2011 in Squid Ink
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What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Pickling Cucumbers + Kosher Dill Recipe
August 25, 2011 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaPickling cukes at Yang Farms at the Hollywood market. If your only exposure to a pickle has been via Vlasic or some gargantuan soft deli dill, it's high time for...
What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Khalal Halawi Dates
August 15, 2011 in Squid Ink
