Market Scene: Late August in San Francisco

VIEW SLIDESHOW: Market Scene: Late August in San Francisco [ Photographs: Jennifer Maiser ] This has been a hard year to figure out seasonally in the Bay Area. It has been a cold season, which means that many crops are late and the farmers’ market crops are a bit topsy-turvy. Two weeks ago, I finally bought a good amount of tomatoes for the week. By this time in normal years, I would be five to six weeks into tomatoes, and starting to can for the year. But the tomatoes are so late this year—they’re finally starting to taste ripe this week—that I probably won’t even think about canning for a few more weeks. This creates an interesting conundrum in the market—as beautiful Kabocha squash (a fall/winter vegetable) are starting to make their way onto the scene when many of us feel that we haven’t had enough of our summer yet. As gorgeous as the Kabocha are, I will have to immerse myself in figs, tomatoes and eggplant for a few more weeks before I’m ready to start thinking about winter squash. It’s an awesome time to shop from the market…
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