Plein été

Oh yes, summer is in full swing.  I envy my friends Patty & Jock who are now in Beaune; they try to make me feel better by saying it has been raining there for three weeks; not good for the grape harvest; but still, I wish I were there….  Here in California, one look at these raspberries from Sunday’s market will confirm, it is Summer~

Submerged in boiling water, then buried in ice, the berries made the most amazing raspberry-mint water Sunday~

From Kevin at Kawano Farm we had the tiniest of baby corn; I shared 10 of these (raw) with friends at the market and took the rest home; this is rare to find at our markets, it was very tender and delish and went into our dinner salad~

Summer Luxury; the silk was so fresh, the corn so tender~

We roasted a Da-Le chicken for Sunday dinner, trussed up with garlic from Sage, lemons from our trees and with the finest carrots from Valdivia Farms, and I brought yellow wax beans to my Mom, her favorite~

And at every meal this week including breakfast we have tomatoes; odd shapes but colorful and oh so good~

Raquel took her first ever week off and so I was the market manager Sunday with Kerry’s assistance…I think we should do a basket each week at the manager’s booth and call it “don’t miss”…or….”best of”…..my smallest vintage French basket was full of not to miss produce this week.….and it had many admirers~

And our sample food…chevre and fresh herbs~

This was the third piece of chevre rolled in Akram’s sesame-mint Jourdani mix and drizzled with local avocado oil~

Hope you are enjoying your summer and the wonderful summer foods!