On a recent West Coast trip, I visited a farmers market in Portland on its opening day for the 2012 season. One of the most interesting discoveries for me was bundles of the bolted tops of kale, cabbage, brussel spouts and other winters, sold as "rapini." Check out this kale rapini that I photographed in the springtime snow cover on a flank of Mt. Hood, an hour east of Portland. And here's the report on my March 17 visit to the farmers market in Portland. Later on my trip down the Pacific coast, I dropped by the always fabulous farmers market in Santa Monica, Calif.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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