Daily Archives: May 25, 2011

Italy Travelogue: Farmers’ Markets Abroad

In the last few years, Los Angeles has seen an abundance of Farmers’ Markets popping up all over town. People are longing to get back to the way things used to be, by buying fresh local produce
straight from the farmer. Well, in Italy it still is  the way it used to be, and nothing proves it more than a visit to a Farmers’ Market.

There are many towns, even cities, in Italy where supermarkets do not exist. Instead the locals get their food needs met by stopping at the baker on the …
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Cherry Season is Here!

Don’t you love it when new fruits pop up at the Farmers’ Market?  This week’s Mar Vista Bounty Hunter is all about cherries and what to do with them:

It’s a Cherry Jubilee at the Farmers’ Market

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