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The Market:
Venice Farmers
Market
Venice Way and Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, Calif.
7
to 11 a.m.
(310) 399-6690
Market-Goer: Mark
Thompson
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This is a low-key market in the bohemian (and increasingly
gentrified) Venice Beach section of Los Angeles, a few blocks
from the Pacific shore. About a dozen fruit and vegetable
growers serve the market and there are perhaps half a dozen
other vendors of baked goods, kettle popcorn and other items.
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What I Bought:
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Fuyu
Persimmons (top), Winesap and Pink Lady Apples
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Pomegranate
Price: $.50/each
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Cilantro
I'm here today with one thing in
mind: last-of-the-season fresh salsa. And you've
got to have cilantro. Good tomatoes of course, are
also mandatory (see below). And peppers, and
tomatillos (ditto). But you can't make good fresh
salsa without cilantro.
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Peppers
Heirloom Tomatoes
The tomatoes weren't
mid-summer pictures of perfection. But it's
not mid-summer. If these weren't scarred, I'd
wonder how many thousands of miles they had
travelled to get here. These are locally
grown, and fantastic tasting for so late in
the year.
Tomatillos
Simmered and pureed tomatillos
are the secret ingredient in my fresh summer
salsa, which consists of diced tomatoes,
onions, peppers (including a few hot jalapenos
and/or serranos) and chopped salsa, topped off
with a couple of cups of thick pureed
tomatillos.
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