Canadian geese are flying over my house in the Pacific Flyway now, my late August birthday has come and gone, school busses rumble by and my appetite turns to the idea of meat loaf, pot pies, apple cider, pomegranate seeds. All this means one thing -- fall.
And so it takes center stage at farmers' markets here in northern California. Produce colors are beginning to reflect the seasonal change: brown to mahogany, oranges to sunset, burnt sienna, copper, mango. Purple/blues to indigo, plum, cadet blue. Greens to olives. The darker slices of the color wheel, vitamin rich, and rich to look at.
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I went to my favorite farmers' market in Healdsburg yesterday to shoot fall colors in produce. Healdsburg is the star of wine towns in the North Bay, and has one of the finest farmers' markets anywhere in the United States. In fact, it's become a destination. I heard a lot of people talking yesterday about things back home in L.A. I also heard a lot of people speaking different languages, as you hear on the Healdsburg square. Locals and tourists alike congregate here. It's beautiful, leisurely and warm. The young chefs come out from The Dry Creek Kitchen (Charlie Palmer's restaurant in the Hotel Healdsburg) around 10 a.m. with their adorable little red wagon and clipboards They don't mind talking advice and recipes with those bold enough to ask. Whatever they cook for dinner was picked and sold here in the morning. The farmers, too, are friendly and instructive (lots of recipe sharing and stories) and the prices are reasonable. I am most thrilled to tell you, however, that the Healdsburg Farmers' Market accepts food stamps! This is a rarity, but they've done it. Bravo for all that considerable hard work. In all, It's the quintessential market experience. If you can't make the Saturday market, they set up on the town square on Tuesday afternoons. Grab a coffee from the Downtown Bakery and Creamery or the Flying Goat and enjoy shopping the market fare.
I post a Healdsburg Market Fall Food collage today.
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| Market Dog #2 "Forget cute. When I give the signal, howl for treats!' |
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| Market Dog #3 "Don't forget the treats, mom. The treats!" |
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| Heirloom Tomatoes - Softball Size |
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| Soda Rock's Truck. Great Signage! |
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J $ R Roasters
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| Last Of The Blackberries |
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Apples, apples and more apples!
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| Foggy River Farm |
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| French Prunes! What doesn't Healdsburg have? |
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| Asian Pears |
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| Late Summer Corn -- A Haiku |
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| Pepper Still Life |
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| Kale As Redhead - Me, Me, Me! |
Support your local farmers and delight in the season wherever you are. Pumpkin patches coming soon!
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