Chef Lucy at Opening Day.
It wasn’t even officially the first day of Spring, but the Vancouver Farmer’s Market opened for it’s 22nd season on Saturday, March 19, 2011. Lucy Vaserfirer, an Adjunct Instructor of Cooking at Clark College, author of the cookbook Seared to Perfection , and the blog Hungry Cravings , talks about food…and opening day of farmer’s markets.
“It’s like a holiday. We mark it on the calendar and count down the weeks and days. We muse about what treasures it will bring this year. And when it finally comes, we forgo an extra hour or two of sleep and rush over. I’m talking about the first day of the farmers market, which just happened to be yesterday.
We stocked up on arugula, Tuscan kale, rainbow chard, carrots, French breakfast radishes, leeks, farm-fresh butter, Dungeness crabmeat, and saucisson sec. We also picked up a baguette, a couple of pastries for breakfast, a fragrant strawberry mint start to put in the garden, and more than a little inspiration.”
The first thing I made with our glorious produce was a huge batch of Arugula Pesto…”
Be sure to check out Hungry Cravings for the latest fresh recipes, along with step by step instructions (and pictures!), and “May all of your hungry cravings be satisfied…”.
The Vancouver Farmer’s Market is located Downtown Vancouver (Esther Short Park) and is now open weekends through October 30, 2011.
