Chef Paul Rosquita from TASTE Events. Photo courtesy TASTE Restaurant & Events.
It’s another deliciousness and fun packed Thursday at your Olympic Sculpture Park Farmers Market. Check out another great cooking demonstration under the red tent, next to The Eagle, at 5:30 p.m. today — this week featuring Chef Paul Rosquita of TASTE Events, one of our partners in presenting you this Market. Also, enjoy the music of retro-pop band Curtains for You, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the Gates Amphitheatre, presented by SAM. And the wine tasting in TASTE’s Liquid Lounge this week features:
- Mountain Dome Sparkling Rose
- TASTE’s own Masterpiece White
- Cadaretta SBS
- Foris “Fly Over” Red
Fresh cantaloupes from Alvarez Organic Farms. Photo copyright 2010 by Zachary D. Lyons.
Melons are in! Alvarez Organic Farms has the first melons of the season, in the form of cantaloupes and watermelons. Woohoo! Just imagine all the juicy, sweet, sloppy goodness in your future. Oh, they have sweet corn, tomatillos, eggplant and fresh shallots, too, and much, much more.
Fresh bagels from Grateful Bread. Photo copyright 2010 by Zachary D. Lyons.
Grateful Bread has great bagels. I recommend them eaten with some of fromage blanc from Mt. Townsend, a red onion from Alvarez, some tomatoes from Billy’s and some coho or keta lox from Loki Fish. A little slice of Brooklyn heaven right here in Belltown! Oh, and Playtpus Breads is back this week with gluten-free breads!
A rainbow of carrots from Oxbow Farm. Photo copyright 2010 by Zachary D. Lyons.
Oxbow Farm is famous for its carrots. They grow some of the best you will find anywhere. Sweet and crunchy, and in a rainbow of colorful varieties, these are the carrots we live for. And they grow all manner of other spectabulous veggies, too.
Provolone and Jalapeno Buttery from Estrella Family Creamery. Photo copyright 2010 by Zachary D. Lyons.
Estrella Family Creamery returns today after their one-week 25th Wedding Anniversary hiatus. They have a lot of great, award-winning cheeses for you to enjoy, like this beautiful provolone, or this tangy, peppy Jalapeno Buttery. Stop by for a taste. Like their shirts say, “It’s all good!”
Haricot Verts from Stoney Plains. Photo copyright 2010 by Zachary D. Lyons.
I love haricot verts green beans (the ultimate in redundantly named vegetables!) this time of year, like these from Stoney Plains. I saute them with bacon from Skagit River Ranch and some pearl onions, if I can find them. Yummers!
Donut peaches from Collins Family Orchards. Photo copyright 2010 by Zachary D. Lyons.
Finally this week, it was during the summer of my first year as Executive Director of the Washington State Farmers Market Association back in 1999 that I was on a trip to visit the brand new farmers market in Yakima. I was staying at this lovely bed & breakfast on a farm in Naches, and the farm was one of the first few farms to be licensed to grow this new peach called a donut peach. The farmer, still looking for a market for his peaches, sent me home with a box of them. Boy, howdy! I was in love, and I’ve been in love with them ever since. See, I have always been one of those wusses who doesn’t like to deal with all that juice pouring all over me while eating peaches, and the special nature of donut peaches and their tiny pits meant I could enjoy an amazing peach with only a fraction of the mess. I brought home a bunch of these donut peaches from Collins Family Orchards the other day, and I am in peach heaven right now. Makes me think how that Presidents of the United States of America song is passé now that the peaches come to us in the city. No need to move to the country to eat a lot of them anymore.
And remember, this blog is your source for all things Olympic Sculpture Park Farmers Market. You will learn about what’s in season; the people and businesses that produce it; what chefs will be performing cooking demonstrations from week-to-week; recipes from those demos and our vendors; and so much more. Each week during the Market season, one or more articles will be posted here, and each week the What’s Fresh Now!pages in the upper right-hand margin will be updated to let you know what all you can expect to find this week at the Market. So check back often, subscribe to the RSS feed, and then come visit us at your new Olympic Sculpture Park Farmers Market!
