With the Ressam sentencing taking place next door and multiple television, radio and police cars blocking the way to and from our building Mr. C and I were looking for a place to escape for a couple hours on this very, very hot-- albeit gorgeous-- summer day.
So we walked to 94 Stewart for lunch, Sur La Table to check their sale and look for a Rösle food mill, Chinois strainer and a round, flattish birch pestle for my jam making efforts. From there we crossed the thank goodness it is not so busy as it is at the weekend street, to peruse the organic bounty at the market.
I jumped with joy when I spotted my first Mirabelle plums of the season. These came from Katsumi & Ryoko Taki, the friendly farmers behind Mair Farm Taki in Wapato.
Perfectly round yellow plums that are so cute and cheerful they beg to be eaten on the spot but will have to wait their turn until I can put them to good use in a pretty colored and tasty jam later this week.
There were all sorts of red raspberries, chard, beets, radishes, fava beans, baby turnips, white carrots and garbanzo beans (chickpeas) still in their pods, attached to the plants ( from the great guys at Alvarez Farms). I've never seen those before!
Organic Wednesdays is a wonderful mid-week treat for both downtown residents and visitors alike. It affords shoppers a relaxing time with beautiful vegetables, fruits and unusual offerings from friendly farmers eager to share notes on their produce, tips on how to cook their goodies at home, who are always glad to indulge snap happy photographers that seem to appreciate their hard work.
"All-organic, every Wednesday! Under the awnings on Pike Place Market north of Pine Street, farmers from Western and Eastern Washington will sell fruits and vegetables, from the unusual to the familiar."
Organic Wednesdays @ Pike Place Market
Wednesdays, June 15 - October 26
10 am - 4 pm
