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Strawberries

Strawberries are the harbinger of spring — they usually the first fruit to ripen in spring. Strawberries are grown in every state in the U.S., but California grows over 75% of the commercial strawberries in the U.S. Strawberries are packed with nutrients and make a healthy snack, a delightful addition to salads, or healthy desserts.

First Fruit of Spring

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Edible Paradise celebrates the year-round abundance of the highest quality, freshest food grown on the Central Coast by our family farmers at the Monterey Bay Certified Farmers Markets. If you enjoy preparing and eating locally grown food, this blog is for you!

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Farmers Market Cookbook Exchange

The Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College has launched a new Cookbook Exchange program. While the “leave-a-book, take-a-book” concept is nothing new (in fact, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie is credited with the concept of a book exchange movement at the turn of the last century), we hope that our Cookbook Exchange will serve as a place...

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The Glorious Imperfect Galette

I was a latecomer to the galette. Not quite a pie, and not quite a tart, this open-face pastry consists of a pie crust pastry, a layer of fruit, with the edges of the crust folded roughly around the filling. As a classically trained pastry chef, it didn’t appeal to my sensibilities. I’m convinced most...

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The Mysterious Jujube Fruit

Fresh jujubes (pronounced joo-joob) are stone fruits about the size of small dates with a spongy texture and mild apple flavor. The taste ranges from mildly sweet-tart to sweet. Under-ripe fruit can taste chalky or floury, but jujubes gradually become sweeter as they mature. Despite their thick skin, the skin is edible, albeit a bit...

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A Refreshing Late Summer Classic — Gazpacho

Gazpacho immediately comes to mind when the late summer harvests of ripe dry-farmed tomatoes, colorful peppers, and herbs are available in an abundance farmers’ markets. Originally a popular soup from the Andalusia region of Spain, ‘gazpacho’ has become a generic term for any cold soup served cold that has a vegetable or fruit base. My...

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Local King Salmon Season Opens

Seafood lovers rejoice! May 1 is the official opening day for local Wild King Salmon from our beautiful Monterey Bay! H & H Fresh Fish Company also has bigeye tuna, opah, king salmon, rockfish, swordfish, yellowtail, petrale sole, scallops, rock crab claws, mussels, and prawns. This year, H & H Fresh Fish Company will be...

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Reinventing Granola

Admittedly — hot oatmeal is not my favorite breakfast. But, keeping in mind the benefits of increasing fiber in the diet and chasing the cholesterol monster away, it is a mainstay in the fall and winter breakfast lineup. But, when spring arrives — I’m so ready to jettison the gruel for granola topped with a...

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