a trip to the farmer’s market

is there anything with yellow? i personally don’ think so, but someone said that i eat a lot of yellow. then i realized… all of the previous posts had something yellow in them… or the main ingredient was yellow, actually the last one wasn’t yellow. it was supposed to be red, or orange-y but i cooked at night and the overhead light of the stove was yellow, so most of the pictures had a yellow tinge in them. so i have learned that i should cook earlier in the day when there is still natural light. but this time around… i give you GREEN!
all this food photography is kind of driving me nuts. i have to edit it a little bit to get a better picture because i am just using a point and shoot camera. well, i am hoping that will change come august. i am crossing my fingers. but if there’s anyone put there kind enough to give me a dslr, then who am i to resist.
“pop goes the cherry”, was on repeat in my head as i step out of the car into the bustling closed street where the farmer’s market is done every thursday from may to october here in fairfield. it was my first time there, and i was a little bit timid, oh wait, we’re talking about my first time at the farmer’s market not something else. i was kind of sad though, because i forgot to bring a decent camera and i all i have is the camera of my phone, and i had to make do with what i had, right. as they say in show business, the show must go on.. does that even relate to what i just said? whatever.

most of the pictures i have here is from when i got home already, i could’ve taken more but again, i don’t have a nicer camera. so as we we’re walking my mom blurted with a very disappointed tone, “oh, they don’t have a band here?! in vallejo, they do. where’s the barbecue?”. so i guess they’re supposed to have bands and all that too at the farmer’s market. i didn’t know that! so as we walked there was this guy, and he’s part of this organization that cooks in different farmer’s market in this side of the coast, the organization is called Cookin’ The Market. after buying these big eggplants, my mom sat down on the chairs where the demo was being done and i went around to buy some more things. i was amazed at how cheap the produce were compared to supermarkets where i normally go. everything was a dollar a pound and a dollar a bunch, and they were huuuge bunches of cilantro, thai basil, which i bough and i felt like the gave me the whole entire plant; and all these other herbs and leaves that you can put into whatever you are cooking. they are also giving away these recipes, and i took a few to take home and try out. i am for sure coming back next week!
you see that little lady on right side of the picture on the left? the one wearing cropped pants and white sandals? that’s my mother. but, yeah and that picture on the right is the chef that cooks at farmer’s markets in the area. that day he was cooked chili, time and tomato soup with fresh corn. doesn’t that sound good? his ingredients come from the market itself so it is really good. what’s in your farmer’s market? i want to go to different ones already! like… now!