Farmer’s Markets Rock
Foodbuzz Day 2 started off on the right foot!
I joined Tina, Kath, Meghann, Sabrina, Shannon, and Emily for a nice run along the San Francisco Bay.
The sun was just coming up and the weather was perfect for a morning workout.
After heading back to the hotel room I made my way over to the Ferry Marketplace and Farmer’s Market.
The market was so extensive – I walked around with these lovely ladies:
We spent over and hour just browsing and sampling.
I snacked on some fresh grapes…
And took shots of all the cool produce. I was impressed with the variety of mushrooms they had.
A HUGE procini mushroom. (TWSS)
Cauliflower mushrooms and sea beans… who knew these existed?
I could smell this lavender from a great distance away. It smelled a-mah-zing!
Pretty flowers..
I made a couple purchases- something for Isaac (it’s a surprise!) and some dry grapes for myself.
I’d never seen dried grapes before and was wondering, “What’s the difference between a dried grape and a raisin!” Apparently the variety of grapes used to make raisins are much sweeter than the variety used to make dry grapes. Although, these jumbo golden thompsons were still sweet and delicious.
I bought some St. Benoit Lemon myers yogurt for breakfast.
How cute is this porcelain container. The coolest part is that you put a $1.25 deposit down for the container and if you bring it back to their stand after eating, the next week, or take it to a local Whole Food’s you get the deposit back!
I topped mine with a few dried nectaries and dry raisins. Perfect market breakfast!
I was so impressed with this market- I would love to have the variety of fresh, local produce and food products as my disposal. San Francisco knows how to do a Farmer’s Market. That fo sure! 
Post morning actives took place, including a huge tasting pavilion, tons of wine, beer, and food, AND my recipe demo for the Nature’s Pride Bread Company!! I’m off to get ready for tonight’s festivities (gotta go primp), but I will definitely be posting all about my experience as an bread ambassador asap,
I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.
- Brittany
Great pictures! It looks like you are having a blast!
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Ummm yea it would be fantastic to have a market that wonderful in Richmond *sigh* …. looks like you are having a great time girl yay!
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fun fun!! and your pictures look awesome!!!
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I love looking at everybody’s pictures from foodbuzz! Looks like you’re having a marvelous time — and I’m wishing I was there!
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Wow, that looks like an amazing farmers’ market! Foodie paradise.
Hope your demo went well!
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Yay! The trip looks absolutely fabulous and I couldn’t be happier for you
I can’t wait to hear how your demo turned out. Enjoy your last remaining hours in San Fran!!
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Totally jealous of your run this morning! Granted… I’m still out of shape and getting back into it with a C25K – but it looked so fun! Huzzah for getting runs in at conferences!!! (Cheers! @alphaprep)
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How fun! Delicious new eats there. I’ve never seen some of them. I hope your demo went great!
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Thank you so much for those fabulous photos. I love farmers markets too! They are so much fun to just poke around at. Lots of good eats for sure. I hope you have a super weekend!
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Farmers markets are just the best! I love ‘em and often set up with my mom at festivals and outdoor markets.
So glad you’re having a great time. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us!!!
*smiles*
Michele
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It was nice to briefly meet you at the festival! I’m so glad you had a great time and I thoroughly enjoyed the samples from your Nature’s Pride creation!
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love that yogurt thing!! cute!
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it was so fun meeting you!!! We definitely have to have some sort of VA blogger get together some time
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This was one of the best farmer’s markets I’ve been to. Did you see the Buddha hand?
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I am glad you found such inspiration on the west coast- I love the energy and beauty surrounding food there. As the manager of the Farmers’ Market at St. Stephen’s in Richmond, I know that the more we support our local farmers’ market, the more people see the viability in farming and food artisanship, and the better farmers’ markets become. So, please, support your local farmers’ market, and bring more food artisans to your community!
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