lavender

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