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03 July 2004
bounty from the north
Terrence returned from the WWDC today bearing a little bit of the San Francisco Farmers' Market bounty: an entire flat of Lucero strawberries, ripe through and through and so lovely and fragrant; a large bag of Jeff Young's unmatched lettuces (picked at Jeff's farm in Watsonville just yesterday); tiny yellow and red tomatoes; and two giant loaves of Acme's pain au levain.
We've already tucked into the lettuces and shared a few pints of strawberries with one of our berry-loving neighbors, and I'm planning our uses for the pain au levain tomorrow (poached eggs on levain for breakfast; BLTs for lunch; garlic levain with chicken and tomatoes for dinner...) and beyond. While this is not to say that we're devoid of good produce here in the Los Angeles area, we've yet to find local suppliers that match Jeff's lettuces, Lucero's strawberries, and Acme's bread. They're just magnificent--a few of the things about the Bay Area I do miss.
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