Showing posts with label local. Show all posts
Showing posts with label local. Show all posts

Sunday, January 3, 2010

What's available in Metro Vancouver for January?

Vegetables: Beans (dried), beets, brussel sprouts, cabbage (savoy & red), garlic (dried), kale, leeks, onions (red & yellow), parsnips, potatoes, rutabagas, shallots, squash (winter), turnips (white)
Fruit: Apples, kiwis
Meat & Dairy: Dairy Products, eggs, beef, buffalo, chicken, duck, goat, lamb, pheasant, pork, rabbit, turkey
Seafood: Clams, cod (Pacific), crab, Dungeness crab, flounder/sole (Pacific), mussles, oysters (Pacific), prawns (jumbo), sablefish (black cod), scallops, shrimp (side stripe, west coast), Spring dogfish
Herbs: Bay leaves, chervil, cilantro, rosemary, sage, savory (winter), thyme
Etc: Honey, Mushrooms, Nuts

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Farmer's Markets!!!


Bokeh n' Berries, originally uploaded by Jordan Chark.

Looks like it's that time of year. Canadian produce is back in full swing and we get to enjoy the literal fruits of the season. Here is a schedule of Local eats. Nothing makes me happier then buying food directly from the growers.