Tag Archives: Berkeley Farmers’ Markets

Egg Safety and the Berkeley Farmers’ Market

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Egg Safety and the Berkeley Farmers’ Market
Ben Feldman, Program Manager of the Berkeley Farmers’ Markets, discusses the reasons why buying eggs at the farmers’ market is safer that buying eggs at a grocery store: “Salmonella enteritidis, the strain of the bacteria responsible for the current recall, has become the single most common type of food poisoning in the US.… Read more »

This Saturday: Free Tomato Tasting at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market

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This Saturday: Free Tomato Tasting at the Berkeley Farmers' Market
This Saturday, at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market, you can sample an amazing range of tomato varieties for free. It’s an all-star lineup of heirlooms, from the illustrious to the obscure: Great White, Black Prince, Marvel Stripe, Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, Sun Gold, Sweet One Hundred, Green Zebra, Yellow Pear, Sweet Gold, Early Girl, Lemon Boy, Black… Read more »

Cooking Class this Tuesday by Kitchen on Fire

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Cooking Class this Tuesday by Kitchen on Fire
Tuesday, August 31 will be the third in a series of free Cooking Classes at the Berkeley Farmers’ Markets facilitated by Kitchen on Fire. Kitchen on Fire will be demonstrating the preparation of Creamy Tomato Basil Soup with Olive Bread Toasts, Fresh Pesto Pasta with Heirloom Tomatoes, and Grilled Bruschetta with Tomato, Corn, & Balsamic… Read more »

Alice Waters’ Culinary Tour Ends at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market

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Alice Waters’ Culinary Tour Ends at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market
Alice Waters — chef, author and proprietor of Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse — shares with the Lonely Planet Blog her itinerary for savoring some of the best the Bay Area has to offer. Her culinary journey starts at Green String Farm end Petaluma, winds though Point Reyes and San Francisco, and ends at the Berkeley… Read more »