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Monday, July 23, 2007

Your local farmers market

Those of you who know us know we don't ever miss the Sunday farmers market at 8th and W streets. Here is a good reason why, breakfast. The little fish company had a half-off special at the end of the day, and we picked up some of their smoked salmon. It tastes like it was glazed with a ham glaze. Better still, the guy catches his own fish off Bodega Bay so it's not caught in Fiji and hauled all this way to your table. It's expensive but still cheaper than heart medicine.

There's a new cheesemaker and we tried her cheese again. This is an aged cheese, it's creamy like jack but tastes like emmentaler. I think the cheese still needs some work but it's coming along.

This sesame bread came from octoberfeast bakery which makes fine german and european style breads. Their rye breads have a really wonderful energy profile which sustains you through the day better than plain wheat breads do. They are also higher in fiber and low in calories. This sesame bread is one I've never seen before from this bakery. But with the fish, it's The Bomb. It's sort of an unbleached white mixed with wheat french type of bread generously coated with sesame seeds. With fish and cheese, a few nectarines and plums for dessert, we're set.