Bloomingdale: Blueberries!
6Jul2009 Filed under: Market Reports Author: Ketzirah
Berry Bonanza by Ketzirah
The blueberries are in! Actually there’s a berry bonanza these days. More gooseberries, strawberries, blueberries and other colorful summer fruits than you can shake a stick at! Of course, why you would shake a stick at yummy fruit — I’ll never know. Sunday we, me and the husband, hit the Bloomingdale Market again.
The summer stone fruit and berry selection was so amazing I overheard someone saying it was overwhelming. Art bought 2 pints of blueberries and they didn’t even make it home. In all fairness, we were in the car for hours after — but they still didn’t get home.
We also bought more gooseberries for knoshing and sorbet. The plucots and apricots also looked great and made it into the basket, too.
In general, I’m getting more and more impressed with this little seasonal market. We used to head over to the Takoma Park Farmers Market every weekend, but I don’t know that I’ll need to quite as often with one this good being much closer. Of course, Bloomingdale is seasonal and Takoma is year round — so I’ll have to head back over in the winter!
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DC Harvest is a family effort by Art Drauglis, Carly Lesser (aka Ketzirah) and Amy Monsarrat. Amy has a long history of environmental activism and social justice work and Ketzirah has strong focus on the spiritual side of local and seasonal eating. Art works for a CSA, cans, gardens, and is a rockin farm-to-table cook. All three have made the DC region their home for a decade (or more) and know from experience the difference eating locally can make.
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