Public Market, October 20
I'm a devoted fan of the breakfast burritos and salsa verde at Nina's Place, but I wanted to give all the other fabulous food at the Public Market a try. Last week, I tried the delicious samples at Raimondo's and came home with wonderful vegetable manicotti. This week, I gave in to Grady's mountain of barbecued pork, and I'm glad I did--it was delicious! Moist, succulent, tender pork, piled mountain-high on a bun, topped with as much sauce as you want to put on, and capped with coleslaw (you can put the sauce on top of the coleslaw instead of or in addition to on top of the pork).
Maya's Farm always has baskets of beautiful eggplant
Maya's Farm also has lovely greens, like this pak choy
I've had a bag of the Maricopa Agricultural Center's tepary beans for a couple of weeks, and this week, I'm going to cook up a pot!
And one of my weekly favorites, and sometimes, my motivating factor to get up in the morning--the Bread Basket Bakery. The vendor is friendly, and the baked goods at his table are fabulous! I almost always get a bag of their whole wheat white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies, but I've really liked everything I've had there! Today, I came home with a bag of giant macaroons, and I'm sure they'll make a lovely afternoon snack!
Wei of Chocolate and Wisdom-Nectar have teamed up! Wei of Chocolate now sells cocoa powder, bagged as hot cocoa mix, and with the slight chill in the air this morning, it was just what I was craving. I had mine "with everything"--coconut oil, spices, and some of Wei of Chocolate's new herbal essence. The chocolate lady is sitting in the background. She's awesome!
On the menu at One-Wall Kitchen this week, tepary bean stew, and chicken mole made with Wei of Chocolate!
Maya's Farm always has baskets of beautiful eggplant
Maya's Farm also has lovely greens, like this pak choy
I've had a bag of the Maricopa Agricultural Center's tepary beans for a couple of weeks, and this week, I'm going to cook up a pot!
And one of my weekly favorites, and sometimes, my motivating factor to get up in the morning--the Bread Basket Bakery. The vendor is friendly, and the baked goods at his table are fabulous! I almost always get a bag of their whole wheat white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies, but I've really liked everything I've had there! Today, I came home with a bag of giant macaroons, and I'm sure they'll make a lovely afternoon snack!
Wei of Chocolate and Wisdom-Nectar have teamed up! Wei of Chocolate now sells cocoa powder, bagged as hot cocoa mix, and with the slight chill in the air this morning, it was just what I was craving. I had mine "with everything"--coconut oil, spices, and some of Wei of Chocolate's new herbal essence. The chocolate lady is sitting in the background. She's awesome!
On the menu at One-Wall Kitchen this week, tepary bean stew, and chicken mole made with Wei of Chocolate!
Comments
I love going to the public market too.
I'm gonna try that pork adobo tonight. :)
I wish I could get all my friends out to the market. I've gotten a few out there already!
Plug in the rice cooker, hooray for adobe! Let me know how it turns out. =)
I'm looking forward to that mole, too. I hope it turns out!
Also very intersting about the tepary beans (on a later post) and how they survive in the desert. They look yummy!
I was drawn to the tepary beans after I found out that they did so well in the desert. It's so dry here, it's nice to find produce that's nearly or totally self-sustaining. Having grown up in the fertile California coast, I was doubtful that many sustainable foods could grow here, but I'm being proved wrong! I was surprised at how well they turned out! I'll definitely be making them again.