Culinary News
Recently Foraged Ingredients: Vol. 22
August 28, 2015 | Back Of The House, New Discoveries
These are some of the fun ingredients that are out there so talk with your vendors and farmers to see what produce is available in your area.
Summer ingredients are still going strong, look for Corn (check out the corn post) along with the many different varieties of stone fruit, melons, tomatoes, and summer squash that is available. Berries are on the tail end with eggplant, peppers, and figs now more readily available.
Here are the items we have found recently from farmers, farmers markets, and specialty vendors in Northern California:
Fresh Vegetables
- Red Roman Candle Tomato
- Yellow Roman Candle Tomato
- Zapotec Tomato
- Costoluta Genovese Tomato
- Orange Strawberry Tomato
- Long Black Radish
- Lamb’s Hass Avocado
- Criollo Avocado
- Fresh Flor De Mayo Shelling Bean
- Fresh Oaxaca Red Shelling Bean
- Hedgehog Mushroom
Greens, Herbs, And Flowers
- Vietnamese Coriander
- Peruvian Mint
- Papalo
- Pennywort
- Holy Basil
- Lemon Basil
- Methi
- Chipilín Leaf
- Loroco Flower
- Garbanzo Bean Leaves
Fruit