Comments on: Breakaway Ideas at the Marin Farmers Market

By: lmc

lmc — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:46:31 +0000

glad to hear this will be a regular thing – another reason to go to the marin market!

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:40:20 +0000

The MFM is indeed open year round, rain or shine. Please do come visit!

Stuart — it DOES seem like a lot of businesses might benefit from an ideas booth! Not everyone can be Heidi–you should do it anyway. By all means steal the idea for your local FM. GoP entry is forthcoming — it makes an incredible crust for pork loins. But I’ll try it on tofu too, for you!

Hazim, you are too kind. Very comforting to know that Cypriots are reading! My friend Lucelle has a whole pig coming in soon, so I’m going to tell her to try Zalatina Lefkonitziatiki – Brawn (got it from http://tastecyprus.com/ , which seems to be a pretty good site for Cypriot food)

By: Hazim

Hazim — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:59:21 +0000

Eric- this is great! I am away from the Bay Area for a while, enjoying home waters in Cyprus for 2 years. And of course, trying to come up with ways to blend the traditional Cypriot cooking with the joys of Bay Area cooking I have learned over the years.

I have been following your blogs, and this idea is one of the best I have heard in a long time. I’ll definitely let my foodie friends know about this. Wish I could also stop by one of these days.

By: Em

Em — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:59:01 +0000

That’s awesome!
Is the Marin FM open all year round?
I will definitely stop by one of these days.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:52:34 +0000

I love the idea of an “Ideas Booth!” (What other businesses and industries would benefit from one?) I guess it’s like I do a lot of my day, give people ideas on what to cook with what we got. Since I wear a chef coat at the store, people will frequently walk in and ask “What are you cooking?” or “What’s for dinner?” to which my reply is “What’s in your fridge?” I then try and come up with ideas blending what they have and something we sell. My problem is I never have time to make the ones that I would like to eat! I have actually considered starting a food idea blog, and getting peoples interpretations, changes, comments. (The couple of times I’ve actually tried to photograph something I was making, my wife and kids start telling me to hurry up, they’re hungry! Besides, photography is a hobby of mine, but I’m no Heidi Swanson.)
Maybe I’ll steal the idea for our local FM? Can’t wait to hear what you come up with, and also your G o P experiments. ( I feel like I can use the abbreviation now that the election is over!)