Market report: Clark Park

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Yesterday’s trip to Clark Park farmer’s market was more than just about picking up my CSA share.  Since I find that I have to supplement my share with other food so much more this year, I was pretty interested in who was selling what.  Overwhelmingly, the tomatoes were the best looking things - nearly everyone had them, from classic slicers to giant, misshapen heirlooms, to tiny cherry tomatoes.

Urban Girls definitely had the prettiest display.  The big bowl of on-the-vine cherry and yellow pear tomatoes was gorgeous (and fantastic-tasting: I had to buy a pint), but they also had a big bowl of mixed variety cherry and grape tomatoes as well as boxes of large heirlooms (one of which also came home with me).  They also had huge amounts of super fresh basil, as well as a small amount of large tomatillos and white peaches.

Another vendor (can’t remember the name) was also laden down with a ton of peaches, but they also had cute little donut peaches!

The produce at University City High School’s stand was also really pretty and fresh - they were selling some great looking tomatoes, half pints of blackberries, leeks, radishes, Japanese eggplants, and zucchini.

Margerum’s and a few other vendors were selling some great looking corn.  And, of course, I made a pit stop at my favorite brownie joint, BT Brownies.  Excellent, as usual!