#farmers-markets

#farmers-markets

The secret to juicy corn is boiling fresh cobs for a good half hour. If you cook them for less time the corn wrinkles and has a drier texture. In a simple pasta and sweetcorn salad, like the one below, that extra liquid provides an essential contrast to the pine nuts and risoni. It's one of many Mediterranean salads we like to make at home that are meals in their own right.

Granada Hills Grubfest and the Granada Hills Farmers Market: The Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce presents the food truck "grubfest," 5-10 p.m, (on Chatsworth Street between Zelzah and White Oak avenues); and the farmers market, 6-10 p.m. (on White Oak Avenue between Chatsworth and Los Alimos streets) on Sept. 5; and continuing every Friday. 818-368-3235. www.granadachamber.com/. www.granadachamber.com/food-trucks/. Farmers market information: www.granadachamber.com/56292-2/

Farmers markets support local farms and provide vital access to fresh, healthy food for our communities. By shopping at your local farmers market, you help stimulate local economies, preserve farmland and rural livelihoods, increase access to fresh food, and support healthy communities.

The farmers market is a visual education for urbanites into what the seasons look like and the food each season yields.

As ramps are slow growers and usually foraged—not farmed—how they're harvested is very important. Our farmers are committed to sustainable practices.