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About this blog: I am a perpetually hungry twenty-something journalist, born and raised in Menlo Park and currently working at the Palo Alto Weekly as education and youth staff writer. I graduated from USC with a major in Spanish and a minor in jo...
(More)About this blog: I am a perpetually hungry twenty-something journalist, born and raised in Menlo Park and currently working at the Palo Alto Weekly as education and youth staff writer. I graduated from USC with a major in Spanish and a minor in journalism. Though my first love is journalism, food is a close second. I am constantly on the lookout for new restaurants to try, building an ever-expanding "to eat" list. As a journalist, I'm always trolling news sources and social media websites with an eye for local food news, from restaurant openings and closings to emerging food trends. When I was a teenager growing up in Menlo Park, I always drove up to the city on weekends with the singular purpose of finding a better meal than I could at home. But in the past year or so, the Peninsula's food culture has been totally transformed, with many new restaurants opening and a continuous stream of San Francisco restaurants coming south to open Peninsula outposts. Don't navigate this food boom hungry and alone! Feed me your tips on new chefs and eats and together we'll share them with the broader community.
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It's that time of year: The downtown Palo Alto and Los Altos farmers markets are both reopening for the season this week.
The
Los Altos Certified Farmers Market opens Thursday, May 7, from 4 to 8 p.m. at State and Second Streets downtown. Don't miss the second annual Maypole dance, the launch of a farmers club for kids, a squash giveaway, live music and of course, fresh produce.
"We are happy to be back after the long winter," Doug Hayden, president of California Farmers' Markets Association, which manages the Los Altos market, said in a press release.
Hidden Villa be among the vendors at the Los Altos Farmers' Market, selling the Los Altos Hills farm's organic meat, eggs, produce and flowers.
The
Palo Alto Farmers Market, located between Gilman Street and Hamilton Avenue, will open on Saturday, May 9, from 8 a.m. until noon. A "tour of real life songs of independence, heartache, love, desire, reflection, with a flair for social and political conscience" will be provided by Bay Area band The Buds from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
The Palo Alto market runs through Dec. 15.
What's in season right now? Check out these handy seasonal charts from the Palo Alto Farmers Market to find out:
vegetables and
fruits.
