Persimmon
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Persimmon - 10 Dec 2008
Persimmons (not to be confused with the crunchier Fuju...) are now in season. Buy them when they feel like a soft boiled egg cracked into your palm - soft and saggy. Cut them open and scoop out the running flesh with a teaspoon. Or use them as a sauce over Greek yogurt or another fruit, like a baked apple. It's hard to say whether they have much flavor. But their color is heart lifting these gray days. The best sources for them - perhaps because the clientele understands the condition they should be sold in - are Middle Eastern and Asian markets. read more...
Le Market/El Mercado - one of my favorite markets - 19 Nov 2008
I may just be about to betray my favorite market - H Mart in Merrifield. Just up from it where Gallows Road meets Route 50 is Le Market/El Mercado, a clean and shiny recent arrival stocked with treasures from South East Asia and Latin America. read more...
Persian markets - 21 Mar 2008
There are a surprising number of Persian supermarkets in the area, selling Persian and other Middle Eastern foods. read more...
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