Charlottseville Farmer's Market

What could be better than buying a locally grown, perfectly ripe, peak-of-the-season peach at a Farmer's Market? Buying three kinds of peaches and two plum varieties you've never even heard of (green gages and damsons). And then eating them.

The Charlottesville, VA Far Mar was positively bustling last Saturday, as I imagine it always is. There you'll find the afore mentioned stone fruits, Virginia peanuts, a serious selection of sheep cheeses, a rainbow of hunky heirloom tomatoes, Egyptian garlic, the best donut you've ever had, Salvadorian peach and pineapple drinks, Bosnian spinach pies, plus a dazzling array of hot peppers.



A farmer's market is a beautiful thing, but without prepared foods it can be a cruel tease, especially when traveling. There's only so many cucumbers you can eat before wishing you had a kitchen to make something more substantial. But a market with both fresh produce and ready to consume grub lets you have your dangling carrot and eat it too. Granted, that's not the best metaphor since you can in fact eat a raw carrot. Regardless, the C-ville Far Mar has both.

But if for some reason you do walk away wishing for meal made from local ingredients, you can have one almost instantly at Revolutionary Soup. More later.