Sunday, January 29, 2006

The Ferry Building: San Francisco Food Emporium


meyer lemon tart from Frog Hollow Farm

Where to begin? The Ferry Building, at the end of Market St, facing the East Bay, was one of few city buildings to survive the earthquake of 1906 (we know this because of the excellent exhibit of photos of the quake's aftermath at the SFMoma). Now, it houses a treasure trove of food shops, from chocolate to cheese to seafood to caviar to mushrooms and more. On Saturdays, the bounty expands exponentially with an outdoor farmer's market added to the mix--fresh produce from nearby farms, as well as homemade butter, canned vegetables, heirloom honeys, freshmade yogurt--it's truly ridiculous. We marvelled, we sampled, we feasted.


myriad mushrooms from Far West Fungi


watermelon radishes, slightly less spicy than regular ones


extremely large endive?


many meyer lemons


one dollar, one oyster coming up

5 comments:

cookiecrumb said...

Boy, you did your trip to SF *right*!! Good timing, for Chinese New Year, and good eating. Well done.

Anonymous said...

Looks like you had a swell time - I want one of those tarts!

Anonymous said...

Drool...I am so jealous! I miss SF so much! What great photos and Cookie Crumb is right--great timing and great picks.

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