Farmers' Market

I went to the Historic Longview Farmers' Market this morning! They just started holding it this year, and I've been wanting to go ever since it opened in May. Actually, before then, even. Chef David from The Cook's Nook helped organize it and get it going, so he has been talking it up for a while. (There were a couple of months in which we got a lot of fun calls from farmers with great East Texas accents at the store :) ).

Wait, it's "historic" but it just opened this year?, you ask? I know, it confused me, too, at first. Notice the position of the adjective "historic." It's describing Longview. Because it's in the old downtown ("historic") area of Longview. Aha!

Anyway. I was finally in town on a Saturday, so I took the opportunity to get some fresh produce.

Loved it! I bought some sort of Italian green beans (which I'm not sure how to cook at the moment), tomatoes, onions, blackberries, and a huge, fragrant bunch of basil. I loved the farmer who was selling the basil. When I asked for a bunch, he pulled one out of the bucket and held it up to his face, took a deep breath into the leaves, and said, "I love it!" :) It did smell so good.

In case you're interested in finding a farmers' market near you, check out this great website I found, localharvet.org! Obviously, it isn't an exhaustive list, but it's pretty thorough.