Crocker Galleria Farmers' Market

I stopped by the Crocker Galleria farmers' market today. It's a small market, and prices are somewhere between exhorbitant Ferry Building prices and common man's Civic Center prices, but all the produce and fruit was beautiful. It's a nice market if you don't need too much selection.

And I didn't know this, but there is a Bay Breads stall. I may show up every Thursday because of this temptation. It took every ounce of self control to buy only an apricot bar and a cinnamon orange croissant. I highly recomment the croissant. Not only is it beautiful (more elegant, I think, than a regular croissant), the crunch from the cinnamon sugar and light orange flavor makes it taste like a special occassion breakfast treat.

Lettuce mix, with plenty of flowers. I know edible flowers aren't for everyone, but I think they are beautiful. I'll probably rip up the biggest ones before I eat them, but the tiny blue, yellow, and pink petals throughout are just precious.

Even though farmers' markets in the financial district tend to be on the pricey side, I usually find one steal. Today's was soft stone fruit. Except that most of the ones in the bin weren't soft at all. Some were completely fine, some had a small puncture (like from a fingernail), and a few were soft from being bumped but not yet bruised. This bowl of a dozen fist sized fruit cost me 95 cents. At that price, I'm willing to deal with a few blemishes. I'll probably eat them all in two days anyway.