A taste of what will be at area farmers markets this week:
T HIS JUST INAt Thursday’s FreshFarm Market in Penn Quarter:
Clear Spring Creamery: butter ($6 per half pound).
Toigo Orchards: canary melons ($3 per pound).
Black Rock Orchard: Rambo pie apples.
At Thursday’s FreshFarm Market by the White House:
Keswick Creamery: pimento spread ($8 per half pound).
Pleasant Pops: blackberry mint cream popsicles ($2.50 each).
The Red Zebra: meatball calzone with mozzarella and tomato sauce.
Bigg Riggs Farm: striped zucchini ($2.50 per pound).
Blueberry Hill: shallots ($5 per pint).
Clear Spring Creamery: butter ($6 per half pound), peach yogurt. smoothie ($2.50 per half pint, $4 per pint and $7 per quart).
Spring Valley Farm and Orchard: seedless watermelon ($6 each, $10 for two), flavor-burst cantaloupe ($2.75 each, $5 for two) and sweet bell peppers ($2.59 per pound).
At Saturday’s FreshFarm Market in Silver Spring:
Sligo Creek Farm: long beans.
Evensong Farm: fennel, tomatillos and smoked chicken.
Spiral Path Farm: organic cantaloupes.
Spring Valley Farm and Orchard: seedless watermelon and sweet bell peppers.
Mock’s Greenhouse: peach tomatoes.
Firefly Farm: Mountain Top bleu cheese.
Groff’s Content: beef sausage.
At Saturday’s H Street NE FreshFarm Market:
Quaker Valley Orchards:sugar cube melons, grapes and sweet corn.
Richfield Farm: Lambkin melons.
At Saturday’s FreshFarm Market in Bethesda:
Atwater’s Bakery: zucchini bread.
Pleitez Produce: black-eyed peas.
At Saturday’s 14th & U Farmers Market:
Whisked!: nectarine cobbler, tomato tarts, zucchini and bacon quiche and basil pesto bread.
Kuhn Orchards: Queen Rosa plums, apples, including Ginger Gold, Rambo and Tydeman’s Early; melons, including butterscotch, honeydew and sweet beauty watermelons.
Panorama Bakery: madeleines.
At Saturday’s Mount Pleasant Farmers Market:
V Picnic Club: peach cobbler, peach couscous salad and goi cuon, a Vietnamese summer roll stuffed with local carrots and cucumbers, herbs and tofu.
Quaker Valley Orchards: peach jam, sugar cube cantaloupes, ground cherries and corn.
Pleasant Pops: peach hibiscus frozen pops.
Earth Spring Farm: Asian cucumbers.
At Sunday’s Bloomingdale Farmers Market,
Panorama Bakery: madeleines.
At Sunday’s Takoma Park Farmers Market:
Elk Run Vineyards: Liberty Tavern chardonnay and merlot as well as cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, pinot gris and Gewurztraminer.
Smith Meadows: lamb and cold soups including gazpacho, tarragon and summer squash and tarragon and cucumber mint. ($6 per 16-ounce tub)
Black Rock Orchard: apples, including Ginger Gold, Rambo and Paula red, yellow and white peaches, yellow and white nectarines and beefsteak tomatoes.
At Sunday’s FreshFarm Market at Dupont Circle:
Quaker Valley Orchards: grapes.
Next Step Produce and Country Pleasures Farm: figs.
Tree and Leaf Farm: little gem head lettuce.
At Tuesday’s FreshFarm Market in Crystal City:
Bigg Riggs Farm: baby squash, striped zucchini and cherry tomatoes.
OberGood Artisan Goat Cheese: vegetable ash cheese.
Kuhn Orchards: grapes.
At Wednesday’s FreshFarm Market in Foggy Bottom:
Blueberry Hill: green beans and sweet peppers.
Quaker Valley Orchards: seedless yellow watermelon.
Atwater’s Bakery: plum almond muffins and cinnamon-raisin walnut bread.
At Wednesday’s Health and Human Services FreshFarm Market:
Garner’s Produce: tomatoes and tomatillos.
Three Springs Fruit Farm: yellow doughnut peaches.
Evensong Farm: sorrel and lime basil.
SPECIAL EVENTS
At Saturday’s FreshFarm Market in Silver Spring, chef Pedro Matamoros of 8407 Kitchen Bar will demonstrate how to make his cherry tomato-Parmesan sauce.
See our updated list of local farmers markets and our 2011 list of Community-Supported Agriculture farms.
Search for seasonal recipes in our Recipe Finder.
If you have a new market or see information that needs to be corrected in our farmers market listings, e-mail smitht@washpost.com.
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