Market Roundup: Aug. 25-31

A taste of what will be at area farmers markets this week:

At Thursday’s FreshFarm Market in Penn Quarter:

Sand Hill Farm: lemon grass and leeks.

Red Apron Butcher: Merguez sausage ($13 for three pieces).

Anchor Nursery: pickling cucumbers.

At Thursday’s FreshFarm Market by the White House:

Gunpowder Bison and Trading Co.: New York strip ($11 each).

Garden Path Farms: sausage snack sticks ($2 each).

Spring Valley Farm and Orchard: honeycrisp, Ginger Gold and Gala apples ($2.59 per pound).

Pleasant Pops: hibiscus and cherry tomato gazpacho popsicles.

Blueberry Hill: cippolini onions ($10 per bunch) and red raspberries.

Bigg Riggs Farm: honey pearl melons ($5 each).

At Saturday’s FreshFarm Market in Silver Spring:

Spring Valley Farm and Orchard: honeycrisp, Ginger Gold and Gala apples ($2.59 per pound).

Three Springs Fruit Farm: golden, pink and red raspberries and blackberries.

Down to Earth Farm: red beets.

Quaker Valley Orchards: purple potatoes.

At Saturday’s 14th & U Farmers Market:

Mountain View Farm: Salad greens, red garnet and jewel sweet potatoes, red gold potatoes and winter squash.

Garner’s Produce: figs (limited quantity), early butternut and acorn squash and canning tomatoes (limited quantities)

Whisked!: chipotle red pepper cheddar corn quiche, pulled pork savory tart, nectarine pie and peach pound cake.

North Mountain Pastures: pickled beets, beet kimchi, spicy green beans, tesa and breakfast bacons, beet kimchi and spicy green beans.

Dolcezza: lime cilantro, mojito, yellow peach, lemon opal basil and red

watermelon gelati.

At Saturday’s H Street NE FreshFarm Market:

Quaker Valley Orchards: Ginger Gold apples and canary melons.

Full Cellar Farm: varieties of radishes.

Garden Path Farms: beef sticks.

At Saturday’s FreshFarm Market in Bethesda:

Spiral Path Farm: Yum Yum peppers.

Black Rock Orchard: Asian pears.

Pleitez Produce: fall potatoes and butternut squash.

At Sunday’s Takoma Park Farmers Market:

Black Rock Orchard: Macintosh and Gala apples and a variety of peaches.

Glenville Hollow Farms:sweet potatoes, tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers.

Smith Meadows: vichyssoise, gazpacho, cucumber mint soup and zucchini empanadas.

Twin Spring Fruit Farm: Elstar and Star Gala apples, varieties of peaches, blackberries, canary melons, shade-grown lettuce, arugula, carrots and Middle Eastern-style cucumbers.

Toigo Orchards: peaches and tomatoes.

At Sunday’s Bloomingdale Farmers Market,

Garner’s Produce: figs (limited quantity), early butternut and acorn squash and canning tomatoes (limited quantities)

North Mountain Pastures: pickled beets, beet kimchi, spicy green beans, tesa and breakfast bacons, beet kimchi and spicy green beans.

Dolcezza: lime cilantro, mojito, yellow peach, lemon opal basil and red

watermelon gelati.

At Sunday’s FreshFarm Market at Dupont Circle:

Spring Valley Farm and Orchard: honeycrisp, Gala and Ginger Gold apples.

The Farm at Sunnyside: beets.

At Tuesday’s FreshFarm Market in Crystal City:

Bigg Riggs Farm: Stanley prune plums and Gala apples.

At Wednesday’s FreshFarm Market in Foggy Bottom:

Pleasant Pops: peach hibiscus popsicles.

Sunnyside Farm and Orchard: Gala and honeycrisp apples.

At Wednesday’s Health and Human Services FreshFarm Market:

Garner’s Produce: cherry, Italian, yellow roma and San Marzano tomatoes.

Panorama Bakery: plain and chocolate madeleines.

Evensong Farm: varieties of pork cuts including chops, shoulder and belly .

At Thursday’s FreshFarm Market in Penn Quarter, Juliette Tahar of Healthy Living Inc. will demonstrate how to make corn salsa from 4 to 5 p.m.

At Sunday’s FreshFarm Market at Dupont Circle, chef Danny Bortnick of Firefly will give a cooking demonstration from 11 a.m. to noon.

At Saturday’s Columbia Heights Community Marketplace, chef Billy McCormick of the Heights will give a cooking demonstration at 10 a.m.

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.