Ann Brody and
Mitch Berliner have expanded their super
Bethesda Central Farm Market
(BCFM) near the intersection of Woodmont and Elm (right behind Jaleo) -- adding things like music, fresh pressed cider, oyster shucking and portable wood burning pizza to replace the mainstream summer harvest foods. The Sunday market will continue at this location until some time in
November from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
First I headed for one of those awesome almond croissants from Praline Bakery & Bistro so I could have that triple sensory explosion of sugar, butter and almond -- yum! You'll have to go by the bakery till they return to the market next spring.
I picked up some buckwheat honey (uber high in anti-oxidants) from Naked Bee ... and some fresh pizza from the guys at EuroGourmet. And the folks from Two Acre Farm in Keymar, Md. have organic heirloom beans ... I bought their Black Valentine Beans -- it's that time of year.
I met Vernon Johnson, a master oyster dude, who was shucking some plump, briny ocean grown Sewansecott Brand oysters from the Hog Island Bay on the Virginia Coast Reserve for market vendor Vernon Lingenfelter. You can slurp around the market for a buck a shuck from Vernon. If you grew up in the South and have that craving for salt like I do, here is a better way to get your fix than sodium packing fast or processed food. The area where they come from is a designated and protected United Nations Biosphere Reserve ... I'll be doing some Googling after releasing this post.
Lastly, Mitch and the market kids made some fresh cider in the center of BCFM ... all in good fun and good taste. Bags full and belly happy ... I was on the way back home to finish the November issue ... and a day of relief for the poor souls at Safeway.
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