Message: | By the way, how do you get to Chino farm? I couldn't find any listings in the phone book, and I have only a general idea of the location from a Jeffrey Steingarten piece I read last year. Directions from the I-5 would be most appreciated.
As for Farmer's markets, the few I've been to locally tend to be vastly overpriced. The participants are the "gentlemen farmer" types: burnt out lawyers who move to places like Cambria and specialize in growing obscure strains of apricots. My wife and I -- especially during the summer -- get about 60 pounds of fruit and vegetables a week from a great Armenian produce market called Sendak's on Edgemont in LA, just south of Santa Monica. (Edgemont is just west of Vermont.) There are literally days where the entire back seat of our car is filled with fruit and we pay about $40. And the fruit is not over-ripe, like you're apt to get downtown at Grand Central Market.
The selection is also great: the dates are delectable -- better than anything you'll get at Hadley's. We've even had dried persimmons imported from northwest China. Anyway, take my word for it, and skip the overpriced farm stands.
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