Over the forth of July weekend, I took a trip to San Francisco with two wonderful travel companions: My Parents.  The entire trip was a gastronomic experience…everywhere I turned there was something new to try.

We arrived on Friday evening around 10:00.  Now, that was actually 12:00 midnight my body time so we had an obligatory glass of California wine and went to bed.  But if 10=12 then 7:00am = 9:00am and we arrived at the renown Ferry Plaza Farmers Market by the opening bell at 8:00AM.

It was Ellie Heaven.

I am next to positive that I ate five or six nectarines, peaches, and plums from the samples I consumed.  That is not counting the stone fruit that I bought. Beautiful and juicy, I learned what an apricot really tastes like; velvety, and soft on my tongue, it is like being kissed–really well.

This was our first purchase: a Gwen Avocado. My father ate it right out of its shell. Gwen has a smoother yet very intense flavor and is less readily available than Haas outside the state.

This is one of our many courses for breakfast.  The lighter pink fish is Northwest king Salmon, a gentler, silkier flavor than its deeper Sockeye cousin sitting next to it. On the right is sturgeon, paired with capers and Meyer lemons.  This little spot also had tuna with beats and goat cheese to accentuate the fish’s natural sweetness. All sandwiches were on homemade bread with local cream cheese.  Everything was local at this place.  I love it.

Check these figs out! My Midwestern and produced deprived soul didn’t appreciate that there existed such beautiful figs (to be bought without breaking the bank.) The large brown are called Turkey Figs, the Black Missions are next to the Bright green Dakotas (the sign says Kadota. I think its a joke).  Sold in egg cartons, you’re sure to enjoy these soft and seductive without bruising. Yummy…

I could easily pass every Saturday here all summer, trying different things: grinding my own flour, eating peruvian chicken, opting for flavored salts and cucumbers or just sampling until content, full and ready to walk the hills of SF.