Vegetable Highlights at Outer Aisle

Hot weather and ripening fruit! Second week of exceptionally sweet, Arctic Star Nectarines, Patterson apricots and a white peach known as Snowbrite. Last week on cherries. These were really delicious last week and we'll be offering specials again! 

New Red Potatoes following on the heels of summer squash (which is in extreme abundance). There's nothing quite so creamy and delectable as a new potato! Simply steamed and combined with a little butter, Truffle salt and ground black pepper to complement any meal.  

Sweet red onions the kind you can eat raw and you're not left with onion breath all day! There's a great story behind these onions and it belongs to our once neighbors, the Vogliotti family. Born in the early 1900's they raised there own vegetables and marketed them on horse and cart around to the local miners selling their home-grown onions and tomatoes. They became locally legends for having the best tasting vegetables. Many years later we settled next to them and discovered their tomatoes and were given the last remaining jar of viable onion seeds. That year we set seed and planted a small crop of onions, let them go to seed, collected more, harvested, ate a few and sold some; to be repeated over and over.  We are proud to say that they are a Murphys heirloom, absolutely suited to our climate and a real gem!  

Garlic harvest is finally over, a last minute flurry before the rains! Thanks to Willie at Milfiori we have a wonderful airy, dry barn to hang and cure these essential culinary ingredients. Look for more varieties in the coming weeks and don't miss our garlic tasting event in July.