Eastern Market

Carlos and I love living in Washington DC for many reasons, one of them being that there are about a million farmer's markets around here -- practically one on every day of the week! It is really easy to eat delicious, fresh, local food here. We live very near Eastern Market (actually about 1 block away) so we have visited every weekend since we've moved into our new, temporary place. This market is big and has people selling art, crafts, fresh fruits and vegetables, and tons of other good food -- including seafood and baked goods in the permanent market. Here are a few excerpts from our last couple of trips.

Here is a picture of Eastern Market inside the building -- as you can see, on the weekend this place is packed!

Here is our haul from 2 weeks ago: 3 white peaches and 2 heirloom tomatoes: brandywine (the pinkish red one) and grandma josie's white (the yellow one):

We chopped up the tomatoes and used them in a fresh pasta for dinner:


Last weekend we made out like bandits. We brought back pickles, a red velvet cupcake, a cannoli, 2 Asian pears (these were very tasty), garlic, and 2 rainbow trouts (not pictured):

I think visiting Eastern Market will be a weekend tradition -- even after we move into our apartment in Capitol Hill!