Embracing the sting of nettles at the farmers market

If guava pastries and lonches de lomo aren't your thing, we bet you can find something to eat at your local farmers' market. At the Santa Monica Farmers' Market, chefs and farmers are talking up stinging nettles this week.

Brandon Kida, the exec chef at Hinoki & the Bird, is using stinging nettles to make kimchi and a purée he serves with cold buckwheat soba noodles. Find a recipe for that dish on the Good Food blog or try it at the restaurant on Wednesday as part of the Ichiba market menu. Dawn Birch of Flora Bella Farms says nettles aren't only good for eating: they've got a medicinal quality to them if you can handle the sting.

Music: "Moby Octopad" by Yo La Tengo