Market Report

Amelia Saltsman is the author of The Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook and a frequent guest on Good Food. With the arrival of cherries at the farmers market, Amelia is making berry crisp. She makes her crisp topping ahead and freezes it. When using fruit from the market, Amelia suggests cutting down the amount of sugar called for in most recipes. Her recipe for berry crisp is here.

Murray Family Farms grows 27 varieties of cherries on their farm south of Bakersfield. Right now they have the Brooks and the Sequoias. They'll have new varieties every two weeks or so.