Market Report

Rachael Sheridan, food buyer for Cube restaurant and marketplace on La Brea Ave, and chef Erin Eastland found fava bean tendrils at the market. The tendrils, the tops of the baby fava bean plant, taste just like a fava bean and work well in a sauté with brown butter.

Creamy Braised Fava Bean Tendrils

2 Tablespoons butter (unsalted)

2 Tablespoons olive oil

1 tsp minced shallots

¼ cup white wine

6 cups fava tendrils (left whole)

1 cup heavy cream

Salt to taste

Peperoncini (optional)

Farmer Peter Shaner of Valley Center has eight emus in addition to all his crops. Emus are flightless birds that look like ostriches. The shell of their large eggs are a gorgeous green color and almost look like malachite. Peter's selling these eggs, which are the equivalent to 10 chicken eggs and fluff up nicely when scrambled, for $10 each. Peter says they make great pets.