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    Good Food

    The Market Report

    In season now at farmers' markets are crisp Asian pears and juicy ripe Bartletts. Laura Avery talks with farmer Jeff Reiger of Penryn Orchard about five different varieties of Asian pears, which are more like an apple and ripen fully on the tree.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In season now at farmers' markets are crisp Asian pears and juicy ripe Bartletts. Laura Avery talks with farmer Jeff Reiger of Penryn Orchard about five different varieties of Asian pears, which are more like an apple and ripen fully on the tree. They store well in the refrigerator and are great for baking and poaching as well as eating out of hand. Jeff also talks about Bartlett pears, which only ripen fully after they've been picked from the tree and have been cooled in storage for a number of hours. Jeff's also selling fresh lemon marmalade, made from sugar, lemon and water.

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    If you're a tomato lover -- and who isn't! -- drop by the Hollywood Farmers Market this Sunday, September 2. It's time for the Annual Peak of Summer Tomato Festival. Get there between 9am and noon and enjoy free samples of several different varieties!

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    Hollywood Farmers' Market

    Ivar Avenue between Hollywood Blvd and Sunset Blvd

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    The full episode

    1 of 8
    Fried Chicken; Plastics Update; Alli; Culinary Corps
    1. 1:00The Market ReportYou’re reading this
    2. 8:00Fried Chicken
    3. 15:00Eating India
    4. 21:00Global Warming and the Green Diet
    5. 27:00Plastics Update
    6. 33:00Bottled Water and Slow Food Nation
    7. 39:00Alli
    8. 50:00Culinary Corps
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