Produce

The Hass avocado is known for its quintessentially tumbled leathery fairly thick skin that turns near black when fully mature. The Hass avocado is an ideal avocado; it ripens evenly, it peels easily, its pit is easy to remove and it has a rich, nutty flavor with a creamy texture.

Blood oranges are characterized with an interesting and complex flavor when compared to other oranges.

Actually a kind of non-heading broccoli, rapini looks much like tiny bunches of broccoli on long stems nestled among spiky large leaves.

Their prime season is late fall and early winter, especially after the first frost.  They need the cold weather to develop their delicately sweet, nutty flavor.

Large, tight cauliflower heads are surrounded by dark green leaves.

Cauliflower and broccoli are the same species and have very similar structures.

A hearty green and relative of beets, most varieties have wavy, ruffled, dark green leaves growing from a pale white rib.

Clover Organic Farms Eggs come from hens that are artificial-stimulant-free and veggie-fed. They also have the freedom of movement and access to fresh air and sunshine.

Spring garlic, or green garlic, is the immature garlic plant that has yet to develop a full-size head. Harvested for its sweet, aromatic, delicate flavor, the entire plant is edible and can be used in any preparation calling for garlic.

The smallest member of the citrus family, kumquats, like their larger relatives, originated in China

Lemons are heavily utilized as a flavoring agent in various forms. The fruit is oblong shaped, with pointed ends. Its aromatic skin is semi-thick, porous and laden with essential oils.

Like lemons, Limes are too acidic to eat out of hand, but their juice can used to brighten the flavor of other ingredients.

Mandarins are mostly seedless and have loose and sometimes puffy orange skin that is very easy to peel.  They have a rich, tart-sweet flavor.

Parsley root is related to parsnips, a beige carrot like root with a carrot-celery flavor, but should not be confused with parsnips, even though they look very similar.

The arrival of the freshly picked green peas is a telltale sign of spring. The tender, sweet, plump peas must be shucked from their inedible pods and can be eaten raw or cooked.

The pummelo is a large oversized sweet, mild grapefruit, weighing 2-3 pounds each with thick skin, white flesh and tart flavor. It has very little, or none, of the common grapefruit's bitterness, but the pith around the segments is bitter.

The "standard" variety of radicchio is deep red in color with white veins, round, tight heads and firm leaves.

A centuries old vegetable that is often used as a fruit, Rhubarb appears in late winter from greenhouses, then field grown throughout the spring and early summer.

Clover Stornetta products start from milk sourced from a large group of family run dairy farms located in Marin, Sonoma and Mendocino counties.

Actually a tuber, the thin-skinned sunchoke looks like a small, knobby potato or ginger root.

The yacon, which is a member of the sunflower family, is grown primarily for its edible roots.