Bay Area and Los Angeles (Echo Park) both have farmers market in spades that blow away the local grocery stores. You need to look for local farmer's markets, n

Bay Area and Los Angeles (Echo Park) both have farmers market in spades that blow away the local grocery stores. You need to look for local farmer's markets, not the faux-distributor's ones. I think what you need to know about Farmer's Markets is that you must buy (can only buy) in-season produce. While this might disappoint the regular grocery shopper who is used to bad tomatoes in December, to the the chef, its a great delight to be able to pick from only the right season's produce.