WE
WE HEADED
WE HEADED OVER TO THE MARKET TO FIND FRANK. JEN ZOLLI FROM FRANK'S QUALITY
PRODUCE.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW THIS TIME
OF YEAR IT'S GOING.
BE KIND OF DIFFICULT TO FIND
SOME THINGS THAT YOU REALLY
WANT TO COOK WITH IN KIND OF MY
PHILOSOPHY I GUESS IS IT I GET
BACK TO BASICS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CARROTS AND
CELERY AND ROOT VEGETABLES AND
MAKING GREAT SALADS, A HUGE
VARIETY OF LIKO ALL DIFFERENT
KINDS OF ESPECIALLY THINGS
COMING IN AND WHATNOT.
SO I ALWAYS LOVED GIVES STOCK
TO THE BASIC SALADS.
THERE'S RADIOS AND PRESENTS AND
BEAUTIFUL SPINACH AND GREENLEAF
AND RELIEF AND ROMAYNE AND
BUTTER LETTUCE ALL THE
BEAUTIFUL LETTUCES PLUS
RADISHES.
YOU KNOW WATERCRESS, CELERY,
ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU COULD
JUST THROW AND DO A NICE
BEAUTIFUL SALAD MIX WITH A
LITTLE VINAIGRETTE JUST KIND
OF TOSS IT TOGETHER AND JUST
HAVE IT JUST SIMPLE BUT GOOD
QUALITY.
GOOD FLAVOR AND THAT'S IT.
IT'S REALLY GREAT RIGHT NOW.
I AM LOOKING AT THE SALARY AND
CARROTS AND MY GRANDMOTHER'S
ITALIAN STYLE.
>> THAT SOUNDS SO GOOD THAT
CHICKEN AND ESCAROLE SOUP FOR
MY GRANDMOTHER.
I CAN TASTE RIGHT NOW.
OH MY GOODNESS.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
THINGS YOU HAVE THERE YOU WANT
TO SHOW US SO.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND
OF WASHINGTON'S YOU KNOW, WE'VE
GOT A LITTLE BIT OF VEGETABLES
LEFT LIKE ROOT VEGETABLES,
PARSNIPS AND TURNIPS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
WE STILL HAVE BUTTERNUT SQUASH
AND ACORNS, SQUASH AND
DEMOCRATIC ONES THAT ARE STILL
AVAILABLE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL
CHANTERELLES COMING IN TO SEE,
YOU KNOW, WASHING AND PRODUCE
AND SOME BEAUTIFUL SQUASH IN
SEASON.
>> SO ACORN DELACOURT UP
BUTTERNUT SPAGHETTI KIMOCHI
SQUASH JUST KIND OF CHOPPED
THEM UP OLIVE OIL SOME PEPPER
ROASTING IN THE OVEN JUST HAVE
LIKE THAT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT
OF A CRUMBLY GOAT CHEESE OVER
THE TOP.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SUPER SIMPLE.
REALLY GREAT FLAVOR.
YOU CAN ALSO MIX THESE
BEAUTIFUL CHANTERELLE MUSHROOMS
THAT ARE STILL LOCAL, STILL IN
SEASON THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND
THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY GREAT
JUST RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF ONE
OF THOSE UNIQUE TIMES A YEAR
WHERE YOU HAVE THOSE TWO
TOGETHER.
I ACTUALLY HAVE NEVER COOKED
WITH CENTRAL MUSHROOMS BEFORE.
TYPICALLY WHEN I HAVE A STAR
SQUASH I CUT IT IN HALF.
PUT IT LIKE A HALF A STICK.
EARN A BUNCH OF BROWN SUGAR.
HOW DO I ADD IN LIKE MUSHROOMS
TO TO THE SQUASH?
>> WELL THEN ONE WOULD BE
GREAT.
WE WOULD USE THE DELACOURT
OF SQUASH YOU COULD JUST CUT IT
IN HALF.
ROAST THAT IN THE OVEN AND THEN
ON THE SIDE YOU WANT TO SAWTELL
YOUR MUSHROOMS WITH SOME ONION
AND GARLIC AND THEN DRIZZLE
LIKE MAYBE SOME REDUCED
BALSAMIC VINEGAR OR JUST SOME
PEPPER AND THEN YOU GOING TO
HAVE THE WHOLE THING JUST LIKE
THAT REALLY SIMPLE AND REALLY
GREAT FEEL GREAT AND HEALTHY
LIKE SUPER SUPER HEALTHY AND MY
KIDS LIKE IT TOO.
SO I HAVE THE KIDS LIKE YOU
KNOW YOU'RE YOUR AHEAD OF THE
GAME SO YOU CAN GET THEM TO EAT
ANYTHING THESE DAYS.
>> YEAH, YOU HAVE MUCH MORE TO
SHOW US.
SO THAT IS REALLY TRUE AT
WASHINGTON'S HEART, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, FOR SURE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO AND THEN OF COURSE IN
WASHINGTON THIS TIME OF YEAR
IT'S YOU KNOW, APPLES AND
PEARS.
WE STILL HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL
CRISP APPLES.
THERE'S GIAP OR THE HONEYCRISP
TAYLOR GOLD PEARS BOS PEARS
COMMONNESS, PEARS, ALL THESE
BEAUTIFUL PEARS THAT ARE JUST
READY FOR JUST EATING OR YOU
KNOW, PUTTING IN YOUR SALAD
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AND
WE GOT TO OF COURSE THE
BEAUTIFUL COSMIC CRISTOFF OR
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE THE
COVER SALMON OF THE FRUIT
INDUSTRY.
SO IT'S JUST A REALLY SPECIAL
THEY'RE SUPER CRUNCHY, SUPER
SWEET.
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU
WANT TO TAKE HOME.
>> PEOPLE HAVE NOT HAD THAT.
THEY HAVE TO TRY IT.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT
COSMIC CHRIS?
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S CRISP
ON STEROIDS.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN YOU'RE YOU'RE KIND
OF RIGHT THERE.
IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF LIKE THAT
OLD GAILA APPLE FLAVOR TO IT
BUT WHICH IS KIND OF WEIRD
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T
REALLY EAT GALEN'S BUT I LIKE A
SUBTLE SWEETNESS BUT THEN GOT
THIS REALLY CRISPY TEXTURE TO
IT WHICH IS JUST I MEAN YOU
CAN'T GO WRONG THAT THAT
TEXTURE IS 100 PERCENT.
>> I LOVE THAT TEXTURE MERGER.
AND THEN ALSO THIS TIME HERE,
YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LOT OF THE
CALIFORNIA CITRUS STARTING TO
COME IN.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
CARACARA ORANGES.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BLOOD
ORANGES.
YOU'RE GOING HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL
STEM AND LEAF SATSUMAS THAT YOU
JUST PUT ON THE COUNTER OR USE
EAT AS A SNACK.
AND THEY'RE JUST TOO SWEET,
SUPER JUICY AND JUST SOME GREAT
TO I CAN'T EAT A DALTRY
OF SATSUMAS.
>> THEY ARE MY FAVORITES.
>> WE HAVE A BALL ON THE
COUNTER ALL THE TIME.
>> HE ABSOLUTELY WAS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHOW
US?
YOU KNOW IT'S JUST LIKE I SAID
,YOU KNOW THIS TIME IS KIND
OF TOUGH TO THINK ABOUT WHAT
YOU WANT TO COOK.
THERE'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL
ASPARAGUS EVEN THOUGH IT'S IT'S
IMPORTED THAT'S STILL REALLY
GOOD.
WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL BARBECUE
ONIONS FOR GRILLING IF YOU'RE
DO YOU HAVE LIKE A NICE
AFTERNOON OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, YOU WANT TO TURN THE
BARBECUE ON, YOU KNOW, RUSSET
POTATOES AND ALL THE POTATO
YUKON'S AND THESE LITTLE
BEAUTIFUL MARBLE POTATOES ARE
AVAILABLE.
YOU JUST GOT TO COME TO THE
MARKET, ENJOY THE LIFE DOWN
HERE, ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE TO
OFFER.
SEE THE NEW PRODUCT.
LET OUR LET OURSELVES SHOW YOU
WHAT TO EAT.
AND YOU KNOW YOU JUST CAN'T GO
WRONG WHEN YOU COME DOWN HERE
AND IT'S NOT BUSY LIKE IT
USUALLY IS AND THERE'S PLENTY
OF PARKING AND YOU KNOW, YOU
COME IN, HE TALK TO US, WE HAND
SELECT EVERYTHING FOR YOU SO
IT'S SAFE.
IT'S IT'S JUST THE WAY TO GO
RIGHT NOW IT'S OUTDOORS.
>> IT'S OUTDOORS AND THERE YOU
KNOW, ON TOP OF IT ALL YOU CAN
FEEL THE GOOD HOLIDAY VIBES
DOWN THERE.
>> SO I'LL SEE YOU LIKE IN AN
HOUR, OK?
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL BE HERE, RIGHT BRANT?
>> I DID NOT MAKE IT DOWN THERE
BUT WE ALL NEED TO TAKE HIM UP
ON THIS