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Eating out can be a challenge for those who follow a vegetarian or vegan

Dining out can be a challenge for those who follow a vegetarian or vegan. Many restaurants have a very limited selection of vegetarian and do not willing to change the menu items to meet the needs of vegetarian guests. AT ®, Paul Martin's American Bistro, we provide quality vegetarian dishes created from local, sustainable and freshest ingredients. An equally important role our mission is to ensure that every meal was a memorable meal and dining experience, we are happy to customize our dishes to create a dish inspired responding to the food choices of conscience.

Our mantra of "eat organic. Believe in sustainable. Buy local." Embraces the fundamental values health, taste and preservation of the countryside. We have carefully handpicked our suppliers to offer the freshest seasonal products for our vegetarian dishes. Our vendor list includes local producers such as Coca-Cola farms in San Juan Bautista, which have demonstrated their commitment to sustainability and culture fruit and vegetables in northern California for more than two decades. Our guests enjoy the best taste and freshness Earthbound Farms products, methods friendly farming environment are a priority. Our menu includes a variety of exotic mushrooms mushrooms certified local pioneers of organic farming Gourmet Mushrooms. We are proud to establish a broad network of suppliers to share our values, vision and commitment to quality.

When eating in Paul Martin's American Bistro, vegetarians can expect a selection of crisp, fresh salads such as lettuce and blue cheese butter Pt Reyes (http://pointreyescheese.com) Salad with candied walnuts, apples and maple vinaigrette. Start your meal with our soup was roasted tomato basil pesto, add a green or organic or a house salad Caesar and organic fresh artisan bread to complete your meal. Vegans can enjoy our producers of fresh linguine and vegetables with the freshest vegetables season and a saffron tomato broth. Our soul satisfying macaroni and cheese or spinach sauce (Organic Heirloom Bloomsdale spinach grown by organic matter relic) Modesto Fisculli white family cheddar sauce and sun-dried tomatoes http://www.fiscalinicheese.com/ are delicious options for those whose diets include dairy products.

With the wide selection of fresh seasonal produce, we have at hand any time for vegetarian options are endless. Our chef is pleased with the making special requests for vegetarian and vegan diners. Just let your server know what you want and we will create a personalized meal that will delight your palate.

Of course, you can complete a meal with fresh fruit or perhaps a lemon meringue pie with lemon rind cheese cake fresh tree, and chocolate, fresh fruit coulis drizzled. Sit down and drink a cup of organic coffee and tea trade organic coffee or Mr. de China fog after your meal, enjoy the atmosphere and dining experience.

Paul Martin American Bistro

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Arcata, California. – Phil Schermeister $169 Vedgetables at a farmers market in Arcata.

Guide for what fruits and vegetables are in season when?

When I lived in California, I always visited the weekly Farmer’s Markets because they always had the freshest and best fruits and vegetables that were in season.

SUMMER

Beets
Blackberries
Blueberries
Broccoli
Chinese cabbage
Corn
Cucumber
Eggplant
Green beans
Nectarines
Peaches
Plums
Raspberries
Summer squash
Tomatoes
Watermelon
Zucchini

FALL

acorn squash
Apples
Belgian endive
Butternut squash
Cauliflower
Garlic
Ginger
Grapes
Mushrooms
Parsnips
Pears
Pomegranate
Pumpkin
Quince
Sweet potatoes
Swiss chard

WINTER

Grapefruit
Kale
Leeks
Lemons
Oranges and tangerines
Radishes
Rutabaga
Turnips

SPRING

apricots
Artichoke
Asparagus
Avocado
Carrots
Chives
Collards
Fava beans
Fennel
Mango
Mustard greens
Potatoes
Pineapple
Spinach
Spring baby lettuce mixes
Strawberries
Sugar and snap peas
Onions
Watercress

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Arcata, California. – Phil Schermeister $319 Vedgetables at a farmers market in Arcata.

Portland Farmers Market – as American as Fresh Apples

Who doesn’t love a farmers market? In fact, not to savor the moments spent in one seems downright, well –unnatural. Yet, how many cities can you name where the farmers market is amongst the things to do, and not because there is a shortage of event options, but because the farmers market is an actual event. Sure, other cities might go to the trouble to set aside some prime parking lot real estate and throw together a produce market cum swap meet featuring more five-dollar sunglasses, velvet dolphin art, and lead paint-laden toys from Taiwan than anything edible–except perhaps that Indian fry bread which might have been more souvenir than snack since it won’t let you forget you ate it.

But since 1992, Portland’s been doing things just a tad differently. Here are the stats. You be the judge. The Portland Farmers Market features over a hundred different vendors selling all manner of in-season, fresh produce as well as fresh meat, cut flowers, honey, nuts, eggs, cheese, bread, and much more to over 14,000 people on any given Saturday. You could say this event is on drugs–but then it couldn’t be certified organic. This reverie of all things natural takes place between 8:30 and 2:00 every Saturday, April through December, on the portion of the Portland’s South Park Blocks that comprise the campus of Portland State University.

To paint the picture even more vividly, let’s just say that, in this context, the word, “market” in the title of the event is crass and not applicable. The Portland Farmers Market is so much more than a formal commercial interaction. Granted, combined with two smaller markets held in downtown, the Portland Farmers Market Vendors pull down 5 million in weekly sales. Demand is so high, in fact, that they had to add a fourth market held on the eastside of the city. Yet, to be sure, the reaping of this immense financial bounty is in large part due to the fact that this market is nothing less than a citywide celebration, with the dance held dramatically under stately poplar and elm trees born in 1877.

Of course, the Portland Farmers Market would be nothing without the unique tone and talents of the vendors themselves. These men and women are not the nameless, faceless hands of mere exchange. Each one is passion expressed. And each one is a story.

There is the man who, after a youth spent hard living and doing hard time, found salvation in the beloved bread of his childhood. Inciting the Portland population to “just say no” to bread on drugs, Dave’s Killer Bread is all organic, using whole wheat and whole grains that actually live up to the bread’s killer name.

There is the woman whose parents named her after the first grape varietal they planted the year she was born, who returned to the beloved wine making of her childhood and is now providing Portland with “wine for the crazy in all of us.” Basket Case Wines are the Cabernet and Syrah end of the spectrum, and the companion label that she and her husband also own, Shy Chenin, covers Chenin Blanc and Pinot Noir Rose’.

The tales, of course, run much further, but the Hotel California nature of the narratives remains the same. You can take the boy out of the bakery. You can take the girl out of the wine country. And you yourself can visit the Portland Farmers Market and walk away when you’re done. But it will stay with you.

About the Author

Come learn more about the great city of Portland, Oregon and all its communities. Lorri Ely is Co-Owner of
http://www.PortlandNeighborhood.com, a website featuring all the great neighborhoods of Portland Oregon.

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Arcata, California. – Phil Schermeister $319 Vedgetables at a farmers market in Arcata.