Today's market was not for the faint of heart: rainy, cold, and windy. The crowds were smaller than usual but it was well worth braving the weather. In the stalls you can see the best of winter produce (like the leafy greens, lettuces, and oranges), premonitions of summer (like the lovely thin-skinned cucumbers, just in their second week, and even a few precocious tomatoes), and harbingers of spring. We bought breakfast radishes, tiny white turnips, and more of the strawberries and oranges that have been so good this year. Even the farmers are amazed by our consumption of strawberries. One asked us, as we hoisted up yet another half-flat, "what do you do with them?" We eat them! We've been known to make jam and ice cream and tarts, and you can expect posts on those in the future. But for now, that taste of sun and sweet is enough in itself.


Meanwhile cook the garganelli in boiling water for a few minutes; then toss the cooked pasta and the sauce with parmesan cheese. This is the result--a bright taste of spring.
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