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L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook: Meet Me at 3rd and Fairfax

JoAnn Cianciulli,

Karl Petzke (Photographer)

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[close] Re-discover the best and freshest food in LA at the LA Farmer's Market, with stories about the history of the diverse food stalls and recipes so you can prepare the delicious dishes at home.

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Imagine if you will, having the chance to sample some of the freshest and best cuisine from all over the world; a French Fondue Savoyarde, some Mexican Chilaquiles Verdes, Singapore’s Mee Goreng, or some Korean Kalbi. The passport and travel tickets alone might be enough to break the bank. Unless, of course, you live in Los Angeles and want to ‘meet me at 3rd and Fairfax’ where for 76 years this month, culinary patrons from the world over have gathered at the dozens of homegrown eateries that co Imagine if you will, having the chance to sample some of the freshest and best cuisine from all over the world; a French Fondue Savoyarde, some Mexican Chilaquiles Verdes, Singapore’s Mee Goreng, or some Korean Kalbi. The passport and travel tickets alone might be enough to break the bank. Unless, of course, you live in Los Angeles and want to ‘meet me at 3rd and Fairfax’ where for 76 years this month, culinary patrons from the world over have gathered at the dozens of homegrown eateries that comprise L.A.’s Farmers Market.

Now, through the efforts of author and Food TV producer, JoAnn Cianciulli (and Bay Area food photographer Karl Petzke), Chronicle Books has assembled some of the best recipes from the legendary vendors into one book of international and domestic delights called “L.A.’s Original Farmers Market Cookbook.”

Unlike most cookbooks that rely on one particularly style or a single chef’s output, the Farmers Market Cookbook combines dishes for every meal – including snacks and desserts – from a veritable cornucopia of chefs, genres, styles and nationalities – all blended together to replicate what a visit through the aisles of the legendary marketplace are like in real life.

In addition to the recipes, there are the storied histories of each of the featured vendors, some of which date back to the origin of the market that now resides on the old Gilmore Oil fields and is one of L.A.’s official Historical and Cultural Landmarks (second only to Hollywood itself.) While the book serves as a great cookbook for those seeking a wide variety of casual comestibles, it also aptly describes the history of the famed location, from its origin as dairy land to its hangout status for famous names like Sinatra, James Dean, Garbo and more, to its current day adjacency to both CBS’s Television City and the high-profile shopping plaza, The Grove.

If you can’t make it around the world, or even out to L.A., the Farmers Market Cookbook is the next best thing to being there. Otherwise, ‘meet us at 3rd and Fairfax’ soon. See you there! ...more

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Re-discover the best and freshest food in LA at the LA Farmer's Market, with stories about the history of the diverse food stalls and recipes so you can prepare the delicious dishes at home. ...more

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