Every Saturday, there is a great farmers market at Portland State University’s campus. Musicians play their instruments providing a weekend soundtrack while people buzz around tasting locally made goodies. Some popular Portland restaurants even pitch their own booths providing hunger relief to shoppers. Oh, I can’t forget to mention the floral vendors. They sell beautiful, assembled bouquets or you can have them make you a personalized one, which is what I did. I took full advantage of the peony selection which I know is nearing the end of their season. The amount of local, organically grown produce here is incredible. There are berries as far as the eye can see. Today, we brought home swiss chard, escarole, tuscan kale, a bunch of carrots (with the greens still attached) and a pile of the most fluffy mushrooms. I’m excited to cook with everything this week, I already know I’ll be making my escarole and bean soup!