Great Park Farmers Market introduces Asian produce

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 03, 2011
CONTACT: JENN STARNES, 949-724-6574

Great Park Farmers Market Introduces Asian Produce

Cooking demos show you how to cook with fresh Asian veggies.

IRVINE – Spice up Sunday dinner with fresh, exotic Asian fruits and vegetables. Local farmer Vu Fresh Produce will showcase a variety of seasonal Asian produce, including snow pea sprouts, bok choy, lemon grass, Chinese mustard greens, Chinese broccoli and more this Sunday, March 6th at the Great Park Farmers Market.

Visitors to the Farmers Market will also be able to participate in two cooking demonstrations to make use of the produce they pick up at the market. One demonstration will show visitors how to make a fresh Asian veggie salad, and Rolling Sushi will host a sushi demonstration. Rolling Sushi is one of a rotating lineup of gourmet food trucks on site each weekend at the Farmers Market.

This weekend will also be the return of poetry at the Farmers Market. The first Sunday of each month, visitors can sit and enjoy live poetry readings from local poets Heather Autumn Love and Daniel Romo. On the lawn, students from Irvine Valley College will teach visitors the sport of badminton.

The Orange County Great Park is open Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Great Park Farmers Market is open Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. For more information, go to www.ocgp.org

About the Great Park

The Orange County Great Park, with its 1,347-acre master plan, is the focal point of the redevelopment of the publicly-owned portion of the 4,700-acre former Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. The Great Park is currently 27.5 acres and includes an iconic tethered helium balloon that rises 400 feet in the air, providing an aerial view of Park development. A $70 million development plan to expand the Park to more than 200 acres is currently underway. The plan will build out a core section of the Park for the most immediate and wide-ranging public benefit, including the initial components of the sports park, a 114-acre agricultural area, and an art and culture exhibition space. For more information, please go to www.ocgp.org.
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