What people are saying

The North Beach tour was SO much fun! Naomi really knows her way around the wonderful food (and  coffee and wine) stops in this charming and walkable part of town. She was informed and engaging about an amazing variety of foods, and her choice of a classic North Beach restaurant for our lunch at tour's end was just right. We were nourished and energized by the experience. I highly recommend this tour for friends, family and business visitors.

...meeting our cooking instructor Naomi who took us on a tour of the market to purchase ingredients for our lesson. she was such a gem and she taught me several things that i didn’t know prior to this meeting. for starters she introduced me to the world of beets, NOT pickled beets but a real beet. who knew i’d become a fan, certainly not me!

Kim

Farmer's Market *Shop & Cook*

A simple approach to delightfully satisfying meals using whatever is fresh that day! We'll visit a farmer's market together and select fresh produce before returning to my kitchen for a cooking lesson.
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Market Tours

There are many exciting food shopping experiences hidden in the East Bay area! Let’s explore shopping streets and ethnic neighborhoods together!

Travel without leaving town!

• Ethnic Groceries - there are some wonderful small stores representing every cuisine in the world!
• Pacific East Mall - the whole Pacific rim is represented in one place 
• Ferry Plaza Farmers Market - newly re-vitalized with all kinds of seasonal produce to artisan jams, fish to flowers in a gorgeous setting
• Monterey Market District - a block of specialty shops: meats, fish, cheeses, bakery, great thin-crust pizza, and the best selection of produce in North Berkeley
• North Beach Area - Coffee to Foccacia, the historic Italian district in San Francisco
• Clement Street – the “other Chinatown” with specialty markets, great restaurants, and a Feng Shui shop.
• Oakland Chinatown – not a touristy area, but where people really shop and eat. Fresh noodles, interesting dried sea products, fish in tanks, whole chickens.

Small groups explore unusual cuisines or unique shopping districts.

All tours include recipes and a list of shops visited.

You may reserve a tour by paying online, or by phone or email.