California farms are the top agricultural producers for the country. San Franciscans enjoy having an edge on availability to fresh, local produce.
Purple Artichokes
Red, White and Blueberry
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.”
~Orson Welles
Shishitos
Cherry Tomatoes
Roots
Feeling Peachy
“Let things taste of what they are.”
~ Alice Waters
Kale
Artichoke Farm
“Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.”
~ Ruth Reichl
Salad Days
Jane Lurie Photography 
Being largely vegetarian myself, I cotton to this post rather than to the one about Austin that followed. Did you know that the word meat used to mean food in general? That’s why in old books you’ll find the expression meat and drink, which is to say ‘food and drink.’
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That’s interesting to know, Steve, thanks. Not surprising. I can appreciate your point of view and I do love the incredible produce that California offers. Thanks!
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Amazing pictures. I’m going to Cali end of October and can’t wait to taste some of the veggies!
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Hi SwingAround, Thanks so much for your comment. So glad you’ll be experiencing CA — enjoy and eat well.
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Stunning photography Jane! Making me hungry for fresh produce
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Hi Thirdeyemom, Thank you! Appreciate it from your well traveled eye. Glad you enjoyed my market wanderings.
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These are terrific Jane, and show beautifully in the larger format. Colors are deep and rich.
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Hi Tina, Thanks very much. I’ve been enjoying immersing myself in the markets. So much to see.
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A colourful, cheerful and mouthwatering post, Jane. 🙂
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I’m happy it whet your appetite, Hanne. Thanks very much. 😃
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Beautiful photos of all kinds of produces. Love the colours and the subtle and soft light you have used. Looking at the photos my mouth is watering. 🙂
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Hi Otto, Happy you like the way these were shot. Thanks so much. Glad it made you hungry! 😉
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A rich and bountiful set of magnificent shots Jane!
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Thanks so much, Patti! A genre I really enjoy. 🍊
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Wonderful photos and quotes, jane. Love that first image. 🙂
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Thank you, Sylvia. They were a great fine. Glad you enjoyed this set.
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Wapaniałe zdjęcia. Warzywa i owoce wyglądają jak prawdziwe, aż chce się dotknąć.
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Dziękuję Ci 😄🍑
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Your photography is absolutely stunning, I really enjoy your posts.
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That’s very nice, Charlie, thank you. Much appreciated.
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Gorgeous shots, Jane. I love that Orson Welles quote!! Your lighting and the texture of the food are terrific.
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Thank you, Patti! I love photographing all these goodies. Orson knew what he was talking about. 🙂
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wow – fresh and healthy – it reminds back home our farm having them,,,no words
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Hi Mihran, I’m glad this one brings back good memories. So nice. Thanks for letting me know.
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Love the close-up of the kale you captured and had a great time with the Orson Welles quote.
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Hi Atreyee, I love seeing what the produce looks like sans color and thought the kale was so unusual looking. Glad you like it. The quote just makes me laugh. 🙂 Thanks very much.
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Such a beautiful time of year.. so many fruits and vegetables in season! Thanks for these wonderful photos.
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Hi Mark, It’s great fun to wander the markets. Hope I made you hungry! Thank you so much.
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ask what is for lunch! Haha
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Hi Yvette- I love that quote, too. Happy it made you smile!😀
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I love love these photos, Jane! I’ve thinking of posting something related to food art. This is definitely Art! A quite inspiring post 🙂
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Thank you, Sandra. I love experimenting with different compositions, angles and apertures with produce. I’m so glad you’re inspired.
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This post is right up my alley. I love the beauty and colour and shapes of fruit and vegetables — as much as I do flowers and trees. But fewer people photograph them. Your images are vibrant and beautifully composed.
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Thank you, Sherry. That means a lot coming from your keen eye. As you, I love working the details of these small wonders. Appreciate your visit.
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a beautiful array of color, texture and freshness! I especially love those artichokes 🙂
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Thank you, Susan! The purple ones are gorgeous. 😉
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that is some awesome patterns 🙂
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HI Joshi, Nature’s patterns are fascinating, aren’t they? Happy you like them. Thank you. 🙂
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Oh my goodness, everything looks wonderful.
We are coming to the end of our fresh vegetable season here, and I will surely miss it.
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Hi Lisa, Yes…sad when summer comes to an end. It is fun to see the markets change with the seasons. Stay tuned 🙂 Thanks for your kind comments.
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Jane, you capture the simple and common pieces of produce and harvest in a way that brings life to them & how beautifully healthy food can be. The artichoke shots were brilliant, but I liked the creativity with the blueberries shot 🙂
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Thank you, Randall. I’m really glad you find them appealing. I love mining the variety of colors and details and I am drawn to the patterns in the displays, too. 🙂
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Hi Jane, they are the same products that are in my country “Catalonia”. The weather is quite similar. I’ve loved your images, it is an excellent variety of colorful and photographic art. I prefer the color of “Purple Artichokes” and composition of “Red, White and Blueberry”. and now I’m going to eat! you made me get hungry! 🙂
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Hi Jacinto– I visited your beautiful country last year and loved every scene and the delectable cuisine. We had a wonderful trip. I’m happy that these photos made you hungry. Thanks very much for your kind thoughts.
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Great pictures of these vegetables. I happen to like all of them. They look so fresh and just make you want to eat them.
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Hi YC, As they say, we eat with our eyes, first. I’m so glad you found these shots appetizing! Thank you.
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How I love your wonderful photos of produce! So colorful and full of depth. I especially love the tomatoes, peaches and the artichoke farm. 🙂
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Thanks so much, Cathy. Nature’s colors make us happy especially when you can eat them. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed.
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Amazing photography with excellent colors
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Hello Marylou, Thanks for your kind words. I’m happy you like this series.
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Amazing colors and details! Great work!!
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So nice of you to say, Andrei. Glad they appealed to you. 😉 Thanks!
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Loved your bountiful beauties – especially the roots and artichoke farm. My mother was raised partly in LA and I remember her eating steamed artichoke leaves dipped in mayonnaise. 😋
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HI Leslee, What a fabulous memory! We used to dip them in butter– I probably liked the butter part the best but loved to scrape the leaves. Happy you like these produce portraits. Hope all is well and thanks so much.
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Nice idea for this week’s challenge Jane. Like the b/w kale shot…kinda looks like some sort of alien creature…lol.
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Hi Andy, Ha! Too funny, I almost didn’t include it because I wondered if it looked scary, although I guess some people think Kale is scary regardless. 😉Glad you enjoyed these– thanks very much.
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So beautiful and delicious… ahhh these blueberries, my favorites!!
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Thanks, Noortje! Mine, too. Food can be so pretty. 🙂
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delicious 🙂
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Thank you, Ania. 🙂
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We in the western world are so blessed…we have so much to eat that many of us are like pumpkins on legs. Never seen such bounty in one post!!
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Paula, You are so right… sadly, healthy foods aren’t as available to all as they should be. I hope this is a celebration to how beautiful food can be. Thanks for your kind thoughts.
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Oooooh. You’re making me hungry. 🙂
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Hi Maralee, Then I’ve done my job. 🙂 Reminds us that we eat with our eyes first. Thanks so much.
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Hi, Jane. Your beautiful photos are a wonderful reminder of the bountiful food that is available to us here in the Bay Area. The colors in the peaches make me want to nominate them for the “Official Fruit” of the GGB. On a side note, we grew some Shishito peppers this year in our raised planter bed and they have been delicious.
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HI Allan, Those peaches…and how tasty they are. They deserve the award. We are fortunate to have the seasonal choices at our fingertips. That’s great that you grew shishitos– I love to toss them in a pan with some sea salt and olive oil. Yes, delicious. Thanks very much.
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Thanks for the informative reply, Jane. We found the Shishitos at OSH and were not familiar with them at all. Now we are and we love’em. We will try your recipe when the crop matures a bit more.
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You changed the look of your blog, am I right?
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Hi Awa, Yes, I chose a new theme a few months ago. How do you like it? I found one that I think displays the images nicely. Thanks for noticing. 🙂
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It looks better now. From the first view you see more photos and titles. And it’s similar to my design ;D
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Gorgeous shots. They capture the beauty of nature’s bounty.
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Hi Jane, I love shooting them- happy you like these beauties. Thanks so much.
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I’ve enjoyed this bounty … some of them in their natural habitat and some ready to use :D. I like the black and white ones too – kale and roots beg for monochrome treatment, and the one I love most is your peach collection.
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Hi Paula, I’m so glad you enjoyed these. I would love to shoot more growing in their habitat but mostly spend time at the markets. The monochromes are fun to highlight the textures and shapes over the colors. Thanks for your kind thoughts.
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Most welcome Jane.
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Beautiful pictures Jane! Produce clearly makes a great subject for a photograph. I must give that a try sometime. 🙂
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Thanks very much, Adrian. Their beauty is inspiring to me and they make great subjects since they don’t move…an then I can eat them. 🙂
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Thanks!
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Yummy!!!!!!!!!! Makes me hungry for your fresh fresh foods!!!! So envious!!!
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Hi Linda, Thank you! I’m happy these were tantalizing. You are lucky to have certain crops in the south. I miss Okra. 🙂
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Good enough to eat! (I’m salivating.)
You really do have access to some terrifically fresh food, Jane. Lucky you!
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Hi Eliza, If you are hungry, my job is complete. 🙂 I love to go to the farms, too– such beauty. Thank you!
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The tomatoes are the best! But they’re all great. I just happen to love tomatoes! 🙂 And that Orson Welles quote!
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Thank you, Emilio. I love them, too, and it’s amazing how many varieties there are! Orson knew what he was talking about. 🙂 Appreciate your visit.
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My mouth is watering!!! Love all the colour and shape variety in the tomatoes, it’s a great composition too 🙂
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Hi Sarah, I’m glad I whet your appetite – that’s the best compliment. I could’ve shot those tomatoes all morning- the patterns and shapes were such fun. Thanks very much.
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My pleasure Jane 🙂 Photographing food stuffs well is much harder than people realise!
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Beautiful – I could touch and feel those fruits and vegetables! I even felt healthy while reading (and eating a cookie!). Oops.
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Hi Lex, Ha! We all deserve a cookie, too. Happy you enjoyed these market beauties…I feel healthier when shooting them. Thanks for enjoying.
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Marvelous quotes and images of nature’s bounty.
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Hi Sally, I’m happy you enjoyed both. I shoot what I love…to eat. 🙂 Thanks very much.
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WOW….I’m hungry!!! These are gorgeous , colorful shots of my favorite foods…YUM!!!
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Hi April, I have to post my market portraits every so often – they bring me such pleasure. Glad they did to you, too. Thank you!
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That looks very healthy.
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Indeed, Jim! We eat with our eyes first…and I’ve been known to eye ice cream, too, from time to time. 🙂 Thanks for your visit.
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Amazing colours Jane Lurie, It’s a perfect choice of the whole palette.
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Hi Roberto, Aren’t nature’s colors the best? Happy you enjoyed this tasty series. Thanks so much.
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Indeed they are! You are welcome!
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Awesome series! Can you send me some of this blueberries 😜?
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Thanks, Marcus! I love finding such beautiful subjects…then cooking them! 🙂 You would definitely enjoy those blueberries– glad they made you hungry.
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I like this period of the year when fresh produces are plentiful. Here too we are getting access to fresh local produces and they are so good. Nice pics. (Suzanne)
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HI Suzanne, I bet you have wonderfully fresh produce. Happy you liked these “portraits”. Thanks very much.
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I always enjoy your work so much! California has the most beautiful produce hands down! Thank you for taking the time to share beautiful imagery with us.
Luv em 😘
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Hi MJ, Thanks very much. It’s so nice that you spend some time here to enjoy, too! Great to hear from you– much appreciated.
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Your post made me hungry. Great photography. Ken
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Hi Ken, Then I’ve done my job. Happy you liked these and now you can go to the market. 😊 Thanks so much.
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I do not know how to prepare artichokes, much less eat them, but they sure look pretty. But I can have blueberries anytime. 🙂
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Hi Imelda, So true. For me, artichokes are much easier to photograph than prepare! Blueberries are the best. 🙂 Thanks so much for enjoying.
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