488234 Sun Feb 10 11:53:50 -0800 2008 13 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 3383022 Are there any stores that sell cardoon? Thanks! Sun Feb 10 11:53:50 -0800 2008 24783 Kosmonaut 1 3383113 Alemany Farmers Mkt on this Saturday morning had nice looking cardoons (the stand north of where the cars come in). They were gigantic bunches for $4. Sun Feb 10 12:38:32 -0800 2008 3383022 79880 xanadude 2 3390070 I must have missed it - I got there a bit late (noon) so they probably had left by then. Darn! Tue Feb 12 11:31:06 -0800 2008 3383113 24783 Kosmonaut 1 3383207 Saturday Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market is where I've always gotten them. Sun Feb 10 13:11:58 -0800 2008 3383022 25012 chemchef 1 3383412 Whole Foods Sun Feb 10 14:39:59 -0800 2008 3383022 10264 rworange 2 3385046 Which ones have you seen them at? I haven't seen them at my local Whole Foods (Ashby & Telegraph, Berkeley). Mon Feb 11 07:20:45 -0800 2008 3383412 25012 chemchef 3 3385162 Chemchef: Monterey Market in Berkeley normally carries cardoon in season. Mon Feb 11 07:56:18 -0800 2008 3385046 31877 lmarie 4 3390074 Do you know the season for cardoon? Tue Feb 12 11:31:26 -0800 2008 3385162 24783 Kosmonaut 5 3390158 In Europe they're traditionally a winter vegetable, but they can be and are grown year-round in California. Tue Feb 12 11:51:00 -0800 2008 3390074 11369 Robert Lauriston 3 3385168 I've seen them recently at both the Whole Foods Oakland. In the past I've seen them at the Whole Foods on California Street. By recently, I mean somewhere between my first visit to the Oakland store a few months ago and today. A little market near me in EL Cerrito was selling organic cardoons for 49 cents and the price of cardoons at Whole Foods made me stop and catch my breath. I wonder if there is cardoon season since I haven't seen them at Giovanni's since late fall. Mon Feb 11 07:58:05 -0800 2008 3385046 10264 rworange 3 3389565 East Bay: I've also seen them at Dan's Produce on Oak and Central in Alameda. Tue Feb 12 09:35:31 -0800 2008 3385046 84820 nerdigrrl 1 3385450 Knoll Farms at the Saturday Ferry Plaza market, but get there early. They have them all year. http://www.knollorganics.com/feb.htm I've seen overgrown, non-organic ones at Monterey Market, Berkeley Bowl, and some other farmers' markets such as Alemany, but they don't have good flavor or texture. Mon Feb 11 09:01:10 -0800 2008 3383022 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 3385669 Lunardi's usually has it. The closest to SF is San Bruno, at skyline near Millbrae. Mon Feb 11 09:58:16 -0800 2008 3383022 15457 peppatty 2 3389142 There's also a Lunardi's on El Camino, just south of the Millbrae/Burlingame border. Tue Feb 12 07:51:35 -0800 2008 3385669 10644 Nancy Berry