Not exactly a farmers market, but fun
The Sunday market beside the Rillito Race Track is called a farmers market, but there are more venders selling prepared foods than farmers selling fresh …
Category: Food in Tucson
Smaller Tucson Meet Yourself festival
The goal of the 48 year old ‘Tucson Meet Yourself’ festival is to showcase all the nationalities, ethnic groups and tribes who live in Greater …
Pro Tip: Go early for hot chiles at the Festival
I should’ve gone earlier. Like Friday to the Udall Farmers Market. By the time I went on Sunday at the Rillito Market, some vendors participating …
More prepared food than fresh apricots
I really wanted apricots to make a rustic tart and hoped that someone at the Rillito Farmers Market had some. After all, apricots, peaches and …
Too hot to shop? Not now that Covid regs are gone
Historically, in summer it’s just too hot in Tucson to attract tourists so many nifty things about the City just stop until September or October. …
Feeding one person at a Little Free Pantry
I’d never heard of Little Free Pantry until this morning when I read an article in a local online newspaper about a new LFP at …
“Capital of Gastronomy” facing foodie extinction?
In January 2016 UNESCO added Tucson, to its growing Creative Cities Network. It is the first place in the United States to be honored with the “Capital …
Best French fries, a pretty good milkshake followed by a search by the Border Patrol
On my way south of Tucson to visit the Tumacacori Historical National Park I noticed a large Border Patrol checkpoint spanning the northbound lanes of …