Many food centric districts of San Francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. A cross between castro and gastronomic. The bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. Adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. Skylight market has been here since 1940. Its been in the family since 1964. His father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. At that point sam revamped the market. He installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. He created community through food. So, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where its comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. And we really feel that we wouldnt exist if it werent for all three of those components who really support each other. And thats kind of what we work towards every day. Valley creamery was opened in 2006. The two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sams wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. They found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. They realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. So, thats been a huge success. In 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an educational arm of their work. And we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that allowed for a more indepth conversation. We grew and now we offer i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher Training Workshop where San Francisco unified Public School teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. We range all over the place. We really want everyone to feel like they can be included in the conversation. A lot of organizations i think which say were going to teach cooking or were going to teach gardening, or were going to get in the policy side of the food from conversation. We say all of that is connected and we want to provide a place that feels really Community Oriented where you can be interested in multiple of those things or one of those things and have an entree point to meet people. We want to build community and were using food as a means to that end. We have a wonderful organization to be involved with obviously coming from buy right where really everyone is treated very much like family. Coming into 18 reasons which even more Community Focused is such a treat. We have these events in the evening and we really try and bring people together. People come in in groups, meet friends that they didnt even know they had before. Our whole set up is focused on communal table. You can sit across from someone and start a conversation. Were excited about that. I never worked in catering or food service before. Its been really fun learning about where things are coming from, where things are served from. It is getting really popular. Shes a wonderful teacher and i think it is a Perfect Match for us. It is not about home cooking. Its really about how to facilitate your ease in the kitchen so you can just cook. I have always loved eating food. For me, i love that it brings me into contact with so many wonderful people. Ultimately all of my work that i do intersects at the place where food and community is. Classes or cooking dinner for someone or writing about food. It always come down to empowering people and giving them a wonderful experience. Empower their want to be around people and all the values and reasons the commitment, community and places, were offering a whole spectrum of offerings and other really wide range of places to show that good food is not only for wealthy people and they are super committed to accessibility and to giving people a glimpse of the beauty that really is available to all of us that sometimes we forget in our day to day running around. We have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food. Its so natural for me to come here. We want them to walk away feeling like they have the tools to make change in their lives. Whether that change is voting on an issue in a way that they will really confident about, or that change is how to understand why it is important to support our small farmers. Each class has a different purpose, but what we hope is that when people leave here they understand how to achieve that goal and feel that they have the resources necessary to do that. Are you inspired . Maybe you want to learn how to have a patch in your backyard or cook better with fresh ingredients. Or grab a quick bite with organic goodies. Find out more about 18 reasons by going to 18 reasons. Org and learn about buy right market and creamery by going to buy right market. Com. And dont forget to check out our blog for more info on many of our episodes at sf quick bites. Com. Until next time, may the fork be with you. So chocolaty. Mm. Oh, this is awesome. Oh, sorry. I thought we were done rolling. Hello. Youre watching the show that explores San Franciscos love affair with food. There are at least 18 Farmers Markets in San Francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to yearround. This is a great resource that does not break the bank. To show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the Farmers Market challenge. We find someone who loves to cook, give them 20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the Farmers Market. Who did we find for todays challenge . Today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. You only have 20 to spend. I know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. It is a San Francisco classic. We are celebrating bay area food. We have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. We have some beautiful fresh fish here. It will come together beautifully. Many to cut out all this talk, and lets go shop. Yeah. What makes your dish unique . I like it spicy and smoky. I will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood, and will bring them to other with some nice spoked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers. I am going to stew them up and get a nice savory, smoky, fishy, tomatoy, spicy broth. Bring it on. How are you feeling . I feel good. I spent the 20 and have a few pennies less. I am going to go home and cook. I will text message u. N. Is done. Excellent and really looking forward to it. Today were going to make the San Francisco classic dish invented by italian and portuguese fishermen. Itll be like a nice spaghetti sauce. Then we will put in the fish soup. The last thing is the dungeon as crab, let it all blend together. It will be delicious. When i could, i will try to make healthy meals with fresh ingredients, whatever is in season and local. Those juicy, fresh tomatoes will take about an hour to cook down into a nice sauce. This is a good time to make our fish stock. We will take a step that seems like trash and boil it up in water and make a delicious and they speed up my parents were great clerics, and we had wonderful food. Family dinners are very important. Any chance you can sit down together and have a meal together, it is great communal atmosphere. One of the things i like the most is the opportunity to be creative. Hello. Anybody with sets their mind to it can cut. Always nice to start chopping some vegetables and x and the delicious. All this double in view is this broth with great flavor. But your heart into it. Make something that you, family, and friends will really enjoy. I am here with a manager at the heart of the city Farmers Market in San Francisco. Thank you for joining us. Tell us a little bit about the organization. Were 30 years old now. We started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. What is the mission of the organization . This area has no Grocery Store spiller it is all momand pop stores. We have this because it is needed. We knew it was needed. And the plaza needed somebody. It was empty. Beautiful with city hall in the background. Thank you for speaking with us. Are you on the web . Yes, hocfarmersmarket. Org. Check them out. Thank you. Welcome. The dish is ready. It looks and smells amazing. Thank you. It was not easy to meet the 20 budget. I checked everybody out and found some great produce. Really lovely seafood. I think that you are going to love it. Do not be shy. Cyou know this can run you 35 to 45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for 20. This will feed four to six people. Not if you invite me over for dinner. I am ready to dig in. I hope youll love it. Mmm. What do you think . I think i am going to need more. Perhaps you can have all you want. I am produce the that you have crushed this Farmers Market challenge by a landslide. The first, were going to have to tally of your Shopping List and see what you actually spend that the Farmers Market. And go for it. Incredible. You have shown us how to make super healthy, refresh chapino from the Farmers Market on the budget, that for the whole family. That is outstanding. Thank you peter i am glad that you like it. I think anybody can do it. If you like the recipe for this dish, you can email us at sfgtv sfgov. Org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we just about expensive eat but food for everyone and theres organizations in the city that are doing really good work making sure that healthy food it assessable to everyone. More and more as follows are are becoming interested in upper arlthd they want to joy the open green pace sea know where their food it coming from well look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. So what exactly it, your honor agricultural it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally weve been referring to communities gardener that is a raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. So tell me 0 whats growing in this garden. A really at all plant. In the one of the rare places, you know, people have access to green space 24 is one of the places to grow things like the purple floor. It is sort of recognizing that the more diversity in given space the better not to just have one thing by everything supported each another it provides the community with an opportunity to get their hands dirty and reach 0 out and congressmen with the community in ways they might have not otherwise to engage with one other. Now the dpw urban Planning Program so see how the garden community. So i grew up on a farm in air force base we picked the foods open the trees and share with other families and as i drive around San Francisco i see any trees with apples or mrumdz and lemon trees i can see the food going to waste and brought that idea back to the Department Many of the trees where the fruit would go to waste we origin or crop and pick other fruits and delivery this to food banks or shelters to people who need them. Im here with nang wong hello nang. Hello. I need to understand house this gleaning work. We come and harvest like for example, well come over here this is the lemon and plug it like this. laughter . Made that good, good and ease. The trick is how not to hurt the branches. Like the thing. Im so excited about this. The people are so passionate about where the food goes to the private Property Owners give us the food theyre happy that no of a t is going to waste oh. Thank you. Thank you. Again job aura natural laughter . From backyards to back lots lets take a look at the food and Community Bonding at the free farm. My idea was to start growing food and giving it away. And getting my neighbors to who had space and having a kind of event that brings people together not to run our food program this time around but to share the wealth of the abundance of our welfare. We were all divorce and as part of our philosophy of working together and working together. Whats the most rewarding aspect of volunteering for the free farm stand. Well, we could is a generalic satisfaction but something about giving food away its giving something i brought that in and sort it and gave it to you its primitive to be able to give something some basically to someone else. Now serving number to 49 come on down. We have the capability of producing this food and in San Francisco you can grow food all year round so the idea were capable of prougdz food in our own backyards were here to demonstrate an bans of food and i think that giving it away for free we show individuals it in have to be a comedy. We build time together and its the strength of any ideas of the connections well turn that connection and the more connections you make no mistake about it the more you can have a stronger power and not have to rely on money thats the people power. In this episode weve seen the urban farms and gardens provide more in fruits and vegetation people can have the special produce available it can be a place to give back by donating food to others and teach our children the connection to the earth and environment its truly this coffee memory i remember having coffee with any grappled. In the old days myelogram ma get together i was six or seven i made a faces a good face. When i was younger i know it did something to my body. Ive been Drinking Coffee since i was 17 really the only thing im good at i was trying to find out what i was good at i got a job at the coffee shop i decided to do that the rest of my life. I like the process of the coffee and what are those beans where do they come from oh, they come from a fruit. The coffee stays with me since i was a kid i grew up and opened coffee shops everybody. In the 8 i visited over 11 hundred coffee shops maybe more to see why people go to coffee shops were searched the beans all over the world from east afghan and tokyo. When i wanted to do was get into aspect of the personal coffee and the processing and Everything Else there was multiple steps in making coffee and we did have a lighter roost because of the qualities of the keep once you roost it it home gisz the coffee. One thing about the coffee they were special blends and i spent seven years on one blend so thats my pleasure. Each bean they were all chosen and blended with each with different cultural and beans is like people and those people give me a reputation i cant buy. People love you my clients love me they take me to the moves movies. Fell in love with coffee and went to the coffee shops the Community Aspect i really enjoyed. I think its important to have a place for people to show up and talk to their neighbors and recorrect. Your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities i love my city San Francisco has a good name my has every cultural in this planet living in San Francisco its a small city 7 by 7 but its huge. I really like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and living in the mission ive lived here the whole time and the community really stick to it people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about seattle and San Francisco. Or portland and San Francisco but San Francisco is definitely on the cuttingedge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. Theres so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. I know for a fact i was born to make coffee. I have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and lets have a cup of coffee and talk about it