I woke up early this morning to go to the Santa Monica Famer’s Market. I’d been meaning to go to the Wednesday ones, but since it’s only from 8:30am to 1:30pm and I usually work on Wednesday, it means I have to wake up extra early to go. It was actually pretty nice to get up early and go to the farmer’s market — the weather was great and it was by the beach, so the air wasn’t too bad either.

I mainly wanted to get tomatoes for dinner. I guess it’s a late tomato season this year because while the tomatoes were okay, only the red ones were really good and ripe. Either way, the fresh burrata from Gioia (some cheese place in El Monte) was fantastic on the salad.

I also made French Roasted Garlic Soup with the four heads of garlic. The soup was rich and delicious, but definitely not for people who are wishy-washy about garlic. I found that adding a splash of rice vinegar to the soup at the end, even though it’s not in the recipe, brightens up the soup and cuts down on the overpowering richness of the garlic.