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Context: produce is where the "3x better fresh than frozen" principle lives. Miami's Florida-adjacent sourcing is a genuine advantage here — Homestead/Redland (25 miles south of Key Biscayne) is one of the top-producing tropical zones in the US. For European-premium product (truffles, morels, wild mushrooms, specialty tomatoes), Regalis Foods (NYC) remains the verified summit supplier (MEMORY.md ✅). The real sourcing question for this category is: Miami-local vs overnight-ship vs supermarket.
Three-tier framework applied to produce has a twist:
- 🏬 Tier 1 = Whole Foods + Publix + farmers markets (fresh, reliable)
- 🌐 Tier 2 = specialty online (Regalis for truffles + morels; Bee Heaven CSA for Florida organic; Glaser for Homestead organic)
- 👑 Tier 3 = source-direct (white truffles from Italy via Regalis winter-only; specific farms via direct contact)
Seasonality is the dominant variable in this category more than any other. Everything below includes peak-window notes.
Miami Tier 1 produce ecosystem:
- Whole Foods Brickell + Coral Gables — strongest supermarket-tier produce in Miami; imported European tomatoes in season; Regalis-brokered truffle slivers occasionally.
- Publix GreenWise (Coral Gables, Brickell) — adequate for staples; weaker on specialty.
- Coconut Grove Saturday Organic Market — 3300 Grand Ave, Coconut Grove · Saturdays 10am-7pm — Glaser Organic Farms is the anchor vendor (established 1980). Tropical fruits + winter vegetables + herbs, all certified organic. Key Biscayne-adjacent.
- Redland Farmers Market (Homestead) — 25450 SW 202 Ave, Sundays 10am-4pm through June — the farm-direct option; 30 min drive south.
- Green Tomato Market — greentomatomarket.com — Miami-Dade/Broward delivery service, produce from Redland + Homestead + South Florida farms. Farm-to-door for Miami residents. ⚪ curated — verify current CSA status.
- Bee Heaven Farm CSA — localharvest.org Bee Heaven — Redland Organics cooperative; CSA runs mid-November through April; summer mail-order organic Florida avocados. ⚪ curated.
Seasonality reality: Miami's "winter" (Nov-Apr) is the main local-growing season. June-September is pull-from-elsewhere territory for most items (too hot + wet for local production). Atlas entries below flag this per-item.
TOMATOES
Fresh Tomatoes — Heirloom + Beefsteak + Cherry
Depth: A (the gazpacho-tm6, pa-amb-tomaquet, sofrito-tm6, pisto-manchego, pimenton-porchetta + every salad)
What to know: Tomato quality is 80% seasonality + 20% variety selection. January-grocery-store tomato in Miami is picked green in Mexico, gassed to redness, tastes like styrofoam. Same variety in July from Homestead is sweet, acid-balanced, perfumed.
Miami tomato calendar:
- November-March — Florida-local tomatoes peak; Redland/Homestead greenhouse + field. This is the
pa-amb-tomaquetandgazpachowindow. - April-May — shoulder season, quality dips but still decent.
- June-October — avoid local; import Mexican/Canadian hothouse. Actually: use canned DOP San Marzano (file 06) for cooked applications and skip fresh for uncooked applications where possible.
Variety hierarchy for a dinner party:
- Heirloom (Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, Green Zebra) — best flavor but ugly, fragile; perfect for
pa-amb-tomaquetshowpiece - Beefsteak — workhorse for sandwiches, slicing
- Roma / San Marzano (fresh) — cooking tomato; sauce density
- Cherry / Grape — year-round reliable (Kumato, Sun Gold, Sweet 100s)
🏬 TIER 1 — Miami
- 🏆 Whole Foods Brickell / Coral Gables — heirloom + beefsteak + specialty during Nov-Apr peak. ⚪ curated.
- 🏆 Coconut Grove Saturday Market (Glaser Organic Farms) — Redland/Homestead tomatoes from October to April; farmers-market direct. Saturday morning ritual for top-grade tomatoes. ⚪ curated.
- Bee Heaven Farm CSA — Nov-Apr share; Redland Organics cooperative. localharvest.org. ⚪ curated.
- Publix + Winn-Dixie — year-round backup; quality tracks season.
🌐 TIER 2
- Green Tomato Market (Miami delivery) — greentomatomarket.com — Redland-direct to Key Biscayne. ⚪ curated — verify delivery schedule.
- FreshDirect / Instacart (Whole Foods partner) — same-day premium produce delivery.
- Farmer's-to-You platforms — variable quality; not the reliable answer.
👑 TIER 3
- Redland farm-direct CSA subscription — pre-negotiate a weekly or bi-weekly pickup during Nov-Apr season with Bee Heaven or one of the Redland cooperative farms. Peak-season Redland is genuinely competitive with California's best.
- Heirloom seed-to-table garden — Miami climate permits late-fall through spring tomato gardening. Aspirational project.
Cross-recipe: gazpacho-tm6 ✅ (fresh, in-season; canned emergency substitute), pa-amb-tomaquet ✅ (fresh heirloom is the dish), sofrito-tm6 ✅ (canned DOP San Marzano from file 06 is the chef-default — fresh for peak summer Miami), pisto-manchego ✅ (roma or canned), pimenton-porchetta ✅ (side relish option), kamado-pizza ✅ (fresh + canned combination).
For tomato sauce bases (cooked), file 06 (Spanish Pantry) canned tomato section (Bianco DiNapoli, Cento, Gustarosso) is the go-to. Fresh tomatoes are for raw/uncooked dishes.
ALLIUMS
Onions + Garlic + Shallots + Leeks + Spring Onions + Scallions
Depth: A (the backbone of every sofrito, every stock, every sauce)
What to know: Allium quality scales with freshness + variety. Supermarket yellow onions are fine; the upgrade path is specific variety selection:
- Yellow onion (Spanish / sweet) — workhorse for sofrito; Vidalia (GA) in spring, Maui (HI) premium
- Red onion — raw applications (salads, pickled, ceviche); milder sweet-sharp
- Cipollini — Italian small flat onions; roast whole; specialty
- Sweet 100 / Vidalia — peak April-June from Georgia; sandwiches
- Shallots — refined onion flavor for sauces, vinaigrettes; French échalote grise is the summit (via specialty)
- Garlic — young purple-skin is mild + aromatic; elephant garlic is milder still; aged / black garlic is spec'd (
black-garlic-diy✅) - Leeks — essential for stocks; French-technique white-part-only
- Spring onions + Scallions (green onions) — garnish + raw finishing
Sourcing all from Whole Foods + Publix + farmers market is adequate for 95% of applications. Upgrade paths:
- French grey shallots (échalote grise) — via specialty importers (Regalis, Mikuni) when in season.
- Spanish Ajo Morado de Las Pedroñeras (purple Spanish garlic, a genuine regional DOP) — via La Tienda + Spanish specialty importers. ⚠️ rarely available US.
🏬 TIER 1 — Miami
- Whole Foods + Publix + Winn-Dixie — standard reliable alliums.
- Coconut Grove Saturday Market — local spring onions + heirloom varieties during winter months.
- 🏆 Homestead / Redland farmers markets (Sunday) — local garlic + onion in season.
🌐 TIER 2
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds — rareseeds.com — if plans to grow specialty shallots/garlic from seed.
- Regalis Foods — fresh shallots + specialty garlic from European sources (seasonal).
👑 TIER 3
- Ajo Morado de Las Pedroñeras (Spanish purple garlic DOP) — via Spanish specialty brokers;
~$15-$25/kg. - Aged black garlic from artisan producers — La Boite, the Nordic foraging-school Projects-adjacent producers. Inventory includes
black-garlic-diy✅ already — home-produced is superior to most commercial.
Cross-recipe: every sofrito-based recipe in corpus (sofrito-tm6, paella-valenciana, fideuà, arroz-caldoso-bogavante, fabada-asturiana, lentejas-estofadas…) + every stock (dashi-tm6-ichiban-niban ✅ uses spring onion), alioli-tm6 ✅ (garlic is the soul), true-alioli-mortar ✅ (garlic purism), gambas-al-ajillo ✅ (garlic-dominant dish), black-garlic-diy ✅ (source garlic for fermentation).
PEPPERS — Fresh
Bell Peppers (Red/Yellow/Green)
Depth: B (workhorse; not a deep-dive category)
What to know: Red and yellow are ripe; green is unripe (which is why it tastes more vegetal). Red peppers have ~2x the vitamin C and more antioxidants than green. Use green when you want vegetal crunch (sofrito base can benefit); use red for sweetness (pisto, romesco, roasted pepper salads).
Sourcing: Whole Foods + Publix + Winn-Dixie year-round adequate. Dutch-greenhouse red peppers (hydroponic, Holland-grown) are the supermarket upgrade at Whole Foods and Publix — tastes cleaner, more uniformly sweet than field-grown out-of-season.
Cross-recipe: pisto-manchego ✅, romesco ✅ (combines with file 06 piquillo + ñora), sofrito-tm6 ✅, gazpacho-tm6 ✅ (classic + fusion variants).
Padrón + Shishito
Depth: B (seasonal fresh; covered briefly in file 06)
What to know: Padrón = Galician small green peppers; ~1-in-10 is spicy. Sear in EVOO + Maldon = canonical tapa. Peak: June-September. Shishito = Japanese cousin; similar size, similar Russian-roulette heat, blister in sesame oil + shoyu.
🏬 TIER 1
- Whole Foods Brickell/Coral Gables — Padrón fresh in season (summer); Shishito year-round (hothouse). ⚪ curated.
- Publix — Shishito in most seasons.
- Farmers markets (summer) — Padrón direct when available.
🌐 TIER 2
- Melissa's Produce — melissas.com — specialty produce distributor; Padrón + Shishito via grocery-store partners.
👑 TIER 3
- Frozen Padrón from Galicia — La Tienda when US-available; acceptable emergency backup, not summit.
Cross-recipe: standalone tapa (unspec'd future); pairs with Ibérico or chorizo on charcuterie boards.
Jalapeño + Serrano + Habanero + Specialty Chiles
Depth: B (brief treatment; the aguachile + mojos use fresh chiles)
- Jalapeño — workhorse; medium heat; Whole Foods + Publix year-round.
- Serrano — hotter cousin of jalapeño; medium-high heat.
- Habanero — intense fruity heat; Latin markets in Miami + Publix reliable.
- Poblano — medium-mild; for rellenos (unspec'd candidate:
chiles-rellenos). - Chipotle (smoked-dried jalapeño) — re-hydrate or use canned in adobo. La Tienda + specialty.
- Dried Mexican chiles (ancho, pasilla, guajillo) — Whole Foods Mexican section + Hispanic markets.
Cross-recipe: aguachile-verde ✅ (serrano), mojos-canarios ✅ (fresh green chiles), fermented-hot-sauce ✅ (mix of fresh + specialty), kimchi-gateway-ferment ✅ (gochugaru flakes vs fresh — Korean territory).
ROOT VEGETABLES + POTATOES
Potatoes — Multi-Variety Reference
Depth: A (potato variety matters more than people think)
What to know: Potato variety selection drives dish outcome:
- Yukon Gold — buttery-textured; all-purpose; workhorse.
- Russet — starchy, high-solids; best for fries, baked potatoes, gnocchi.
- Red (new potatoes) — waxy; salads, simmered stews hold shape.
- Fingerling — small, elongated; roasting, showpiece plating.
- Kennebec — specialty (used in Spanish patatas bravas for its dense starch; maintains cube shape when cut + twice-fried).
- La Ratte / La Bonotte (French varieties) — nearly-buttery, prized; via Regalis or specialty farmers markets.
- Andean / Peruvian purple/yellow — specialty; aspirational.
The patatas-bravas ✅ calls for a starchy-waxy balance — Yukon Gold works; Russet is too starchy (falls apart in the oil); Kennebec is the Spanish-authentic answer but hard to find US.
🏬 TIER 1
- Whole Foods — Yukon Gold, Russet, Red, Fingerling reliably stocked.
- Publix GreenWise — organic Yukon + Russet.
- Coconut Grove Market — sweet potatoes + specialty Florida varieties.
- Winn-Dixie — standard bulk bags.
🌐 TIER 2
- Melissa's Produce — specialty variety distributor, available through grocers.
- Regalis Foods — La Ratte + specialty European varieties when in season. ✅ MEMORY.md.
- Earthbound Farm / Frieda's — specialty produce with broader distribution.
👑 TIER 3
- Kennebec potatoes direct from Maine — specialty growers; rare US consumer access.
- La Bonotte (French island Noirmoutier potatoes) — seasonal; via specialty importers;
~$25/lb.
Cross-recipe: patatas-bravas ✅ (Yukon Gold primary; Kennebec aspirational), tortilla-española ✅ (Yukon Gold is perfect), gambas-al-ajillo ✅ (sometimes served over bread + sometimes alongside potato). Side dishes generally.
Carrots + Celery + Onion = Mirepoix Base
Depth: B (stock foundation)
- Carrots — standard orange + specialty rainbow + baby Nantes (Whole Foods + Publix).
- Celery — workhorse; Whole Foods organic is the default.
- Celery root (celeriac) — underused ingredient; roasted or puréed; Whole Foods + specialty.
- Parsnips — winter root; October-March peak.
Sourcing: Whole Foods + Publix + Winn-Dixie. No deep Tier 3 unless heirloom carrots wanted from Baker Creek.
Cross-recipe: any stock base (dashi-tm6-ichiban-niban ✅ uses carrot optional), rabo-de-toro ✅ (braise mirepoix), fabada-asturiana ✅ (onion + carrot backbone), lentejas-estofadas ✅, short-ribs-48h ✅.
Beets + Radishes + Turnips
Depth: B (specialty / seasonal)
- Golden + Candy-striped beets — Whole Foods specialty case (year-round); roasted for salads.
- Watermelon radishes — Whole Foods winter; garnish.
- Breakfast radishes (French) — Whole Foods spring; butter + Maldon classic.
- Turnips (baby Tokyo / Hakurei) — Japanese-style baby turnips; specialty; seasonal. The file 03 cross-reference with Japanese pantry makes this adjacent.
GREENS
Salad Greens + Herbs
Depth: B (reference; fresh herbs in garden if possible)
- Arugula — Whole Foods + Publix; baby + mature varieties.
- Baby spinach — workhorse.
- Mâche / Lamb's lettuce — delicate French green; Whole Foods specialty.
- Castelfranco, Treviso, Radicchio (Italian chicories) — Whole Foods Italian case; winter peak.
- Herbs (flat-leaf parsley, cilantro, mint, basil, tarragon, chervil, dill) — Whole Foods + farmers markets; garden-grown is categorically better. Miami climate permits year-round herb garden.
🏬 TIER 1
- Whole Foods Brickell / Coral Gables — full European chicory + heirloom lettuce range.
- Coconut Grove Market (Glaser) — hydroponic + organic greens direct.
- Publix GreenWise — organic staples.
🌐 TIER 2
- Specialty baby-green CSAs (local Florida growers via Miami delivery services).
👑 TIER 3
- Home herb garden — aspirational but free. Miami climate works year-round for most herbs.
Cross-recipe: aguachile-verde ✅ (cilantro is the herb), salsa-verde-basque ✅ (parsley foundation), mojos-canarios ✅ (cilantro + parsley), kanpachi-crudo ✅ (garnish), any finishing herb on a plate.
Cruciferous (Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Kale, Brussels)
Depth: B (standard grocery; hold-your-own tier)
- Broccoli + Cauliflower — Whole Foods + Publix reliable. Cauliflower steaks from a large head are a vegetarian main-course move.
- Brussels sprouts — Whole Foods specialty; on-stalk in season (Oct-Dec).
- Romanesco — specialty cauliflower hybrid; fractals; Whole Foods fall-winter.
- Napa cabbage — Whole Foods + Asian markets (Momi Market, Kimchi Mart for Korean styles).
- Kale — workhorse; Tuscan (lacinato) is the chef's favorite.
Cross-recipe: kimchi-gateway-ferment ✅ (napa is core).
MUSHROOMS
Everyday Mushrooms (Cremini, Shiitake, Oyster, Maitake)
Depth: A (kamado-mushrooms-black-garlic-butter ✅ is a core dish)
What to know: Mushroom quality tiers:
- Cremini / Button — workhorse; Whole Foods + Publix.
- Shiitake — Japanese/Chinese cultivated; grilling + stir-fry + dashi.
- King oyster (eryngii) / Oyster mushrooms — meatier, pan-sear well.
- Maitake (hen-of-the-woods) — premium cultivated; roasting or dashi.
- Trumpet royal (king oyster) — dense, "mushroom steak" tier.
- Portobello (large cremini) — often grilled; decent substitute for meat in veg mains.
🏬 TIER 1
- Whole Foods Brickell / Coral Gables — cremini, shiitake, oyster, king oyster, maitake all reliably stocked. Strongest Tier 1 mushroom source in Miami. ⚪ curated.
- Publix — cremini + portobello + shiitake standard.
- Coconut Grove Market — local Florida growers occasional.
🌐 TIER 2
- Regalis Foods — specialty + wild when in season. ✅ MEMORY.md.
- Far West Fungi — farwestfungi.com — California specialty mushroom farm; direct-ship. ⚪ curated.
👑 TIER 3 — Wild + Foraged Mushrooms (seasonal)
- Morels (spring, Mar-May) — via Regalis Foods; ~$60-$100/lb when peak.
- Chanterelles (summer-fall, Jul-Oct) — Regalis + specialty.
- Porcini / Cèpes (fall, Sep-Nov) — Regalis + D'Artagnan; ~$80-$150/lb.
- Matsutake (fall, Sep-Nov) — Japanese specialty; ~$80-$200/lb; via Regalis or Mikuni.
- Black Trumpet (fall-winter) — specialty foragers.
Dried versions (year-round, concentrate flavor for stocks) — see file 12 (salts/spices/dried).
Cross-recipe: kamado-mushrooms-black-garlic-butter ✅ (core recipe), risotto-carnaroli ✅ (porcini + fresh mushroom risotto variant), dashi-tm6-ichiban-niban ✅ (shiitake optional in niban), future cepes-pasta or mushroom-gratinée candidates.
TRUFFLES — FRESH
Fresh Summer + Winter Truffles
Depth: A (luxury showpiece category; Regalis is verified supplier ✅)
What to know: Truffle calendar:
- Summer Black (Tuber aestivum) — May-August.
~$200-$400/lb. Entry-tier; milder. - Burgundy (Tuber uncinatum) — September-December.
~$400-$700/lb. Mid-tier. - White (Tuber magnatum Pico, Alba) — October-December.
~$3,000-$6,000/lb. The summit. - Winter Black (Tuber melanosporum, Périgord) — December-February.
~$1,200-$2,000/lb. The French winter truffle.
Fresh truffles ship overnight, shaved over finished dishes (risotto, pasta, eggs, carpaccio). Do NOT cook — heat destroys volatile aromatics. Use within 5-7 days of receipt; store wrapped in paper towel in airtight container in fridge.
🏬 TIER 1 — Miami
- Whole Foods Brickell / Coral Gables — occasionally stocks sliced summer black in peak season. ⚪ curated. Don't rely on it.
- La Jamoteca / Golden Hog — rare fresh truffle; specialty orders.
🌐 TIER 2
- 🏆 Regalis Foods Fresh Truffles — regalisfoods.com/collections/2023-fresh-truffles · NYC-based specialty; MEMORY.md ✅. Overnight shipping. Seasonal range: summer black → burgundy → white Alba → Périgord. ⚪ curated. The single chef-grade US source.
- D'Artagnan Truffle Program — dartagnan.com · also verified (MEMORY.md as game/poultry supplier); strong truffle program. Alternative to Regalis.
- Marky's Miami — markys.com — Miami-based gourmet with a truffle program; fastest shipping for local orders.
👑 TIER 3 — Top Shelf
- 🏆 White Alba Truffle (Tuber magnatum) via Regalis or D'Artagnan — October-December only —
$3,000-$6,000/lbpeak. One shaving over a fresh pasta + Isigny butter + Parmigiano = the most expensive single gesture in the kitchen. Aspirational but worth it once per fall season for a statement dinner. - Direct Italian truffle hunter shipment — small Alba hunters ship DHL with cold pack; rarely legal for US consumer import due to CITES + phytosanitary rules; typically routed through Regalis or D'Artagnan brokerage.
Cross-recipe: risotto-carnaroli ✅ (shaved finish for a white-truffle-season dinner), fresh pasta (future candidate), scrambled eggs (the 1am-after-the-dinner-party move), focaccia-sheet-pan ✅ (shaved finish variant), kamado-pizza ✅ (truffled pizza is a fearless-fusion register-tier move).
OTHER PRODUCE
Asparagus, Artichokes, Fennel, Baby Vegetables
Depth: B (seasonal reference)
- Asparagus — peak April-June. White asparagus (Spanish) Nov-March from Spain/Peru. Whole Foods + Publix for standard green; specialty for white.
- Artichokes — peak March-May (California), secondary fall crop. Whole Foods standard + baby in farmers markets.
- Fennel — winter peak (Oct-March). Whole Foods year-round.
- Baby vegetables (carrots, fennel, turnips, squash) — specialty plating; Whole Foods specialty case + Regalis.
Squashes + Gourds
Depth: B (seasonal; fall specialty)
- Butternut + Acorn + Kabocha + Delicata + Kuri (fall squashes) — Whole Foods + Publix + farmers markets Oct-Dec.
- Zucchini + Yellow summer squash — Whole Foods year-round.
CROSS-RECIPE INDEX
| Recipe | Primary Vegetable Ingredients | Tier 1 Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
gazpacho-tm6 ✅ |
Tomato + cucumber + pepper + garlic | Coconut Grove Market (seasonal) or Whole Foods |
pa-amb-tomaquet ✅ |
Heirloom tomato | Coconut Grove Market (Nov-Apr peak) |
sofrito-tm6 ✅ |
Onion + garlic + tomato + pepper | Whole Foods standard + canned DOP (file 06) for cooking |
pisto-manchego ✅ |
Tomato + zucchini + eggplant + pepper | Whole Foods |
patatas-bravas ✅ |
Potato (Yukon Gold) + tomato for salsa brava | Whole Foods + file 06 canned |
tortilla-española ✅ |
Potato (Yukon) + onion | Whole Foods |
paella-valenciana ✅ |
Tomato + green beans + garlic + pepper | Whole Foods + Glaser for green beans |
arroz-caldoso-bogavante ✅ |
Tomato + onion + garlic | Whole Foods + fishmonger (file 03) |
fideuà ✅ |
Same as paella | Same |
fabada-asturiana ✅ |
Onion + garlic (file 06 fabes) | Whole Foods |
lentejas-estofadas ✅ |
Mirepoix + pepper | Whole Foods |
romesco ✅ |
Tomato + pepper (with file 06 piquillo) | Whole Foods + file 06 |
pimenton-porchetta ✅ |
Garlic + herbs | Whole Foods |
rabo-de-toro ✅ |
Mirepoix + pepper | Whole Foods |
kamado-mushrooms-black-garlic-butter ✅ |
Mushrooms (maitake/oyster/shiitake) | Whole Foods + Regalis seasonal |
risotto-carnaroli ✅ |
Onion + optional mushroom + truffle (premium finish) | Whole Foods + Regalis truffle seasonal |
gambas-al-ajillo ✅ |
Garlic (lots) | Whole Foods |
alioli-tm6 + true-alioli-mortar ✅ |
Garlic | Whole Foods |
aguachile-verde ✅ |
Cilantro + serrano + cucumber | Whole Foods |
mojos-canarios ✅ |
Cilantro + parsley + green pepper | Whole Foods |
fermented-hot-sauce ✅ |
Mixed fresh chiles | Whole Foods + Latin markets |
kimchi-gateway-ferment ✅ |
Napa cabbage + scallion + radish | Whole Foods + Asian markets (Momi, Kimchi Mart) |
salsa-verde-basque ✅ |
Parsley + garlic (with anchoa file 06) | Whole Foods |
pan-sauce-from-fond ✅ |
Shallot | Whole Foods |
| Future candidates → | ||
white-truffle-risotto (seasonal) |
Truffle (Alba, Oct-Dec) + rice + butter | Regalis Foods ($3k-$6k/lb) |
chiles-rellenos |
Poblano + cheese | Whole Foods + Latin markets |
padrón-tapa |
Padrón (Jun-Sep) | Whole Foods + farmers market |
artichoke-preparations (Mar-May) |
Fresh artichoke | Whole Foods |
Open Questions
- Saturday Coconut Grove Market ritual? If not already going weekly during the Nov-April Miami produce peak, this is the #1 Miami-Tier-1 unlock. Heirloom tomatoes + Glaser Organic herbs + local rare produce = the base for
pa-amb-tomaquet,gazpacho-tm6, and any composed salad for a dinner party. - Green Tomato Market delivery subscription? greentomatomarket.com — Miami-Dade/Broward delivery of Redland + Homestead produce. Want me to scope pricing + schedule options?
- Bee Heaven Farm CSA for Nov-Apr? 6-month CSA subscription = reliable Redland organic produce Saturday pickup OR delivery. Core fit if the Miami winter dinner-party schedule justifies.
- Home herb garden? Miami climate supports year-round outdoor herbs. 4-pot minimum starter (parsley, cilantro, mint, basil) + rosemary-tarragon-chervil as extensions.
~$40-$60startup. Garden-fresh herbs are 3-4x more flavorful than 3-day-old supermarket. High ROI. - White Alba truffle calendar flag for October 2026? Winter truffle season (Oct-Dec) is when THE summit gets shipped. Pre-season call to Regalis in early October = securing allocation. Want me to set a cron reminder for Oct 1?
- Kennebec potato sourcing for authentic patatas bravas? Whole Foods doesn't stock Kennebec. If the Spanish-authentic version is wanted, specialty-order via a Redland Florida grower + ask Green Tomato Market to broker. Depth varies — defer?
- Specialty mushroom SKU Regalis account? Regalis is MEMORY.md ✅ for truffles + uni + caviar. Opening a consumer account + weekly-availability email unlocks morels (May), porcini (Sep-Nov), matsutake (fall). Core fit for dinner-party seasonality?
VERIFIED VENDOR CROSS-CHECK (for MEMORY.md sync)
New vendors this file:
- Coconut Grove Saturday Organic Market / Glaser Organic Farms ⭐ — 3300 Grand Ave, Saturdays 10am-7pm · miamifriendors.com/events/coconut-grove-farmers-market · established 1980; tropical fruit + winter vegetables + herbs, all organic. The Miami-local produce anchor.
- Redland Farmers Market (Homestead) — 25450 SW 202 Ave, Sundays 10am-4pm Nov-Jun. Farm-direct, 30 min from Key Biscayne.
- Green Tomato Market — greentomatomarket.com · Miami-Dade/Broward delivery; Redland + Homestead + South Florida farms.
- Bee Heaven Farm CSA — Redland Organics cooperative; Nov-Apr CSA + summer organic avocado mail-order. localharvest.org.
- Regalis Foods ✅ (already verified; expanded coverage) — regalisfoods.com — NYC specialty; truffles + wild mushrooms + uni + caviar + Japanese Wagyu. Consumer account + weekly-availability email recommended.
- D'Artagnan Truffle Program — expanded from game/poultry into truffle supplier.
- Far West Fungi — farwestfungi.com · California mushroom specialty farm; direct-ship.
- Melissa's Produce — melissas.com · specialty produce distributor (through grocers).
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds — rareseeds.com · aspirational-garden seed source.
8/23 atlas files complete. Next: 09-produce-fruits (citrus, stone fruit, berries, tropical). Florida tropical territory + Robert Is Here verified supplier (MEMORY.md). Different seasonality pattern than vegetables.