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A cute small place of organic food on Broadway market. The hangings above the produce looked of super bright color today in the full-on sunshine.

Very pleased to announce the launch of the Leila’s shop report, that will be penned out and illustrated with beautiful photos and my paintings by the Gentle Author of the Spitalfields Life every month. This month’s???? season produce report includes Jerusalem artichokes, grape hyacinth, blood oranges from Italy, several types of radicchio, wild garlic and radishes, fennel and much more.

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I have pictured forced rhubarb here in today’s painting, and some nice cauliflower in the background.

Leila’s shop, 15 March, 2011, 19×19 cm, oil on panel, nfs, similar available via Etsy

Carrying on with exploring what’s in stock at Leila’s. The bright round of cheese was impossible to pass by. Love the glow of orange on the pumpkin wedges.

Popped in to get our favorite dried mango to find out that the magnificent quince fruit is now in season and offered at Leila’s.  And it was just yesterday that I went specifically to get those at the Borough market. Will be happy to come back here and restock on those next week. My grandma used to make amazing jam with those, she had a quince tree producing smallish covered with fuzz quince fruit, but the jam from it turned out royally good.

This is a hat tip to my favorite grocers in the neighborhood – the lovely Leila’s shop and cafe on Calvert ave. in Shoreditch.