maria, this is for u + for all my veggie-lovin' friends

amazing how a trip to the farmers market will get me to eat stuff i'd never buy in a store. maybe i'm falling prey to the farm-to-table mystique, but at least i'm eating my veggies. these are beans, people!

the guy at the stand said the purple ones are called snake beans (sounds scary to me, so i just call them purple beans) and the spotted ones are dragon beans, which sounds like something straight out of a fairy tale.