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Sounds like Ben VanderWeele has finally gone around the bend. He's giving away food at the South Anchorage Farmers Market on Saturday. That is, if you consider broccoli food, as many of us do, unlike a former president of the United States.

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Of course there are hoops to jump through before you start chowing down on a bunch of free florets.

You need to go to www.south anchoragefarmersmarket.com to get the details, but the first step is subscribing to the newsletter at that site. The giveaway is called the Great Alaska Broccoli Challenge. A coupon will help you get the free produce and a recipe -- garlic-roasted broccoli -- to go with it. The market opens at 9 a.m., so you might want to get there early because even VanderWeele can't supply all of Anchorage with broccoli.

The Web site has many more recipes for broccoli and other produce available at your favorite farmers market. Find all the markets at www.adn.com/life/taste.

SLEEPLESS AT THE BUTTE

Mark Rempel says the harvest is taking a toll on his bedtime.

"We have gotten to that time of year when farming can take more out of a person than he takes time to put in the necessary amount of sleep to do it," he wrote in an abbreviated e-mail.

Nonetheless, he troops on with produce at the Northway Mall today and at the South Anchorage market Saturday.

Look for carrots; seven kinds of potatoes; red, romaine, and buttercrunch lettuces; green onions; spinach; squash blossoms; parsnips; and 30 other different vegetables.

BLANCHING TIME

Alex Davis has been mentioning blanching vegetables for some time lately, but now might be the time to think about preserving as fall rolls around.

He said he can fill large orders, including the newest farm star: broccoli. There are about 18 pounds in a case.

Davis also has lots of cauliflower with a $2 discount if you buy 10 pounds or more. Other veggies in good supply at his place include orange and purple carrots, beets, cabbage and lettuce.

He will be at the Northway Mall today and at the South Anchorage market Saturday. Besides the list above, shoppers can find three kinds of potatoes, sugar snap peas, snow peas, fava beans, three kinds of peppers, kohlrabi, vine-ripened tomatoes, four kinds of beets, greens and goat cheese.

ON ICE

Dannon Southall at 10th & M Seafoods says it's been crazy over there with all the seafood coming in.

He has fresh silver salmon at $5.95 per pound for headed-and-gutted fish or $8.95 for the fillets. Fresh halibut is also available for $13.95 and $7.95 per pound for whole fish and fillets, respectively.

Fresh Dover sole and cod fillets are $7.95, and frozen red king crab runs $16.95 per pound.

He also has ahi tuna at $16.95 per pound and expects more exotics from warmer waters to arrive today or Thursday.

Find T.C. Mitchell online at adn.com/contact/tcmitchell or call 1-907-352-6716.

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