Santa Monica Farmers' Market Farmers: Peter Schaner

When you’re searching for your chef friends at the Wednesday market, there’s a good chance you’ll find them behind Peter Schaner’s truck. Under the guise of picking up crates of avocados, citrus, onions, and herbs, they’re really there to kick it with Peter, who, in his plaid shirt and denim apron, exudes a chillness that can only come from years of riding a tractor in solitude. His table always looks primed for a photo shoot, with bouquets of lavender, opal basil, and flowering thyme wedged between baskets of purple and white eggplant artfully spilling into a pool of summer squash. His eggs are the best in town and come in every shape and size, from petite speckled quail to the softball-sized emu: an odd seasonal specialty, the volumetric equivalent of ten chicken eggs, with an emerald-green shell.

From “How to Do the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market (@smfms)” by Gillian Ferguson for Lucky Peach, 2016; Photo by TJ Tambellini

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