It seemed like every vendor at Oakland's 9th Street Market was selling sugar snap peas last Friday, and it didn't take us long to cave in to the impulse to buy some. We always look forward to snap peas; they look like little green smiles. It's a bit tedious to remove the stems and the little strings that run down the side, but the sweet flavor and the crunch of the pod as you pop it into your mouth make up for the work.

SFist Derrick, contributing. Photos by Melissa Schneider.