Beans, Cucumbers among New Items at Bellevue Farmer's Market

The Bellevue Farmer's Market opens at 3 p.m. today along Hawley Avenue in the municipal parking lot in downtown Bellevue. New items at the market include beans, cucumbers, zucchini, green peppers and hot banana peppers. The market is open until 7 p.m. 

Farmers are registered with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and accept the coupons issued to seniors and WIC recipients. 

Also at the market: 

* Raw and comb honey, greens, and vegetables by Al Fine of the Fine Family Apiary in Monongahela. 

Al Fine's family keeps about 110 colonies of bees in southern Allegheny County that produce the raw honey he sells at the Bellevue Farmer's Market. He's been harvesting honey from bees since he ordered his first kit of packaged bees from Montgomery Ward. The 100 percent pure raw honey can be purchased from $4.50 to $20, depending on the size of the jar. 

* Popcorn by Wild River Kettle Korn. Small bags go for $2.50, medium $4 and large bags for $6. 

* BBQ brisket, ribs and sandwiches by personal chef Steven Hill of Cuisine Consultants. Briskets sell for $4, ribs three for $5, and sandwiches run about $3. 

* Cookies and pepperoni rolls by Talia Piazza and Ryan and Christina Robertson of La Piazza. 

Cookies are baked by sisters Talia and Christina -- their speciality is the Italian Snickerdoodle, an old family recipe that includes almond flavoring. Ryan, Christina's husband, makes the pepperoni rolls. 

* Cookies, shortbread and granola bars by Good L'Oven Bakery.