From now through September these fruits and vegetables, and others like them, will be practically falling over the tables and bins at the farmers markets throughout the city, sharing space reserved for the standbys such as string beans, beets and carrots.

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The staff brought out dozens of dishes, and Lang, famished from the constant performance of his day, ate more than anyone, spinning the lazy Susan at the center of the table and scooping off heaps of shrimp, beef, eel, eggplant, string beans, tofu.

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We have string beans.

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