Hometown Destinations: The Local Farmers Market
by Alanna Kellogg

Here's an easy, easy way to give your hometown farmers market a worldwide audience ... just participate in I Was Really Just Very Hungry's upcoming Destinations event. And there's a prize! So who's visiting the local farmers market? a nearby green market?

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Contributing Editor Alanna Kellogg walks to the Kirkwood farmers market two or three times a week, this week for tomatoes for slow-roasted tomatoes and peaches for peacherry blues. The best stop is the snow cone stand where the dog gets a canine cooler ... liver-flavored. "Ewww", the kids say, turning up their noses at something so gross, then announce, missing the irony, "I got Monkey Snot!" and "I got Tiger Blood!"

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I love farmer's markets

Ah very fun, and I do have a wonderful green market in my neighborhood, although I can't afford to shop there all the time. It sells only fresh, organic food and has wonderful stuff. The name of the place is Liberty Heights Fresh and if any foodies pay a visit to Salt Lake it is a destination not to be missed. Salt Lake also has a pretty great farmer's market, but it doesn't have the selection of specialty products (like Rosemary Salt, which I am now addicted to) that I found at the Ferry Building farmer's market in San Francisco which Sam is lucky enough to visit regularly.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Submitted by Kalyn Denny on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 06:06
 

I am SO tempted

Since the second FD is about green grocers.. I am so tempted to write about a place miss: The West Side Market in Cleveland. But not living there, I can't get the great photos. Sigh. Maybe Mako will create a future destination for those places far away...

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Deb's Daily Distractions

Submitted by debra roby on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 07:11
 

Deb and everyone else, it's

Deb and everyone else, it's fine to not have photos if you can't get them. And I can totally relate to longing for markets far away. Here where I live we have some fine markets, but I still dream about the one in Velleron in Provence that I wrote about a couple months ago...not to mention the Tsukiji market in Tokyo (where I grew up...well not in the market itself) which is like the most amazing food market in the world. Still I'm quite happy with what we can get here locally too. The world is full of great markets, for which I am very grateful!

just hungry

Submitted by maki on Sat, 08/19/2006 - 13:13
 

Idea ...

I find it poignant, that you long for a faraway spot. Maybe write to the market master, I bet they'd be more than happy to provide a few shots. By chance, I'm going the easy route too, the market master of my local spot was taking shots on Saturday, he's going to send me them and I'm just going to use them!

Alanna Kellogg, The Veggie Evangelist

Submitted by Alanna Kellogg on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 07:45
 

farmer's market

I have a serious farmer's market addiction. Here's my favorite here in Oakland within footsteps of my place.

Grand Lake Farmer's Market

Ellen Olson Spa Diva

Submitted by Spa Diva on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 08:50
 

Farmer's Market

Would like to issue a public apology if my previous comment on this thread was perceived as self-promotion. Would like to delete it for the record but have been unable to if moderator could point me in the right direction.

Thank you and again my apologies and I'll be more appropriate... newbie blogger

Submitted by FishCreekHouse on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 10:48
 

Thanks! It is inappropriate to preface
comments with commercials

Hi Horsewoman,

Thanks for the note and for trying to correct it.

Here was the problem: You prefaced all your comments by typing in a commercial for your business. That's inappropriate.

So I removed the commercials and left your comments as-is. Appreciate you listening to the community. We're all learning!

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

Submitted by Lisa Stone on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 13:45
 

I am addicted

I have a serious addiction to the St. Lawrence Market in downtown Toronto. It makes me happy. There's the South Market which is full of butchers, bakeries, cheesemongers, the mustard man, delis, etc. The north market is the actual "farmers market" part of the market.

I hate high-rise buildings but there is one right beside the St. Lawrence Market that has a walking bridge that goes over the street to the side entrance of the South Market. I'm so jealous of the people in that high-rise...

Monkey Trouble, Sassymonkey Reads, and Sassymonkey Eats

Submitted by sassymonkey on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 14:26
 

market-addict

A week hardly goes by without my writing something market-related on my blog. As such I don't think I will be entering 'destinations', since it is a bit general, but that's not going to stop me from continuing to write about my market finds, for sure.

Sam

Becks & Posh

Submitted by sam breach on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 15:34
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