This Week At The Market...
Come out Sunday, rain or shine, to find local gems for the giving season. Edibles, plants and crafts are some of your options, plus many other vendors with all you need for a week of delicious meals!
We are looking forward to seeing you at the market this week, where you can support your local economy, farmers & artisans. We are open from 9:30am to 1:30pm on the west side of Grant Park on Cherokee Ave.
Chef Demo...
Chef Matt Marcus, Executive chef at Portofino Bistro , will give a mouth-watering demonstration this Sunday at 11am.
Blue Cheese stuffed dates wrapped with Spotted Trotter speck and drizzled with saba and extra virgin olive oil. You don't want to miss this!
"Skilled and passionate about his craft. Chef Matt Marcus, native to Sandy Springs, Ga., was born into the business as a third generation chef who inherited a joy for cooking from his mother Annette, who operates a catering company in Atlanta. Marcus has been included in “Best Chefs America,” a guide to top talent across the country. He strives to use local ingredients in the kitchen, accentuating natural flavors to highlight the simplicity of fresh fare in his recipes."
Meet Your Vendor...
Eden Easy Beds
Eden Easy Beds makes red cedar wood planters with beautiful plant arrangements. With a great array of sizes and designs these make hard-to-beat gifts. Come see it for yourself! Get a taste at their picture gallery.
"We are Eden Easy Beds- a planter company providing handcrafted, sustainably harvested Western Red Cedar container gardens. We work closely to preserve the tradition of true craftsmanship, and our greatest priorities are quality and attention to detail."
Featured Recipe
Try your hand at Sarah Dodge's adaptation on Eat Your Veggies, our blog's corner for market produce recipes. Gather your ingredients at market!
Brown Butter Roasted Hakurei Turnips
time 30 minutes servings 4
- 1 bunch turnips
- 6 Tablespoons butter
- 1 Tablespoon coarse salt
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- shredded parmesan cheese (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350
- wash and prep Turnips. I like to cut them in quarters so they roast evenly.
- Mix turnip pieces with olive oil and salt. Roast in oven for 15-20 minutes till tender.
- Meanwhile, brown butter in medium skillet over medium heat. Browning butter is a glorious act. The aroma will knock you to your knees. It’s nutty and sweet. Be careful not to go too far or else you’ll have burnt butter which does not taste good.
- Once butter is nice and browned, add turnips and hear the sizzle. Feel free to add a little more salt here, but it’s not necessary. Allow turnips to get nice and crispy and browned, about 5 minutes.The butter will have soaked into the veggies so nothing should be soggy.
- remove from heat toss with parmesan and eat!
Follow Sarah's recipes every Monday on our blog!
Community Love
Photo Contest
Building community is our reason #10 to support your local farmers market. Besides the great food, when you shop at the farmers market you get to participate of your community: it's talents and causes, kids play together and you are bound to run into someone you know. To commemorate this, we invite you to share pictures of good market times with us, we will create an album and the crowd favorite will receive $25 in market tokens! You can post your pictures on our facebook page, tag us, or use #farmatl on instagram.
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Market Info
The Grant Park Farmers Market can be found in Grant Park at the historic Milledge Fountain at 600 Cherokee Ave every Sunday rain or shine from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. We accept credit & debit cards and gladly double all EBT/SNAP benefits.
Visit
www.grantparkmarket.org
for more info.
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DOUBLE SNAP
The Grant Park Market is a grateful partner of Wholesome Wave Georgia, an organization that doubles every SNAP/EBT dollar spent at the market. Families using SNAP get twice the purchasing power for healthy food! $1 = $2. Visit the main info booth to get SNAP tokens or to find out how you can support the program.
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Bike to the Market
Your efforts to support your community don't have to end at buying local. Choose walking or biking to the market instead of car transportation, and help improve your neighborhood's carbon footprint. Cruise the roads aroun Grant Park and enjoy the outdoors in support of your community.
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