For many years one of my favorite things to do is to wake up early on a Saturday morning to adventure the Farmer’s Markets around the area. Being an Event Planner/Designer those opportunities have become few. But, that doesn’t stop the heart from wanting to go and see the local products in their fresh glory.
For years, it was the Farmer’s Market in the Kerrytown area of Ann Arbor. That was one of my favorite stops, starting with coffee and pastries at Zingerman’s Next Door! What a delight and pleasure to walk the area and take in all the wonderful fresh produce, plants, honey, and baked goods. From there, the journey would continue inside Kerrytown to complete the list at Sparrow’s (meats), and Monaghan’s (seafood). Some of the other local favorite markets include, of course, Detroit Farmer’s Market, Birmingham, Royal Oak, and locally, Walled Lake Farmer’s Market.
At any of these destinations, the search for locally grown, out of the norm, produce is worth the travel. I can’t tell you the joy in finding Fingerling potatoes; blue potatoes, fresh greens/spinach, assorted herbs and the like are memorable! Some of the best dishes and recipes I came up with came from farmer’s market finds.
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