A Guide to the Best Artisan, Farmer, Food & Flea Markets

Food Markets

The indoor and outdoor food markets throughout New York City are at the heart of food innovation, the new go-to spots for food lovers. Imagine a sumptuous, buttery fresh lobster roll, or a brick oven pizza. Or maybe something exotic, like an authentic pupusa, a small corn tortilla filled with savory beans and cheese, or a spicy kimmchi dog. Follow up your main course with three mini-cupcakes in flavors you have probably never imagined, like lavender chocolate, maple bacon and blueberry port mascarpone. These gastronomic delights – and so many more – are made locally or regionally with the freshest ingredients available.

Fred Will Lick Your Marshmallows

Fred will definitely lick your marshmallows, if only you will let him. Because he’s a Pug. And he is the inspiration behind Fred’s Marshmallows, to be found most weekends at the Fulton Stall Market. I have not met Fred in person, but I have tried his marshmallows. I have to

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Weekend Market Picks – June 8 + 9, 2013: Little Wrinkles Makes Exciting Raisins

Raisins – they’re more exciting than you may think. Last weekend I discovered Little Wrinkles, raisins made from one ingredient only: grapes. The brainchild of two professional chefs, Stephanie Venetsky and Jose Alba, who now work at a private elementary school, Little Wrinkles raisins are packed with flavor

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Memorial Day Fundraiser for Team Rubicon in Oklahoma

  The New York food community is banding together to raise funds for the disaster relief efforts in Moore, Oklahoma. A bunch of us, under the guiding energy of Allison Robicelli, are asking you, the people in our own communities, to give $5, $10, $20 or whatever you can, to

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MoCorn: When BaCorn Isn’t Enough

My wonderful friend Rhonda Kave, Confectioner and Owner of Roni-Sue’s Chocolates, obviously knows what we all love and what we need: MoCorn, mocha caramel popcorn with candied espresso beans.

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Hester Nights Is Back For The Season

The Hester Street Fair, is returning to the NOMAD area for a new season of HESTER NIGHTS, Thursdays from 5pm-10pm, May 2 through September 26, 2013.

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