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Weekend Market Picks May 18 & 19, 2013: Eggplant Parm from Sunday Gravy

Sunday Gravy makes slow simmered meat sauce that transports you directly back to Old Italy of 100 years ago. This sauce is so rich that your stomach is begging you to stop while your mouth just can’t do that.

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Weekend Market Picks May 11 & 12 2013: Wonder Woman Necklace for Mom from Lu Crafts

Louise Lasson of Lu Crafts recently started making these great pendant necklaces with pictures she comes across in catalogs or magazines. This fabulous Wonder Woman necklace struck me as the perfect Mother’s Day gift. See them at this weekend’s Museum School Craft Fair!

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Weekend Market Picks, May 4 & 5, 2013: Van Houten Farms Spring Flowers

The Union Square Greenmarket is filled with flowers and trees for the city’s gardens, balconies and window boxes. I Loads of people were out today, carefully selecting their annuals from the sunny and bright offerings of Van Houten Farms. Maybe some day I’ll have a spot in the sun for

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Weekend Market Picks April 27-28, 2013: Quincy Ellis Pipe Tap Candles

I love it when I find artisans in markets who make products that appeal to men. Quincy Ellis is one such artisan. His table at the recent Greenpointers Spring Market featured wonderful black candles in the form of pipe taps in small, medium and large.

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Weekend Market Picks April 13 & 14, 2013: Spot the First Ramps

It’s almost Ramp Season! Be the first to send me a tweet (@MarketsNYC) with a picture of the first ramps in the markets, and I’ll give you a pound of ramp butter! You can freeze it and use it all year long!

And, with no further ado, here are the Weekend Market Picks!

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