Farmers Market Watch, Oct. 11: Midtown's where it's at

Article by: Rick Nelson , Star Tribune
Updated: October 10, 2007 - 11:29 PM

There are just three Saturdays left at the Midtown Farmers Market, and this approachable, easy-to-shop asset -- just a few convenient steps from the Hiawatha light rail line's Lake Street stop -- is continuing to lure browsers with special events right up to the end of the season. This weekend, pickling diva Suzanne Fischer will be on hand, showing off her preserved bounty and coaching others in the canning and fermenting arts. At 10 a.m., Mike Phillips, chef at the nearby Craftsman, will demonstrate a few fall recipes using market vegetables and his trademark sauerkraut. Hungry? Grazers can breakfast very, very well: andouille and smoked Polish sausages wrapped in buckwheat crepes and topped with pickle relish, onion confit or rhubarb ketchup at Creperie Mala, hot coffee and tamales at Fireroast Mountain Cafe's adjacent stand and something sweet and delicious (including some of the best scones in town) at Real Bread. See you there.

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This weekend, pickling diva Suzanne Fischer will be on hand, showing off her preserved bounty and coaching others in the canning and fermenting arts. At 10 a.m., Mike Phillips, chef at the nearby Craftsman, will demonstrate a few fall recipes using market vegetables and his trademark sauerkraut.

Hungry? Grazers can breakfast very, very well: andouille and smoked Polish sausages wrapped in buckwheat crepes and topped with pickle relish, onion confit or rhubarb ketchup at Creperie Mala, hot coffee and tamales at Fireroast Mountain Cafe's adjacent stand and something sweet and delicious (including some of the best scones in town) at Real Bread. See you there.

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