Watch and learn: 4 free farmers market demos in Atlanta

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Grant Park Farmers Market
Drop by the Milledge Fountain, where local stars including Restaurant Eugene’s Linton Hopkins and the Shed at Glenwood’s Todd Richards share their recipes during market season. Programs start at 11 a.m. on Sundays, mid-April through mid-December.

Piedmont Park Green Market
In addition to culinary demonstrations held every second and fourth Saturday during market season (April through December), the Green Market also hosts hour-long cooking classes for kids on the first and third of every month, starting in June. Demos begin at 11 a.m. Saturdays; kids classes start at 10 a.m.

Morningside Farmers Market
Ann Brewer—one of the market’s founders and a longtime cooking demo organizer—recently passed away at age 85, but you can still find chefs sauteing and stir-frying on the patio of Rosebud in Morningside. Come by Saturday mornings, April through November.

Peachtree Road Farmers Market
Top Atlanta chefs like Miller Union’s Steven Satterfield and Gunshow’s Joey Ward will stop by this spring to demonstrate original dishes. Catch them at 10 a.m. Saturdays, starting April 11 through December 19.

This article originally appeared in our April 2015 issue.

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