Tag: Grant Park Farmer’s Market
David Sweeney, Paul Calvert, and Sarah O’Brien to host Thankful Harvest Supper
Paper Plane’s Paul Calvert, David Sweeney (previously of the Bakery at Cakes & Ale and Dynamic Dish), and the Little Tart Bakeshop’s Sarah O’Brien are hosting a Thankful Harvest Dinner at Octane Coffee in Grant Park November 16. Benefiting the Grant Park Farmers Market, the event will be a German-themed four-course meal with beverage pairings.
Jimella’s Bakery brings fresh cookies to farmers markets
After I made a cookie cake for a friend’s 25th birthday, I just got obsessed. I am definitely a self-taught baker and continue to learn all the time. My inspiration comes from many resources. For a long time, I pored over baking blogs and cookbooks. However, now I just like to add one cookie sandwich at a time to my repertoire and try to think of something that is both unique and that reminds my customers of tastes they loved as kids. My husband actually came up with the filling on my most popular cookie sandwich. It’s a browned butter snickerdoodle with a dulce de leche filling.
Changes in the works for Decatur Farmers Market
Big changes could be coming soon to the Decatur Farmers Market.
A Grant Park resident shares the bounty
Farmers markets are always packed with do-gooders and community boosters, for at least one obvious reason. Anyone who has ever bitten into a perfect summer tomato or a sweet spring strawberry knows that the second words spoken—the ones that immediately follow “Wow!”—are always, “Try this!” A passion for good food goes hand-in-hand with a desire to share.
Farmers markets 2.0? Maybe so
When East Atlanta Farmers Market opens Thursday, and when the new Grant Park Farmers Market opens May 15, there will be much rejoicing over all the good food and fun. But even more interesting is what’s going on behind the scenes.
