It’s Good to Be Back at the Market – Fresh Cheese, Vegan Eats, Pies, Sprouts & More at Wychwood Barns!

My left arm hurts from carrying my heavy load of market groceries.  My shoulder blades and neck are a wee bit sore from being wrapped in a heavy-duty scarf for most of the day.  And I’m just a little sleepy; leave it to me to wake up at 6am in the morning on a Saturday to go to the farmers’ market in the cold blowing snow/sleet/wet crap!  Who needs to walk when you can let the gusty wind push you along?  All I needed was a long coat and hat and I could have passed for the city gal version of Mary Poppins with a pink umbrella!

Despite the less-than-stellar weather, my trip to The Stop Farmers’ Market at Wychwood Barns yesterday morning was SO WORTH IT.  Even though I came home cold with rosy cheeks and just a tad on the wind-whipped side, I came home happy and so full of joy with some of the best food from the market in my grocery bag.

It’s been months since my last farmers’ market trek.  Not just months since my last post, but literally months since the last time I went to a market at all.  The last time I went to one was back in December and that was to Evergreen Brick Works where I lugged home bags of kale, salad greens, and butternut squash.  I know taking a break from blogging after that was something I had to do but since that last market visit, it’s almost as if a part of me was missing.  A part of me that so desperately wanted to go to the market and do blog-related things but couldn’t because I was tired and because I knew I had to sacrifice some of that precious blog time to take care of other aspects of my life that need my attention.

Going to the market yesterday for first time in nearly 4 months was like a breath of fresh of air.  It felt SO GOOD.  Like that something missing had been fully stored.  I had missed it so much and as sappy as it sounds, it’s stuff like this that makes you appreciate all the good things in your life.  The stuff that puts you in your happy place and makes your life so content, rewarding and satisfying.  I saw market vendors and friends, I took a ridiculous amount of photos (93!), I stuffed my hungry face with samples, learned about food, picked up a bunch of new food literature, and filled my grocery bag with some delicious eats!

A trip to The Stop Market at Wychwood Barns is never complete without fresh vegan eats from my beloved Earth & City and Yorktown Pie Company!  Cassandra from Earth & City was on hand with spring roll wraps, lentil-walnut burgers with sundried tomato puree, red onion, and collard green leaf “bun”, kale and arugula pesto, and a mountain of mouthwatering vegan sweets including their famous vegan brownies, chocolate and vanilla macaroons and cowgirl cookies, cookies with oats, almonds, banana, honey, dates, cinnamon and sea salt.  And Yorktown?  They had their famous mini butter tarts, chocolate chip cookies, and plenty of meat and vegetarian pies and pastries including spinach and ricotta, spinach and feta, chicken, steak and Guinness, mushroom and leek, and good old fashioned sausage rolls!

I happily picked up a container of a lentil-walnut burger, vegan brownie, and a container of kale and arugula pesto from Earth & City, and a sweet butter tart from Yorktown to bring home.  I cannot wait to come back to see if I can snatch up my favourite apple crumble and apple sour cream pies (what some have referred to as “apple crack”) the next time!

Between snapping photos and picking up food literature, I also added some walnut-raisin buns to my grocery bag from St. John’s Bakery, some AMAZING fresh-as-a-daisy Black Peppercorn goat cheese from Crosswind Farm who makes, by far, the best goat cheese EVER in the most delicious flavours (feta, maple cream, herb, green and red peppercorn, garlic Italian blend and a brand new creamy brie-style goat cheese), and a GIANT bar of Luscious Coconut chocolate from Chocosol.

It was so awesome seeing Chocosol’s fantastic selection of fresh cacao bars and beans and thanks to Chocosol’s Yanni (I hope I’ve spelled your name right!), my boyfriend and I learned the process behind Chocosol’s fair trade chocolate: cacao beans are roasted; shells from the roasted beans are then removed via fans which blow the shells off; the fresh cacao is then stone-ground into a paste, which is then tempered a number of times before flavourings and seasonings are added to create their famous flavours such as their hemp, spicy chili, dark and more.  Taking it all in was like cacao 101 which was awesome!

During this visit I also discovered some fantastic new vendors!  Now, these vendors aren’t exactly brand new to the market but they’re new to me.  First up, Essa Sprouts!  I love pea sprouts and shoots and sunflower sprouts like nobody’s business and Essa Sprouts grows everything from sunflower sprouts to sprouted chickpea, daikon radish, pea shoots, buckwheat, alfalfa, crunchy bean and more.  They have so many different types of sprouts and microgreens that are perfect for any type of palate (spicy, mild, you name it) and the baggies come in a number of sizes so you can choose what best suits your diet and sprouting eating frequency.  I picked up a small baggie of sunflower sprouts and have already inhaled the whole bag with help from my mum and dad!  You can find them here at The Stop at Wychwood and also at the Richmond Hill market (which I will add to the market list) and Barrie which is interestingly one of the oldest markets in the province!

Finally, I saw Delish Kitch at the market for the first time yesterday!  In a nutshell, Delish Kitch specializes in gluten-free, low-starch food with the absence of refined sugars.  They offer vegetarian, vegan and dairy-free options on their impressive menu: veggie pizzas, cookies, muffins, savoury tarts and pies, bread, tons of granola, soups, and their speciality, Bisckers, which are a cross between crackers and biscuits with a hint of scone without the gluten!

This visit was just what I needed to kick start some extra inspiration and I happily got everything I wanted out of it.  It’s almost May and we all know what that means: spring and summer season at the markets!  I just found out all the 2013 dates so in another week I’ll be updating the market list with a rundown of all the ones returning in May and June and all the great market events we can expect this year!  I am so pumped and excited!

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The Stop Community Food Centre Farmers’ Market at Artscape Wychwood Barns is held year-round on Saturdays from 8am-12pm.  The park and historic community centre complex is located at 76 Wychwood Ave. just off of St. Clair Ave. West, east of Christie St. and west of Bathurst St.  http://www.thestop.org/green-barn-market

A Day of Kale & Lettuce – Leafy Greens, Jarred Sauces, and Fall Pastries & Vegetables at Wychwood Barns

My arms are killing me, especially my left one.  When I woke up this morning, I could have sworn I slept on it funny.  Why else would it feel so sore?  Then it dawned on me: my arms were sore from carrying bags of market vegetables and groceries all around town yesterday!  Up, down, and all around I went, lugging bags of fresh beautiful green curly kale, red kale, leafy romaine lettuce, red leaf lettuce, and a delicious fall inspired apple-cranberry crumble pie from Yorktown Pie Company.  And leftover beet risotto from my beloved Mela Cafe.  And a giant loaf of honey wheat bread from Panera Bread.  Oh, and some macarons.  Needless to say, I was out like a light on the subway and bus ride back home!

Part of me really, really wanted to take it easy this weekend.  As in, stay at home, watch tv, and catch up on sleep.  Then the blogging workaholic in me shook her head and tsked.  There were so many things I wanted to do.  I wanted to grab some vegetables to take home.  I wanted to pay a visit to the market at Wychwood Barns during the fall season, something I had never done before.  And I wanted some warm fall comfort food, a nice walk outside, and some more macarons, even if I meant I’d have to get up at 6:30 in the morning to started on my day.  So to the market I went!  And even though I was one very sleepy girl when I came home (I was dozing in front of my laptop as I was editing photos!), I was real happy I pushed myself to go out because I had so much fun yesterday, bulging grocery bags and all!

Wychwood Barns was hopping with market goers, not to mention folks who were there to check out the Pottery Glass show happening inside!  Despite the chilly weather (scarf and mitten weather for me), everyone was in good spirits, snatching up vegetables like there was no tomorrow.  I couldn’t believe all the great stuff I picked up.  My family and I gobbled up all of our romaine and red leaf lettuce today for both lunch and dinner, and my beautiful leafy kale is waiting to be sauteed with garlic and olive oil for tomorrow’s dinner.  The markets are just amazing and I love knowing that everyone in my family is enjoying the goodies I bring home every week.

This week at the market I noticed an abundance of leafy greens, Chinese vegetables, snow peas, radishes, jarred sauces and condiments (pesto and mustard, yum!), and seasonal fall fruit and veggie pastries and baked goods.  It was my first time buying red kale and I’m so excited to have it for dinner tomorrow!  It wasn’t until my visit to Crème Fraîche last month during Samsara Fields’ pop-up market that I realized just how many different types of kale there were, so it’s been great learning about and seeing (and obviously eating!) all the different kinds.  So far we’ve just sauteed it and had it with rice, but I’d love to try making kale chips sometime because so many rave about it.  That, and mixing it in with pasta.  YUM!

Yesterday was also the Junction market’s last day of the year and season and while I really wanted to be there to see their last one, I just couldn’t go out that far west.  It wasn’t practical given how the other things I wanted to do kept me closer to midtown and the downtown core.  I’m so sad that I won’t have that market to go to anymore until next year, providing they come back for their sophomore year, which I really hope they do!  Lucky for me, Wychwood, Evergreen Brick Works, and Crème Fraîche Market Cafe operate year round and I still have a few more weeks to squeak out a visit to other weekend markets such as Liberty Village, Leslieville, Withrow, Weston, and Montgomery Inn.  Some of them are a little far for me to get to, but hey, I always make my market visits worthwhile so we’ll see!

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The Stop Community Food Centre Farmers’ Market at Artscape Wychwood Barns is held year-round on Saturdays from 8am-12pm.  The park and historic community centre complex is located at 76 Wychwood Ave. just off of St. Clair Ave. West, east of Christie St. and west of Bathurst St.  http://www.thestop.org/green-barn-market

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring, Ate by Ate Still Went Farmers Marketing! The Wet & Rainy Trip to Wychwood Barns!

I have never been to a farmers’ market in the rain.  Ever.  I’ve been at the market after a fresh rain with droplets still clinging to the grass and leaves, and before a rain shower with thunder rumbling in the distance, but never during a wet, rainy mess.  If it was raining, I just wouldn’t bother.  It’s not easy making the trek for an hour and a half  to two hours depending on where the market is!  But I had day-long plans with my best friend yesterday anyway and thought, “why not?”  I hadn’t been back to Wychwood in two months, I was dying for a farmers market trip, and part of me was extremely curious to see what the market was like in the rain!  I suited up in rain boots, jacket, and umbrella and I was on my way!  It was definitely a different experience to say the least!  I was lugging around my tote bag, purse, umbrella, camera, and my bag of market goodies – I was a clunky mess but still had a lot of fun nevertheless! 

The Stop Market at Wychwood Barns has a really big advantage over other summer outdoor markets because if the weather ever gets icky, the vendors can move back indoors if necessary unlike other markets where an indoor venue isn’t even available.  Half the market stuck it out outside in the rain yesterday (the ones with bigger tents most likely) while the other half packed up and moved indoors.  The rain didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits though!  There were so many people at the market, wet shopping bags, puddles, and all!  There were crowds by Mad Mexican and Maizal Quesadilla’s table (I know, I was part of that crowd!) for dips, corn chips, and fresh corn tortillas, market goers were snatching up cheese, baked goods, and plenty of late summer, early fall fruits and vegetables.

 

It was such a great time to see the colours and varities of fruits and vegetables transition from summer ones to early fall ones.  I got my first glimpse of the fall season’s offerings: gourds and little squashes, giant purple eggplants, cabbage, swiss chard, arugula, and so much more.  There was an abundance of gorgeous heirloom tomatoes in both regular and baby varieties, fresh garlic and herbs, beets, rainbow carrots, green beans, and even a roasting corn pit by the wood-fired oven outside! 

I picked up 4 baby purple cabbages (which my family and I happily used to make a fresh cabbage slaw salad for lunch today with a mustard vinaigrette) and a new container of kale pesto dip and spread from Earth & City!  It was my first time buying cabbage from the market and even though I’m not the biggest fan of cabbage as a food, I couldn’t pass them up.  They were so cute and beautiful.  And four of them for only $2!  My mum and I cut them all up and it filled an entire big salad bowl!  It’s the edible purple gift that keeps on giving!  It sure as hell beats the $1.29/pound my mum saw at the supermarket the other day for plain green cabbage.  (Cue me scoffing here).  I felt like I had struck gold with such a great deal and it ended up making a great lunch for my whole family.

Little by little, the markets will be cloaked in oranges, reds, yellows, deep purples and greens, and it’s already showing now with all the rich colours.  It’ll be so nice getting photos of Wychwood Barns in the thick of the fall season in late September and October, especially since my first posts were made back in February!  And I know this is months away, but I am so, so excited for the holiday and Christmas season!  I know, I know, it’s too “early” to be thinking of that.  But writing this blog (and working at Kraft!) has definitely speeded up the creative process where you’re brainstorming and working on things months and months in advance.  I am so pumped to start the Fall Harvest Series in a few weeks and I think going to the markets is a great precursor for things to come.

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The Stop Community Food Centre Farmers’ Market at Artscape Wychwood Barns is held year-round on Saturdays from 8am-12pm.  The park and historic community centre complex is located at 76 Wychwood Ave. just off of St. Clair Ave. West, east of Christie St. and west of Bathurst St.  http://www.thestop.org/green-barn-market

The Great Outdoors – Sweet Gardens, Green Space, and Food at the The Stop’s Outdoor Market, Wychwood Barns

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The Stop Community Food Centre Farmers’ Market at Artscape Wychwood Barns is held year-round on Saturdays from 8am-12pm.  The market will be heading outdoors for the summer season starting next Saturday, May 26!  The park and historic community centre complex is located at 76 Wychwood Ave. just off of St. Clair Ave. West, east of Christie St. and west of Bathurst St.  http://www.thestop.org/green-barn-market

Sprouted Chickpea Hummus, Sour Cream Apple Pies, and Farm Fresh Carrots – Wychwood Barns, Part III

Yorktown Pie Company in the house at Wychwood Barns!

I learned a valuable lesson during my visit to Wychwood Barns this past Saturday: you can never have or bring too many tote bags.  I left the house with my large, insulated drawstring lunch tote thinking it would be good enough for the warm (who am I kidding, it was hot) day ahead to carry around any goodies I bought.  I soon found out it was not as I juggled my purse, my camera, promo flyers, the newest issue of Edible Toronto, and many baggies of food as I struck up conversations with market vendors and took photos, all the while struggling to stick said baggies of food into my lunch tote without squishing everything. 

There were not enough hands to go around and, given how amazing this market was on Saturday, there were also not enough tummies to stomach all the wonderful food.  This visit was my favourite out of all the times I’ve went for so many reasons.  Not only did the selection of food blow me away, but also because I learned so much from the vendors about the food and the industry.  I had a great conversation with Mason from Yorktown Pie Company while I was ogling the mountains of small pies they had on Saturday and it talking to him, and others, just opens up your eyes to the ins and outs and highs and lows of farmers’ market and local business entrepreneurs.  You learn about controversial food issues, ethical concerns regarding the genuine certification of local and organic food (let’s just say some business are dishonest and give the impression that they use local food when, in fact, they do not), the difference between produce straight from our local farmers and its non-local counterparts, and about food in general.

For the record, their sour cream apple pie, $5 (aptly nicknamed “apple crack” among Yorktown Pie bakers and team members!) is out of this world!  If you love apple pie and/or sour cream doughnuts, you will be all over this pie like mud on a pig.  The apple pie has a sweet delicious crumble on top with baked apples and a creamy, custard-like filling that is so, so good.  I love the pies because the crusts don’t have the bitter aftertaste that I often find with other pies and this one is such a great dessert because you know it’s a treat that’s decadent, yet it doesn’t come off as too rich or too gluttonous.  A huge part of me wishes I had bought more than one because my family and I shared it.  Sigh.  Now I have to go back for sushi AND pies.  It’s never ending. 

Ooo, edible flowers on Earth & City’s vegan coconut brownies!

Take Earth & City for instance.  I’ve been a huge fan of their food for months now and it’s always hard leaving a market without something delicious from them.  Since the spring season started, Cassandra and Lisa started selling a bunch of different homemade vegan dips and spreads (perfect with their flatbreads, with vegetables, on sandwiches, and just about everything!) for $5 a pop including their sweet walnut sauce, preserved basil pesto, and sprouted chickpea hummus.  

You all know how much I LOVE dips and spreads (remember how crazy I was over Jesse’s Luscious Dips beet hummus from the Toronto Office Markets?  It breaks my heart that she moved to Niagara and that her business is no longer operating in Toronto), so I had to pick one up.  They had their sprouted chickpea hummus for sale and before you ask, “wait, isn’t hummus already made out of chickpeas?  Why the inclusion of the word chickpeas in the name?”, let me explain. 

Ever since I had their sprouted buckwheat pizza, I started reading up on sprouted foods and what the term “sprouted” actually means.  I found a very informative site HERE that contains a truckload of information on what sprouting is (soaking raw seeds, beans, and grains in water to basically “unlock” the stored nutrients and enzymes that are only made available to us through the process of sprouting and germination), the types of foods that can be sprouted aside from the obvious alfalfa (lentils, soybeans, sunflower seeds, chickpeas and/or garbonzo beans, barley, and more), its nutritional and health benefits (great for digestion!), and how to go about making your own raw, sprouted food.  

Earth & City’s sprouted chickpea hummus is – excuse my language – freakin’ unreal.  It is so delicious I could eat the entire container by myself in one day.  Made with tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, and a some sea salt, it has this wonderful savoury garlic flavour, a bit of texture from the chickpeas, and is super thick in consistency.

The amazing carrots and potatoes from Highmark Farms

I tried some with a carrot stick that Cassandra had cut up and I was head over heels in love, with both the hummus AND the carrot stick.  Which is unheard of for me!  I’m not the biggest fan of raw carrots.  I find them tasteless and exceptionally painful to eat (I feel like my teeth are going to snap off every time I try to eat them) and overall, not enjoyable.  However, when I dunked my carrot stick into the hummus I could not believe how soft, juicy, sweet, and flavourful it was and I asked Cassandra where the carrot sticks were from and she pointed behind me and said, “Highmark Farms!” 

I was floored.  Not because the carrots came from a fellow market food producer (many of the vendors swap and use one another’s bounty in an effort to reduce costs and showcase local food), but because of the difference in taste.  I hate the carrots that come from the supermarket but loved the carrot stick I ate from Highmark Farms.  The difference is so apparent and obvious it’s ridiculous.  This just serves as a reminder that it’s so important for us to remain cognizant of the food politics at play when it comes to our accessibility, our selection, and the honest to goodness bounty of great food that exists in and around our city and our province.  Will all of us ever be locavores?  Doubtful.  But it pays to know the difference and the options available to us.

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The Stop Community Food Centre Farmers’ Market at Artscape Wychwood Barns is held year-round on Saturdays from 8am-12pm.  The market will be heading outdoors for the summer season starting next Saturday, May 26!  The park and historic community centre complex is located at 76 Wychwood Ave. just off of St. Clair Ave. West, east of Christie St. and west of Bathurst St.  http://www.thestop.org/green-barn-market

Sushi Animals and Vegetarian & Vegan Sushi Bites – CheFe’s Natural Kitchen at Wychwood Barns, Part II

Sushi roll artwork, vegan coconut brownies sprinkled with edible flowers, sour cream apple pie, and homemade hummus – all in a day’s work at yet another blossoming Saturday morning farmers’ market at Wychwood Barns!  Even though I go into many of these markets with a vague, general idea of the types of farmers’, producers, and food vendors that will be there, I can never be entirely prepared for what I see each time I go.  In addition to the changing seasons, vendors are always upping their game and wowing market visitors with new and different products, promotions, and samples, so no two markets are ever exactly alike.  Last time, I thought discovering the Bread Song Collective was the most exciting thing that had happened during my adventures at Wychwood.  Yesterday completely showed that visit up because I was treated to even more surprises!   

First up: vegetarian and vegan Japanese food and sushi artwork by CheFe’s Natural Kitchen!  I was beside myself when I saw their table.  Sushi?!  At a farmer’s market?!  I know I haven’t been to every single market in the city yet but oh my good gracious, this was the first time I had EVER seen sushi at a market and I was so excited like you would not believe.  And to think that CheFe’s Natural Kitchen has been right under my nose this entire time – foreshame!

Upon arriving at CheFe’s table located near the east entrance of the market, I asked Chihiro, co-founder and owner of CheFe’s Natural Kitchen here in Toronto, if she was new to Wychwood Barns.  I found out from her that her business was not, in fact, a new vendor at The Stop’s market but instead, a mainstay at every other Saturday market.  WHAT!  I realize I’ve only been going to the Wychwood market since February, but seriously, I could bang my head against a wall for missing her and her table of sushi delicacies each and every single time I went!  Obviously, I had just been going to the market during the weeks she wasn’t there and it took me, oh, nearly FOUR MONTHS to finally get the timing right!  And I’m so happy I did.  (And, as a side note, now that we know CheFe’s Natural Kitchen was at the market yesterday on May 19, we can do the math and figure out their next market appearnace: June 2nd!  And as a treat, CheFe’s Natural Kitchen will actually be at The Stop Market at Wychwood Barns EVERY Saturday during the month of June!)

CheFe’s Natural Kitchen is a local food business here in Toronto that operates as a catering business and a vendor at The Stop’s market.  Their focus is on creating nutritious food in compliance with macrobiotic principles, vegetarian and vegan food in particular.  In a nutshell, the TVA page on Macrobiotics and the Macrobiotic diet that CheFe’s site links to defines a macrobiotic diet as one that is devoid of additives, artificial flavours, chemicals, and animal products and devoted to whole, unprocessed foods in their natural state.

 

Their selection at the market includes onigiri, savoury crackers, brown rice cookies and sweet oat cookies, and homemade, healthy vegetarian and vegan sushi made with brown rice, flax seed, tofu, vegetables, Japanese herbs, black sesame seeds, and so much more.  My mouth gaped open as my eyes darted back and forth across the table of goodies before me while my mind kept screaming ohmygodohmygodohmygod.  This is not your run-of-the-mill, bore-me-to-tears veggie sushi.  Chihiro has, simply put, created sushi masterpieces.  She makes beautiful and adorable maki: rolls with the middles made to look like pink flowers and – wait for this – ANIMAL sushi!  Think sushi bites that look like anime pandas and monkey and birdies.  It totally reminds me of the art of the bento box and the relationship between food and art in Japanese cuisine, only in maki form.

The prices are incredibly reasonsable considering how labour intensive it is to make these little works of art.  Prices range anywhere from $1.50 to $2.50 per item for most things, with the exception of their sushi/nori logs, which are around $4.  There was no way I could leave without picking up a little something so I snatched up a giant pink flower maki roll ($2.25) and a brown rice and edamame onigiri ($1.50) and while I didn’t eat the pink flower maki myself (I saved it for my mum), she loved it and I LOVED my brown rice and edamame onigiri!  So much so that there was a large part of me that wished I had bought every single one of them off the platter.  I have no shame.  It was SO delicious and for $1.50, beyond worth it.  The brown rice was so soft and combined with the edamames studded throughout it, it tasted light, wholesome, and healthy because it wasn’t bogged down with seasoning.  I am already penciling in a follow-up visit to the market two Saturdays from now, just so I can get my hands and teeth on more sushi! 

When I started writing this post, I thought for certain that I’d be writing about yesterday’s market in its entirety, but now I realize that there is no possible way of fitting everything else into this post because there is so much more I want and need to share with you all.  The sushi discovery was just one of the wonderful things that happened yesterday and I’ll wrap up tomorrow with yummies from Earth & City, Highmark Farms, and The Yorktown Pie Company!   If yesterday’s farmers’ market was any indication of what the summer has in store, it’s going to be one incredibly amazing season from here on out.

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The Stop Community Food Centre Farmers’ Market at Artscape Wychwood Barns is held year-round on Saturdays from 8am-12pm.  The market will be heading outdoors for the summer season starting next Saturday, May 26!  The park and historic community centre complex is located at 76 Wychwood Ave. just off of St. Clair Ave. West, east of Christie St. and west of Bathurst St.  http://www.thestop.org/green-barn-market

It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Summer – The Almost-Outdoor Farmers’ Market at Wychwood Barns, Part I

Happy Food Revolution Day, and Victoria and Memorial Day long weekend everyone!  I know it’s been a bit quieter here over the last few days and that’s only because I’ve been working on SO MANY things for the blog for the upcoming month and season!  I have huge and exciting news to share with you all soon (I can barely contain myself, but I have to wait just a little bit longer to tell you all about it) and there are a number of things I’ll be doling out over the next month including the June Food Calendar, the June Markets, and two new series that are in the works: the patio dining series and the vegan brunch series!  I’m working away at the Cookie & Baking Scrapbook Project and I’m also hard at work gathering up news and update goodies for the next installment of the Cupcake Connection.  I’m crazy busy, but I wouldn’t want it any other way.  

Not only are things heating up here, but the weather is starting to get mighty fiery as well and that definitely makes for some very eventful outdoor farmers’ marketing!  I went to the market at Wychwood Barns again today and I can honestly say that since I started going back in February, today’s was the best its ever been.  I cannot wait to share my huge write-up with you all tomorrow featuring pies, hummus, sweets, and some very adorable and delicious sushi (yes, that’s right, CUTE sushi!), so enjoy the market veggies photos that were taken today – it doesn’t get any fresher than that! 

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The Stop Community Food Centre Farmers’ Market at Artscape Wychwood Barns is held year-round on Saturdays from 8am-12pm.  The market will be heading outdoors for the summer season starting next Saturday, May 26!  The park and historic community centre complex is located at 76 Wychwood Ave. just off of St. Clair Ave. West, east of Christie St. and west of Bathurst St.  http://www.thestop.org/green-barn-market