Put together your Fourth of July pre-party spread with local meats, wines and produce found at the Red Stick Farmers Market.
As 225 Dine reports, you won’t see any new produce at the farmers market, but customers will continue see an available stock of summer staples like blueberries, watermelon, peaches and cantaloupes. Fruits and veggies like cucumbers, eggplant, figs and okra also will continue to be available. You can still get your fix of sweet corn, snap peas and bell peppers this month, as they’ll be out of season after July.
And don’t forget each Saturday in July will be accompanied by a cooking demonstration at the Main Street Market. Trumpeter John Gray will open this weekend’s “Star Spangled Saturday”-themed market with the national anthem at 8 a.m. The John Gray Trio will then play for market guests from 9 to 11 a.m. The arts market will also be this Saturday in conjunction with the Arts Council of Baton Rouge from 8 a.m. to noon.
Summer markets will take place at the following locations and dates:
Tuesdays: 8 a.m. to noon at the Main Library at Goodwood
Wednesdays: 9 a.m. to noon at Star Hill Church
Thursdays: 8 a.m. to noon at Pennington Biomedical Research Center; 9 a.m. to noon at the ExxonMobil YMCA
Saturdays: 8 a.m. to noon at Fifth and Main streets downtown
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