Red Stick Farmers Market for July 9, 2009

• By THE ADVOCATE FOOD STAFF
• Published: Jul 9, 2009
• The farmers’ markets vegetable and food product lists are featured every Thursday on The Advocate’s web site, http://www.2theadvocate.com, and on the first Thursday of each month in The Advocate’s Food section.

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Red Stick Farmers Market in downtown Baton Rouge this Saturday continues its summer Fresh Fest with a celebration of the peach season. Throughout the morning market vendors will invite shoppers to take a chance on winning a basket of Louisiana produce and market items.

The farmers’ market is held each Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon on Fifth Street between Main and North streets.

In the Fresh From the Market cooking program, host chef Celeste Gill will welcome chef Scott Dardenne with Louis DeAngelo Restaurants who will demonstrate recipes using peaches. The pair will demonstrate dishes featuring Creole and other tomato varieties.

The demonstration begins at 10 a.m. Saturday in the North Street seating area inside the Main Street Market, which is in the Galvez Garage, also between Main and North streets with an entrance on Fifth Street.

The Bluegrass Jam will perform from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. inside the Main Street Market in the North Street seating area.

On Saturdays, free parking is available for market shoppers in the Galvez Garage, which also serves as the Red Stick Farmers Market rain location.

The Mid-Week Markets operate from 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Tuesday market is held in the parking lot of the Unitarian Church, 8470 Goodwood Blvd. near the entrance to Tara Boulevard, weather permitting. The Thursday market is held  at 7248 Perkins Road in front of the Perkins Palm development, across from The Baton Rouge Clinic, between Essen Lane and Kenilworth Parkway.

For information about the farmers’ markets, contact the Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance at (225) 267-5060.

Area farmers and artisan food producers scheduled to be at Saturday’s Red Stick Farmers Market in downtown Baton Rouge include:

• Amato Louisiana Native Winery — Fruit wines, sausages and Italian cheeses.
• Belle Ècorce Farm — Goat cheeses including logs, spreads and party cheese disks.
• Briarhill Farm — Chickens, quail, Cornish hens, Bloody Mary mix, tomato relish and salsa.
• Chenier Family Farm — Purple hull peas, honey, red and Yukon Gold potatoes and corn.
• Coyote Creek — Herbs.
• Dillard Teacakes — Teacakes and sweet potato pies.
• Fekete Farm — Tomatoes, red potatoes, jalapeño and serrano peppers, okra and watermelon.
• Feliciana Delights — Summer cobblers, jellies, fig preserves, pies and frozen entrées and gumbo.
• Feliciana Greenhouses by Jimmy Hadden — Lettuces, sprouts and salad dressings.
• Fletcher Family Farm — Sweet onions, tomatoes and peach bread.
• Frances Chauvin Blue Ribbon Pies — Fruit pies and tarts, quiche, sugar-free tarts and shoe soles.
• Glaser Produce Farm — Corn, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, cushaw, bell peppers and okra.
• Greenhand Nursery — Vegetable seedlings, tomato plants and herbs.
• Huszar Family Farm — Tomatoes.
• Le Potager — Cheese and garlic biscuits, cookies, fruit scones, breads, fruit tarts and muffins.
• Louisiana shrimp — Murvin Gaspard, of Gage and Evin Shrimp Co. of Cut Off, with wild-caught shrimp and Gulf fish.
• Lucy Mike Creations — Italian cookies and bread, candies, cakes and stuffed artichoke.
• Mizell Farms — Herb plants.
• Mon Jardin — Baby squash, zucchini, eggplant and okra.
• Morrow Family Farm — Shelled pink-eyed peas.
• Naquin Farm — Tomatoes, bell pepper, squash, cucumber and eggplant.
• Outlaw Katfish Farm — Des Allemands wild-caught catfish, live crabs and lump crabmeat.
• Papa John’s Family Farm — Tomatoes, lettuce, fresh green tomato salsa, pickles and jams.
• Papa Tom Bonnecaze Farms — Seasonings, sliced jalapeño, and stone-ground cornmeal and grits.
• Pinnur Foods — Mediterranean salad dressings, basil and sun-dried tomato pesto and feta dip.
• Plantation Pecan — Peaches, cantaloupe, lima beans, plums, pecans and pecan pies.
• Rico Family Farm — Tomatoes, green onions, peppers, squash, strawberries and tamales.
• SaySaye’s Village Bakery — Soups, savory tortes, cinnamon rolls, breads and stromboli.
• Smith Creamery — Milk, Creole cream cheese, butter, half-and-half, cream, desserts and eggs.
• Sunflower Hill — Grass-fed pork and lamb, fresh pasta, marinara, eggs and pesto.
• Uncle Bill’s Creole Gumbo Filé — Handmade filé from sassafras leaves.
• Vicknair Family Farm — Cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant and new potatoes.
• Yard Bird Farm — Eggs, chicken, and chicken sausage.

The Food section listing is limited to food-related participants and is not a complete listing of each vendor’s selections. Many of the markets also have artists and crafts vendors.