By Karen Watterson
This time of year, it’s hard not to fantasize about the summer farmer’s markets.
Weathered wooden bins overflowing with ripe tomatoes, juicy berries, delicate greens, fat zucchini. Not to mention the special camaraderie that develops between shopper and farmer, week after week. Sharing recipes, talk of the weather, restaurant gossip. The farmer’s market is a wonderful place to be.
Must we forego all that just because it’s winter?
We think not!
Enter the Brunswick Winter Market, with over 40 vendors. You’ll find it every Saturday (until mid-April when it moves outside), 9 to 12:30 at Fort Andross. It’s called a winter market, instead of a farmer’s market for a good reason. Many vendors are small purveyors who make their food with local ingredients.There are bakeries, seafood vendors, dairies, meat producers, farmers and even a coffee roaster.
Here are some of our favorites.
PS - Look for many of these vendors at the NOW OPEN Portland indoor market on Free Street.