saturday morning ritual

every saturday morning, my bff and i go to the farmer's market in worthington. this much sacred saturday morning ritual always begins with the same breakfast from la chatelaine: two slices of sour dough bread, strawberry jam and colombian coffee.

two things are certain: i will over fill that tiny little cup and the staff at la chatelaine will be uninterested in providing us with good service. i've come to view their disinterest in customer service with humor and this just adds to the enjoyment of our saturday morning ritual.


next up is to make our rounds to the vendors. i usually get a lot of the same things but i try to seek out a new goodie now and then. this week i waited in a crazy long line to get strawberries from crum farm. the berries proved to be worth the wait. they were sweet, juicy and all perfectly ripe. i also got one of my favorite veggie treats - fresh peas in the pod from pop and judy. i've been snacking on these goodies all day.

batter & bowl - new vendor at the worthington farmer's market

at the worthington farmer's market, there's a new vendor who has some really yummy baked goods. the pie above is a berry pie that was pretty tasty. i also had a mexican brownie that was so good i ate it before i could take a picture. batter and bowl's mexican brownie has cinnamon and cayenne pepper, yum! check these ladies out:

batter and bowl
custom cakes, cookie & more
sara yates
614.905.1922
batterandbowl at gmail.com

farmer's market treats

the worthington farmer's market is back and my withdrawal symptoms are beginning to subside. because it's early in the season, there wasn't much produce to be had (other than asparagus & rhubarb) but i did come back with some favorites i've been craving all winter.

sweet thing gourmet, created by kyla touris, has a fantastic selection of gourmet jams and biscotti. and although i'll branch out to other flavors as the season progresses, strawberry champagne jam is my favorite. her raspberry jalapeño and ginger peach jams are fantastic as well. sweet thing gourmet is made with only ohio fruit and is hand-stirred in small batches. her jams capture the impossibly fresh flavor of fruit picked at its peak. yum!

sweet thing gourmet
479 north stanberry avenue
bexley, oh 43209
614.252.1830

pleiades maple products, purveyors of a large line of maple goodies started making maple butter this year! i have a maple weakness and maple butter is a treat that is hard to find. for the past few years, i have hopefully asked every maple vendor i know if they make it and until last week i have always been disappointed. maple butter has the sweet and rich flavor of maple with the creamy goodness of butter. so delicious!

pleiades maple products
eddie lou meimer
3870 twp rd 115
mt. gilead, oh 43338
419.946.7749