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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Getting ready for spring, and farmers’ markets
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As the weather starts to warm, farmers are preparing for spring’s market season. I’ve already heard about community-supported agriculture shares going fast at Cane Creek Farm in Cumming — late summer shares were still available, but in short supply, last time I checked, and the spring/early summer season is sold out.
Spruill Green Market, in Dunwoody, plans to open on Wednesday, May 7. But connected local food lovers know they can still buy eggs from Garmon Family Farms there every other Wednesday or so, in the late morning (Corinna Garmon will be there on Wednesday, Feb. 27), and perhaps find a few other farmers and a smattering of produce. (If you want the eggs, go to the market and get on the Garmon mailing list; email’s your best shot at reserving a carton, which might be all committed by market day.) The Marietta Square Farmers Market has pegged May 3 as its opening day, and promises to be larger this summer.
Meanwhile, if you want to buy directly from a farmer before the spring growing season kicks in, you can head to three markets that operate year-round in metro Atlanta: the Morningside organic market, on Saturday mornings; the Decatur organic market, on Wednesday afternoons; and the produce stall just outside of Star Provisions in west Midtown, on Fridays and Saturdays.
Thinking about joining a community-supported agriculture program next spring? Most CSA programs serving Atlanta start in late April or early May. If you’re interested in joining a program in 2008, you can search for one near you at Local Harvest, or by looking in the local food guide from Georgia Organics.
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Is There Creole in the ATL?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
AT RIGHT: Chef Lenny Robinson plates a salad at his downtown restaurant, now called Fleurs de Lis Creole Eatery
Photo: JESSICA MCGOWAN/SPECIAL to the AJC
“I don’t work out. If God wanted us to bend over he’d put diamonds on the floor.”
— Joan Rivers
Downtown friends and colleagues were petrified a few weeks ago when the windows of one of our favorite eateries, Fleurs de Lis, closed its door and shuttered its windows, then hung them with butcher paper.
The butcher paper is a good sign of a renovation, I told them. Wait and see. The restaurant is owned and operated by chef Lenny Robinson who up until recently offered some of the finest French fare around. The problem was that Robinson, who one colleague aptly dubbed “grumpy-olicious,” was doing all the cooking and his wait staff was, well, a little out to lunch in a non-literal way.
Since the butcher paper came down a couple of weeks ago, the lines have been out the door during peak lunch times. Robinson streamlined the fussiness of his French offerings into standard Creole dishes like seafood gumbo and shrimp etouffee. Go early. He runs out of stuff quickly, and the gumbo is as good as gumbo gets — a clear, spicy broth made with brown roux and lots of seafood and rice (watch for crab and shrimp shells). Everything is now under $10, and it’s handed to you in a brown paper bag. You can sit at one of the cozy tables, or take your gigantic roast beef po’boy with gravy to go. Outrageous. 57 Forsyth St., Suite R-8. 404-230-9151, fleurs de lis
Where do you go in Atlanta for great Creole?
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