July brings lots of fun backyard celebrations, and the Red Stick Farmers Market is a great place to stock up for your cookout.
Nothing helps relieve the heat of a summer day like fresh fruit. This month, you can find watermelon, cantaloupe, blueberries and peaches in season. Try incorporating them into a refreshing homemade sorbet, like this Spatula Diaries recipe for an easy Bourbon Peach Sorbet.
Summer also brings an abundance of heat-loving vegetables like cucumbers, squash, zucchini, bell peppers, jalapeños, mustard greens, cucumbers, sweet corn, tomatoes, fresh red beans and purple hull peas.
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The July farmers markets will be brightened by the presence of fresh hibiscus blooms from Lena Farm, fresh-cut sunflowers from Mon Jardin and mixed bouquets from Lucy Capdeboscq.
Fresh From the Market cooking demos
July 6: Chef Joshua Hebert from Roux 61
July 13: Lucie Monk Carter from Country Roads Magazine
July 20: Chef Chris Lockard from LSU Dining
Red Stick Farmers Market schedule
Tuesdays, 8 a.m.-noon, at the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library on Goodwood Boulevard
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Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon, at the ExxonMobil YMCA on Howell Boulevard
Thursdays, 8 a.m.-noon, at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center on Perkins Road (will be closed July 4)
Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon, at the Main Street Market on Fifth and Main streets.