Edible Chicago

Nettlehorst French Market

So it's Saturday morning. I'm a little hungover, and a little hungry. I need a shower, but i'll let it wait till later, because just down the street is the coolest thing about my neighborhood during the summer, the market held over at the Nettelhorst school.







The market is small, but has a great selection of local produce, local art, flowers and a fantastic bakery. One of our favorite stops is for pretzel bread and scones from the Hahn bakery stand, guys that come in all the way from someplace called Geneva, way outside of the city. Pretzel bread is a delectible mild bread, with a dark crust covered in tasty pretzel salt. Dan goes crazy for it! and i love anything with lots of carbs....

There are also artist booths, a few weeks ago i got a really cool necklace from a woman who lives just down the street from me, and it's so cool that a homeless lady stopped me to give me a compliment. Thanks michelle!




This week we obtained some awesome food-related artwork, from a guy who was selling these
georgeous wooden cutting boards and other crafts from a company in Oxford, PA. We got a really amazing cutting board, great for presenting the cheese course at our next dinner party!


Finally, we round out our carb fest with some zucchini from one stand, and some dried-vegetable chips from a farm in Dowagiac, MI. The veggie chips are great, the taro, carrot, and eggplant are good, but the green beans are actually our favorite. Salty and crispy and sweet! A great Saturday morning treat.

posted by Dan and Christa @ 8:32 PM