Some Delicious Selections Can Be Found at Local Farmers Markets
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By Morris Gut
White Plains Farmers Market. A welcome sign of the new season, this popular outdoor market is in full swing on Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Check their website for details. It’s on Court Street between Martine and Main streets. Info: www.whiteplainsfarmersmarket.com.
Muscoot Farmers Market. Part of Muscoot Farm on Route 100 in Katonah, it has reopened for the season. The market will operate every Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. through November. Info: 914-864-7283 or visit www.muscootfarm.org.
Irvington Farmers Market. Main Street School lot, 110 Main St., Irvington. Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: www.theirvingtonfarmersmarket.org.
Pleasantville Farmers Market. You can find it at Memorial Place every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ample parking. Info: www.pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org.
Cold Spring Farmers Market at Boscobel. This popular market has moved to the lovely setting of the historic Boscobel Estate Museum in Garrison. Every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: www.csfarmmarket.org.
Farmer’s Market at John Jay Homestead. This picturesque operation runs every Saturday through October from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. First pick for members. John Jay Homestead is located at 400 Jay St. (Route 22) in Katonah. Info: www.johnjayhomestead.org.
Ossining Farmers Market. This Down to Earth Markets operation is located at the corner of Main and Spring streets year-round on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: www.downtoearthmarkets.com.
Peekskill Farmers Market. The 2023 season will kick off on Saturday, June 3 on Bank Street and run every Saturday, rain or shine, through Nov. 18. Info: 914-737-2780 or visit https://discoverpeekskill.com.
Hudson Valley Farmers Market. A year-round market. 15 Mount Ebo Rd. South, Brewster. Sundays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Info: www.hudsonvalleyfarmersmarket.org.
Chappaqua Farmers Market at the Metro-North Station. Starts Saturday, May 13. Info: www.chappaquafarmersmarket.org.
Mount Kisco Farmers Market. Operates Sundays starting May 21 through Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. South Moger Avenue parking lot near the Metro-North station. Info: www.mkfarmersmarket.com.
Bronxville Farmers Market. This bustling market runs every Saturday starting May 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Through November. Stone Place and Paxton Avenue in Bronxville. Info: 914-337-6040 or visit www.bronxvillefarmersmkt.org.
The Pelham Market. Starts Mother’s Day. Open Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Harmon Avenue and Fifth Avenue. Info: Visit Facebook or www.pelhammarket.org.
Larchmont Farmers Market. Metro-North station at Chatsworth Avenue and Myrtle Boulevard. Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 pm. Info: www.downtoearthmarkets.com.
Tuckahoe Farmers Market. Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Depot Square at the Metro-North Station, 65 Main St.
Scarsdale Farmers Market. The tents go up every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1 Boniface Circle, near the Metro-North station. Info: www.villagegreenmarkets.wixsite.com/scarsdalemarket.
Rye Farmers Market. Operates Sundays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Theo Fremd Avenue. Info: www.downtoearthmarkets.com.
Shiraz Kitchen Reopens
Proprietor and host Reza Parhizkaran has brought his highly regarded Shiraz Kitchen & Wine Bar to Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains, highlighting the flavors of the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Parhizkaran took over at Shiraz in 2015 when located in Elmsford. Shiraz is a three-time recipient of the coveted Michelin Restaurant Guide Bib Gourmet Award in Westchester.
Expect a sleek atmosphere and tempting kitchen specialties as in the original. There is also a wine bar featuring 175 vintages and 25 available daily by the glass. Try the kitchen specialties such as the feta-stuffed dates with walnut; Dolmeh (vegetarian stuffed grape leaves); saffron chicken with basmati rice; Sultani, a combination of grass-fed fillet kebab and ground beef koobideh kabob; red snapper with roasted tomato, dill and fava bean and basmati rice; and lamb shank.
Signature stews include the Persian vegetable stew, which includes eggplant, potato, cherry tomato, sour grape, barberries and saffron basmati rice, and the Fesenjoon (grinded and toasted walnut and meatball cooked in a pomegranate paste). An online market offers Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food products for home.
Shiraz Kitchen & Wine Bar is located at 80 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains. Open seven days for lunch and dinner. Private party facilities. Wine bar and lounge. Info: 914-345-6111 or visit www.shirazkitchen.com.
LMNOP Bakery Opens in Katonah
Founder Anne Mayhew, a former costume designer, took her passion for baking sourdough bread for herself and her neighbors and steadily grew her LMNOP Bakery business. She has now opened her own shop in Katonah, and it’s already bustling.
Stopped in recently for a loaf of her signature Bedford Sourdough to take home and we enjoyed every morsel. There is limited indoor and outdoor seating and a busy counter. Her offerings are posted on their website.
LMNOP Bakery products can also be found at Bedford Gourmet and Rochambeau Farm in Bedford, Fable Farm to Table in Ossining, Plum Plums Cheese Shop in New Canaan, Conn. and Second Mouse Cheese in Pleasantville.
LMNOP Bakery is located at 25 Katonah Ave. in Katonah. Hours may vary, so check the website. Info: 914-603-5420 or visit www.lmnopbakery.com.
Morris Gut is a restaurant marketing consultant and former restaurant trade magazine editor. He has been tracking and writing about the food and dining scene in greater Westchester for 30 years. He may be reached at 914-235-6591 or gutreactions@optonline.net.
This article was updated May 13 with additional information about the Carmel market.
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