Fall Farmers Market Secrets with the Director of the Dallas Farmers Market
Fall is farmers market season, but what does that actually mean when you live somewhere like Dallas?
This week on Flavorphiles, Tanner and Jerry head into fall with a Harvest Highball made with applejack, an old-school American apple spirit, before turning the market into their own personal cooking competition. In Chopped: Flavorphiles Edition, they each surprise the other with mystery baskets of fall farmers market staples and have to figure out what they would actually make with them.
Then we talk with the Director of the Dallas Farmers Market about what really happens when the market turns: how farmers prepare for fall, what shoppers misunderstand about seasonal produce, what changes in North Texas agriculture, and how the market gets ready for cooler weather, holiday shopping, and Thanksgiving demand.
Plus, Tanner breaks down what “organic” really means, why some of the best produce at a farmers market may not be certified organic, which labels are worth asking about, and which terms are mostly marketing fluff. And finally, we meet the 10 people you always find at the farmers market.
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