Larchmont Farmers’ Market Continues to Delight

The Larchmont Farmers' Market was held for the second time this year yesterday, after opening for the season last Saturday.

More than 20 vendors, some local and some from as far away as Cooperstown, came to the market to sell their fresh goods at the Larchmont train station parking lot.

Several popular returning vendors were there, including Dr. Pickle of Wayne, NJ, and Flourish Baking Company of Scarsdale, both of whom were also at the Mamaroneck Winter Market.

The market, however, did have quite a bit beyond the standard fare, offering several meat, cheese, dairy and baked goods vendors, each of which brought something interesting and unique to the market.

Thornwood Farm, a pork, poultry and egg farm from Sidney Center, NY, in Delaware County, brought two eccentric offerings, duck eggs and naturally green eggs (Sorry folks, no matching ham.) 

Paula Allen, the farm's owner, also mentioned plans of obtaining a mobile slaughterhouse in order to produce and slaughter more chicken, as well as rent out to other small farmers.

One noteworthy cheese vendor was the Cooperstown Cheese Company, based in Milford, NY, near Cooperstown in Otsego County.  Among their offerings was Toma Prima, a semi-soft cheese of their own creation, similar to other Toma cheeses from Northern Italy.

Lani's Farm, a specialty produce farm from Bradentown, NJ, offered a number a unusually fresh items.  Among them were fresh garlic and fresh baby garlic, both of which are usually found dried at most supermarkets.

Bisou & Tartine, a local vendor based right out of Larchmont that specializes in French pastries and artisan breads aimed at the French-American community, offered up a number of delicious baked goods. Owner Valérie Wetterhahn offered a sample of one of her delicious chocolate croissants.

In addition to these regular vendors, several revolving "day vendors" also appear at the market every few weeks.  These include Bombay Emerald Chutney from Yorktown Heights, Kontoulis Family Olive Oil from Larchmont, Guyank Brand hot sauce from Woodhaven, Queens and Adair Vineyard from New Paltz. Adair on Saturday offered a healthy selection of wines, and even provided samples to anyone willing to have a taste at 9 am.

The Larchmont Farmers' Market is open at the Larchmont train station parking lot from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday until December 18, rain or shine.  The market's manager, Ellen Fried, noted that the closing time was pushed up from 2 p.m. to 1 p.m., since most people showed up early in the morning, and that traffic declined considerably in the afternoon.  The Larchmont Farmers' Market is organized by Community Markets, who also organizes several other local farmers' markets, including Mamaroneck's indoor winter market.  For more information on the Larchmont Farmers' Market, go here.