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mark of a market: each has its own characterr: Susan Schwartz, Montreal Gazette | Comments| Food, Life

outdoor mar"et has a #ersonalit!, $ hae lon% thou%ht& Some mar"ets 'um# all oer !ou, a (it li"e a slo((erin% do%, tr!in% to will !ou to li"e them& )thers are more resered* ththeir charms immediatel!, (ut leae !ou to tease them out slowl!& And sometimes a mar"et is li"e a reall! attractie #erson can (e: lots of flash, (ut not much else& ltimatel!,

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are mar"ets with hu%e #ersonalities . li"e Montreal+s /ean -alon Mar"et& $t+s an amazin% #lace and $ adore it, (ut $ hae to (e u# for it: $ need m! %ame face on& -he Atwater Mller and easier to ne%otiate . (ut with the ece#tion of a few #laces, li"e the Sata! 1rothers, who alone ma"e the tri# worth it (ecause their food is so %ood and the!+re so nicouceurs du March3, it neer feels li"e the communit! #lace $ want m! mar"et to (e&

mar"ets that are initin%& $ want to (e a(le to h ae a con ersation with the #erson who %rew or #roduced m! food or who "nows a lot a(out who did& -hat connection means awin% are descri#tions of some of m! faourite Montreal4area mar"ets&

! 6assouf, left, seres cus tomer Gilles 1ra(ant at Les /ardins Car!a+s t a(les at March3 Ste4Anne& 6assouf often su%% ests reci#es to isitors&

(l! the one $ li"e (es t is t he March Ste-Annefarmers market. $t+s set id!llicall! in Ste4Anne4de41elleue on the (oardwal" alon% the canal and, with more than 80 endors,

of choice: ecellent 'ust4harested #roduce, for one, much of it or%anic, from %rowers includin% Les /ardins Car!ain Senneille and La Ferme Coo#3ratie -ourne4Solin Les C$ hae (ou %ht and en'o!ed s# routs, % reens and micro%reens an d s mall and ten der white turni#s from them&

/ardins Car!a ta(les, co4owner and mana%er amz! 6assouf, an en%a%in% and out%oin% fellow who turned to or%anic farmin% in 00; after 5 !ears in the (an"in% industr!, osts reci#es& $f the re%ular food indus tr! is %rowin% at a rate of o ne #er cent a !ear, the or%anic indus tr! is %rowin% at a rate of -he ras#(err! is amazin%&? At@oola 7asta, artisanal #asta is made from or%anicall! %rown local %rains and Canadian durum semolina& ildoom fora%er >and scul#tor? Susan Bal!i of oltan+s ild Foods has a stand at the mar"et, and also leads mushroom4huntin% e#editions& )r leae the coo"in% to others: !ou

ndian food at Mas ala 2ha((a, Ethio#ian food at or"e+s 6itchen, and homemade tacos , (urritos and salsas at Madame -aco&

ime $+m there, $ uncoer a #lace $+m coninced wasn+t there (efore . onl! to learn that it was and $ 'ust didn+t see it&

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hants at March3 Ste4Anne can s ell onl! what the! themseles hae %rown or made, so customers Dcan ta# into the ( rain of th e farmer, sa!s mar"et co4ordinator 7atti Mur#h!

est mar"ets are communit! %atherin% #laces, and that+s how Ste4Anne+s feels& Althou%h most who fre=uent the mar"et are est $slanders, some, li"e me, drie the 5 "ilometreeal& Ste4Anne+s is a direct farmer#roducer mar"et, which means merchants can sell onl! what the! themseles hae %rown or made: no resellin%& A (onus for customers is tha# into the (rain of the farmer, said mar"et co4ordinator 7atti Mur#h!&

is alwa!s lie music . DSte4Anne+s is rich with local musicians, she said . and s#ecial eentsdurin% the season include a famil! da!, a scaen%er hunt, a %arlic festial in

ummer+s drew 5,500 #eo#le? and a chili festial at the end of Se#tem(er& Mar"et endor Gord 7atterson of Gordz Hot Sauceis one o f the #artici#ants & Some endors are at mort: Les /ardins Car!a and Gordz, for instance, also do the ednesda! afternoon Ile 7errot farmers+ mar"et&

n% near the mar"et can (e a challen%e, (ut on wee"ends until Se#t&

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Ber%il is one of the founders of March3 des clusiers in the )ld 7ort&

r%il sets out #roduce in a stall at March3 des clusiers, which o#ened this !ear in the )ld 7ort&

n to shoot 1on Co# 1ad Co# , Canadian actor Colm Feore >centre, in 'eans? isits March3 des clusiers in the )ld 7ort on -hursda!, /une , 0

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rine Loran%e sam#les rhu(ar( salad at the @2G Food 2e#ot+s Good Food Mar"et& Each wee", a featured fruit or e%eta(le is used in a dish that+s aaila(le for free tastin%s&

ood Food Market of the !" Food "epot# held Frida!s from

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dirondac" chairs, Fat(o!#illows and lawn tra!s s et out on th e es# lanade are initin%, and ma"e for a relaed, holida!4ish i(e& Held last s ummer on alternate -h ursd a!s , the mdraw a(out