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Grilled Pork Chops with Grilled Pineapple

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Pork chops, pineapple, and peaches on the grill make for a sweet summertime meal.

This Grilled Pork Chops with Grilled Pineapple recipe from our friend Chef Jackie Page of Jackie Kennedy Catering comes together quickly and saves you from heating up the kitchen on a hot summer day.

Using your grill to cook pork chops makes short work of the task. But keep in mind that when grilling pork it is always a good idea to choose chops with a little fat on them in order to yield a more tender and juicy result. And using your grill to caramelize the sugar in the pineapple brings out added sweetness that is very complementary to the pork chops.

Serve with Jackie’s Grilled Peach Salad (recipe below) to make this a complete meal.

GRILLED PORK CHOPS WITH GRILLED PINEAPPLE RECIPE

Ingredients

4 boneless pork chops

salt and pepper to taste

2 tbsp smoked paprika

2 tbsp olive oil

Fresh Pineapple slices

Sliced red bell pepper

Instructions

Season pork chops with salt, pepper, paprika, and olive oil.

Place on a pre-heated grill.

Grill pork chops for 2-3 minutes on each side.

Move chops to indirect heat, flipping once until they reach an internal temp of 165°.

Grill pineapple and red bell pepper slices until they have nice grill marks on both sides.

Serve pork chops with grilled pineapple and red bell pepper slices on top.

GRILLED PEACH SALAD

Ingredients

4 Peaches

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tbsp. Cinnamon

4 tbsp Olive oil

Mixed greens or lettuce of choice

4 oz. Goat cheese

salt and pepper to taste

Balsamic glaze

Instructions

Cut peaches in half and remove pit.

Season the halved peaches with a little cinnamon, olive oil and brown sugar.

Grill in a grill pan or on outdoor grill until seared with good grill marks.

Put lettuce on a platter, arrange peaches, and dollop with goat cheese.

Add salt and pepper to taste and drizzle with balsamic glaze.

Serves 8

RECIPE BY JACKIE PAGE / STYLING BY KEITH RECKER / PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF SWENSEN / STORY BY STAR LALIBERTE

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Chicken Caprese

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Chef Jackie Page serves summer on a plate with this fresh and delicious easy-peasy Chicken Caprese.

This Chicken Caprese recipe is evidence that a recipe doesn’t need to be complicated to be delicious. That is why we love this recipe from our friend and TABLE contributor Chef Jackie Page of Jackie Kennedy Catering.

Some very tasty dishes are often those that are the easiest to prepare. This is especially true when you take advantage of the full and subtle flavors of fresh ingredients. For a burst of summer’s finest flavors, serve this dish alongside Jackie’s Grilled Peach Salad (recipe below). From start to finish you’ll have this dinner on the table in under an hour.

CHICKEN CAPRESE RECIPE

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breast

Salt and pepper

1 tbsp Italian seasoning

2 tbsp olive oil

1 pint cherry tomatoes

2 medium burrata balls

8 fresh basil leaves

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 375°.

Roast chicken and tomatoes in a shallow dish in the oven for 30 minutes.

After cooking, top chicken with tomato, cut Burrata in half and place on top of chicken and tomatoes, and finish with torn fresh basil.

GRILLED PEACH SALAD

Ingredients

4 Peaches

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tbsp. Cinnamon

4 tbsp Olive oil

Mixed greens or lettuce of choice

4 oz. Goat cheese

salt and pepper to taste

Balsamic glaze

Instructions

Cut peaches in half and remove pit.

Season the halved peaches with a little cinnamon, olive oil and brown sugar.

Grill in a grill pan or on your outdoor grill seared with good grill marks.

Put lettuce on a platter, arrange peaches, and dollop with goat cheese.

Add salt and pepper to taste and drizzle with balsamic glaze.

Serves 8

RECIPE BY JACKIE PAGE / STYLING BY KEITH RECKER / PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF SWENSEN / STORY BY STAR LALIBERTE

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Fried Chicken

Summer Veggie Sauté with Ravioli

Skirt Steak and Scallion Salsa

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Crab and Jarlsberg Quiche

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Simplicity meets luxury with this flavor-packed crab quiche recipe from Chef Jackie Page.

Look no further than this Crab & Jarlsberg Quiche recipe if you’re trying to find a simple yet lavish quiche recipe. Chef Jackie Page, TABLE contributor and chef/owner of Jackie Kennedy Catering, is sharing this flavor-packed recipe with our readers. The distinct nuttiness of the Jarlsberg with the sweetness of the lump crab meat delivers a 5-star flavor with every luxurious bite.

Serve for breakfast with fresh seasonal fruits, or later in the day, from brunch through dinner, with a tossed salad of greens for a light and satisfying meal.

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Simplicity meets luxury with this flavor-packed crab quiche recipe from Chef Jackie Page.

Crab and Jarlsberg Quiche


  • Author: Chef Jackie Page
  • Yield: Serves 6-8 1x

Description

Your new breakfast or brunch specialty.


Ingredients

Scale

For the filling:

  • 8 oz of jumbo lump crab meat
  • 2 scallions thinly sliced
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup of heavy whipping cream
  • 4 oz Jarlsberg cheese, shredded
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper

For the crust:

  • 1 1/2 cups of flour
  • 1 stick of unsalted butter
  • 34 tbsp of water

(you can also use a store bought crust)


Instructions

For the crust:

  1. Add the flour and chopped butter in food processor and process until pebbly.
  2. Add 1 tablespoon of water at a time until the dough forms a ball.
  3. Remove from processor and knead a couple of times.
  4. Place in plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator until ready to use.

For the quiche:

  1. Roll out the dough to fit your pie pan, or use an already prepared crust.
  2. Add crab meat, scallions, and cheese to the crust.
  3. Beat eggs with heavy whipping cream and pour over the crab and cheese mixture.
  4. Bake for 30 minutes at 375° or until filling is set.

Try some of TABLE’s other breakfast/brunch recipes:

Breakfast Strata with Caramelized Onions, Dates and Gruyere

Chia Seed Pudding

Recipe by Chef Jackie Page
Story by Star Laliberte
Styling by Keith Recker
Photography by Jeff Swensen

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Roasted Veggies on the Grill

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Intensify the flavor of your vegetables by utilizing the high dry heat of your grill.

Roasted Veggies on the Grill can make a really nice addition to any meal. Take this list of fresh vegetables from TABLE friend, Chef Jackie Page to your local farmer’s market or grocer for a inspiration.

ROASTED VEGGIES ON THE GRILL RECIPE

Ingredients

2 zucchini

2 squash

1 eggplant

1 red pepper

1/2 pound fresh mushrooms

1 orange pepper

1 red onion

extra virgin olive oil

Garlic powder

Onion powder

Salt and pepper

Fresh thyme

For confit potatoes:

4 baking potatoes

1 lb of melted butter

Salt and pepper

Instructions

Slice zucchini, eggplant and yellow squash on the bias, leave peppers whole, and slice red onions keeping each cut together. Slice mushrooms if large, or leave whole if not. Toss the vegetables with olive oil and seasonings, then place on the grill. Cook on both sides until browned (or even lightly charred). Once you remove the vegetables slice the peppers into big pieces and place all vegetables on a serving platter.

RECIPE BY JACKIE PAGE / STYLING BY KEITH RECKER / PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF SWENSEN

Try some of TABLE’s other summer veggie recipes:

Grilled Zucchini with Tahini Yogurt Sauce and Corn Relish

Summer Veggie Sauté with Ravioli

Summer Squash Roll-Ups

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Farm to Table, Buy Local Farmers Market Guide 2022

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A farmers’ market for everyday. Photography by Jeff Swensen

FARM TO TABLE, BUY LOCAL FARMERS MARKET GUIDE 2022

Looking for the Farm to Table, Buy Local Farmers Market Guide? Farm to Table Buy Local is a 501c3 non profit that connects people to local farms and community gardens. We provide a myriad of programming to promote real, fresh, local food, including food deliveries, garden education classes, and helping people access food assistance programs. We work in schools, community centers, affordable housing, and child care centers. The Heinz Endowments has supported our mission through grant awards since 2018.

Welcome to the 2022 Farm to Table, Buy Local Farmers Market Guide! We’ve partnered with TABLE Magazine to publish this extensive list of CSAs, farms, farmers markets, retailers, u-pick farms, butchers, dairies that are located throughout the Western Pennsylvania region. The abundance of agricultural producers in Western Pennsylvania allows us to eat local all year round. More importantly, buying direct from local farms and food producers strengthens our local food system.

I love the feeling of driving around a corner and seeing a farmers market or farm store. I usually stop by to shop. Whether I’m at home in Pittsburgh or working throughout Western Pennsylvania, I can always count on finding some delicious food. I take these opportunities to stock up on our family’s favorite local foods: milk, butter, yogurt, eggs, cheese, baked goods, oatmeal, flour, honey, maple syrup, fruits, vegetables, meat, herbs and even beans. It’s a completely different shopping experience. You can smell the freshness of the food, sometimes see the fields where the food was grown and talk to the people who planted the seeds, tended the crops, fed the animals or tapped the trees.

CSA Subscriptions

Another way to buy local is to subscribe to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). There are many types of farms and local businesses that deliver to your neighborhood, or even direct to your home. I subscribe to a few throughout the year and I love to teach my kids what’s in season. Most farms offer customizable shares to cater to dietary needs and household sizes.

Helping Low Income Households Access Fresh Food

Many farms and farmers markets accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, WIC (Women-Infant-Children) vouchers, farmers market nutrition vouchers and other programs to help low income households access fresh food. Non profits in the region help consumers connect to these programs.

Growing a garden is the closest thing to free food that you can get! Even a container of basil or mint growing on your windowsill can provide nourishment, beauty and a connection to nature. Community gardens are located throughout our region. Some are extending the harvest by adding greenhouses, hoop houses, solar energy and more.

Visit Farm to Table, Buy Local for more information about our upcoming programs.

Warm Regards,

Erin Hart

Executive Director

Farm to Table Buy Local

412-657-3028

erin@farmtotablepa.com

National Farmers’ Market Week 2022 – August 7-13

2022 FARM TO TABLE, FARMERS MARKET GUIDE

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Campo Lavender Margarita

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Two glasses with a pale yellow margarita with lime slices floating on top.

A post-spa-treatment margarita with a dash of calming lavender sounds heavenly, doesn’t it? Los Poblanos director of wine and spirits, Dylan Storment, agrees, hence why he mixed us up this Campo Lavender Margarita. It’s got the acidity of citrus with the mellow, floral notes of their signature lavender syrup. But, just in case you can’t make it out to Los Poblanos to pick up their simple syrup or lavender sugar-salt, you can always make your own at home or grab them from a local shop. So, sit back, relax, and let this Campo Lavender Margarita take all your troubles away.

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Two glasses with a pale yellow margarita with lime slices floating on top.

Campo Lavender Margarita


  • Author: Dylan Storment

Description

Soothing lavender meets bright citrus in this margarita.


Ingredients

Scale


Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in shaker, shake for 10 seconds.
  2. Do a half crust of Los Poblanos culinary lavender-sugar-salt blend on glass.
  3. Strain into favorite glass over new ice.

Recipe by Dylan Storment
Photography by Doug Merriam

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Gingered Peach and Blackberry Pie

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Gingered Peach and Blackberry Pie served in a glass plate with different-colored flowers in a glass on the side

Farm-fresh fruit make a fantastic addition to this Gingered Peach and Blackberry pie! A store-bought pie shell is your start to a delectable pie that tastes right from the bakery. Three different kinds of ginger go into our pie including ground, grated, and crystalized. This sharp spice meets a mild maker in sugary peaches and blackberries as well as calming vanilla. Serve a slice with a scoop of ice cream on top for a dessert that looks and tastes Insta-worthy.

What is Crystalized Ginger?

Crystallized ginger, which is also known as candied ginger, is a sweet and spicy treat made by cooking fresh ginger root in a sugar syrup until it becomes soft and translucent. After cooking, the ginger pieces are rolled in granulated sugar, which forms a crystal-type coating on their surface. This whole process mellows some of ginger’s intense heat while still preserving its distinctive spiced, pungent flavor. Since it comes in chunks, you’re going to want to make sure it is finely chopped for this Peach and Blackberry Pie recipe.

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Gingered Peach and Blackberry Pie


  • Author: Erika Bruce
  • Yield: Serves 8

Description

A bit of gingered peaches combine excellently with sweet blackberries.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell
  • 2 lb ripe but firm peaches, halved and pitted (you can leave the peels on)
  • 2 tbsp sugar, plus 1/2 cup (3 1/2 oz)
  • 1 cup fresh blackberries
  • 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1⁄4 tsp salt
  • 1⁄3 cup heavy cream
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 2 tsp freshly grated ginger
  • 1⁄2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped crystallized ginger


Instructions

  1. Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Place peach halves cut side up on an aluminum foil-lined rimmed baking sheet and sprinkle with sugar and ground ginger.
  3. Bake peaches on the upper rack until softened and juice is released, about 15 to 30 minutes (depending on their ripeness), flipping halfway through baking.
  4. Leaving the peaches in the oven, line the chilled pie shell with parchment paper or a double layer of aluminum foil, covering edges to prevent burning, and fill with pie weights.
  5. Place chilled pie shell on lower rack and bake until edges are lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Remove parchment and weights and continue to bake crust until bottom is light brown and peaches until they are caramelized, about 5 minutes longer.
  6. Let crust and peaches cool for 15 minutes; slip the peels from the peaches once cools enough to handle.
  7. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Quarter peaches lengthwise. Arrange peaches in a single layer over the crust and sprinkle blackberries over top.
  8. Combine flour, ground ginger, salt, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in bowl.
  9. Whisk in cream, egg yolks, fresh ginger, and vanilla until smooth.
  10. Pour cream mixture over peaches and sprinkle evenly with crystallized ginger. Bake until filling is golden brown and firm in center, 45 to 55 minutes.
  11. Let pie cool on wire rack for at least 3 hours. Serve.

Recipe by Erika Bruce, Adapted from Cook’s Country’s Peaches and Cream Pie
Styling by Keith Recker

Photography by Dave Bryce

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Lemon Tart

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A lemon tart topped with berries and powdered sugar, placed on top of a white plate.

Blame Her Ranch hosted TABLE Magazine New Mexico for an incredible dinner party under the stars. Chef Leslie Chavez of Open Kitchen Santa Fe created superb dishes for the occasion that were enjoyed with a selection of Gruet wines and beverages from Leaf & Hive. Below, Chavez shares her delectable lemon tart recipe.

Lemon Tart Recipe

For the crust: 

INGREDIENTS

6 tbsp sugar
2 cups + 2 tbsp flour
1 cup butter

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine sugar and flour. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Press into the bottom of pan. Bake until golden, approximately 15 minutes.

For the filling:

INGREDIENTS

1 ¼ cup sugar
6 tbsp flour
5 eggs
½ cup lemon juice

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Whisk the sugar and flour together. Add the eggs and whisk. A paste will form.

  2. Add the lemon juice and whisk well. Pour over baked crust and bake, for approximately 30 minutes, rotating halfway through.

Recipe Leslie Chavez/ Photography Gabriella Marks/ Styling by Robert Nachman

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Forging Forward: Justice for All

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Adam DiBuo, Managing Attorney for Housing at Neighborhood Legal Services, consults with a client alongside Doreen Mitchell, NLS’s Housing Coordinator. Photo by Justin Merriman

Forging Forward 2022 is a series of six articles about organizations helping our region make progress on the significant issues challenging our friends and neighbors. The series is presented with the generous support of The Pittsburgh Foundation.  

The #ONEDAY Critical Needs Campaign, a day of online giving to organizations doing vital work, is on August 9: mark your calendars and plan to be part of something great!

While the ideal of equal treatment under the law may still be an aspiration in the United States, there are organizations working to close the equity gaps in our legal process. Since 1966, Neighborhood Legal Services (NLS) works tirelessly to support our communities. Our low-income neighbors and those in under-resourced areas, in particular, can find support at NLS at little to no cost to help protect their legal rights around poverty law issues. Housing, family law, and protection from abuse are just some of the many issues that NLS can help address.

“We protect basic needs, like a civil and legal ER,” said Christine Kirby, NLS’s director of development. “When you’ve exhausted other services – like rental assistance and nutritional benefits – and you have nowhere else to turn, contact us,” she added.

Most of NLS’s clients are near or below the federal government’s definition of poverty. Women make up the majority of NLS’s clientele (74%), and the organization addresses the needs of a diverse range of racial and ethnic communities and age groups. 79% of its clients have children under 18 years old, meaning that family needs are a huge part of the work of the organization.

During the pandemic, the organization saw an uptick in need for unemployment, custody and family safety, and housing support. “We had a lot of cases involving housing because landlords were refusing to make repairs if people didn’t pay rent. We also were there on hand to help people navigate this system. Things bubbled up in different ways,” she added.

Legal issues involving bankruptcy, disability rights, consumer law, employment law and elder law are just a few of the areas NLS can help individuals and families with. Having the ability to expunge a criminal record so that someone can then access safe housing and find employment is one of many examples as to how the organization helps to restore the balance for people who may not otherwise have any legal support.

“None of our rights mean anything if we can’t enforce them,” said Kristine Bergstrom, executive director.  With a staff of about 80 – higher than ever before – including 40 lawyers, as well as administrators, paralegals and social workers, the organization works to address the justice gap. NLS is also supported by 300 pro bono attorneys who primarily assist with PFAs – regardless of income. “We employ experts in poverty law,” added Bergstrom.

The most challenging aspect to their work is bringing awareness to communities that theNLS exists at free or little charge to them. “NLS offers a more robust availability of legal services, and at the same time we work hard to promote legal literacy so that we can help prevent a legal catastrophe from happening,” said Bergstrom.

Informing clients that justice should be a right and not a privilege means more investment in legal aid and preventative strategies. “We must look at the whole person and not as a victim of circumstance,” said Kirby. “We try to make it easier for people to access legal representation so that people know their rights.”

“NLS is the protector for the other services and rights that people have,” said Bergstrom. “You can get food stamps and housing, but nothing means anything if they can take it away and no one can take it to court to enforce your rights. We are the protector.”

To help keep legal services available to everyone in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, and Lawrence Counties in Pennsylvania, please consider donating during the Pittsburgh Foundation’s ONE DAY campaign to provide support to NLS on August 9. Together, we can create a just and more equitable world!

Get to know Neighborhood Legal Services here, and support its work to address our neighbors in need.

Read about other organizations doing vital work to help our neighbors in Western Pennsylvania by reading more in our Forging Forward series, presented with the support of The Pittsburgh Foundation:

Tech 25: The Future is Now

Outreach Teen and Family Services

Neighborhood Legal Services

Fishes and Loaves

Build the Community Center

Healthy Start

Doreen Mitchell, Housing Coordinator at Neighborhood Legal Services. Photo by Justin Merriman

Christine Kirby, Development Director at Neighborhood Legal Services. Photo by Justin Merriman

Adam DiBuo checks the law at Neighborhood Legal Services. Photo by Justin Merriman

Get to know other organizations doing vital work to help our neighbors in Western Pennsylvania by reading more in our Forging Forward series, presented with the support of The Pittsburgh Foundation:

Tech 25: The Future is Now

Outreach Teen and Family Services

STORY BY NATALIE BENCIVENGA / PHOTOGRAPHY BY JUSTIN MERRIMAN

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Local In Lawrenceville

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Bryanna Johnson, manager of Lawrenceville Farmer’s Market. Photo by Nina Katz.

FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER, PITTSBURGH BECOMES HOME TO OVER A DOZEN FARMER’S MARKETS, ALL DOLING OUT FRESH, LOCAL PRODUCE AND OTHER PROVISIONS TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE CITY. WEEKENDS MAY BE RESERVED FOR THE FAMOUSLY LONG LINE-INDUCING BLOOMFIELD AND SQUIRREL HILL MARKETS, BUT ON ANY GIVEN DAY OF THE WEEK, THERE ARE FARMER’S MARKETS ACROSS THE CITY, WAITING FOR YOUR PERUSAL. ON TUESDAY AFTERNOONS, IN ITS NEW LOCATION ON 41ST AND WILLOW STREET, LAWRENCEVILLE IS HOME TO A SMALL, BUT MIGHTY, FARMER’S MARKET.

“Let me just count really quick to make sure I get this right.” Lawrenceville Farmer’s Market manager Bryanna Johnson puts down her water bottle, holds out her fingers, and starts counting forwards from the year 2011, the market’s inaugural summer. “…10, 11, 12. We are in our 12th season” says Johnson, celebratorily, who has led the market since 2021. Born and raised in New Jersey, Johnson graduated college and found herself ping ponging between jobs at non-profits, in restaurants, marketing agencies, and even collegiate athletics. When Johnson saw that Lawrenceville United had posted an application for Farmer’s Market manager, something clicked, as if she had found a way to combine all the things she liked about her past work experiences into just one job.

Now over a year into her role, and five as a Pittsburgh resident, Johnson works hard to make the market a community hub. “Over the past couple of years, especially with COVID, the farmer’s market has become this place where people come for a social experience” says Johnson, who on top of everything else plans for each market to feature a different community partnership with a Pittsburgh-serving organization. State representative Sara Innamorato is at the market each week answering questions and sharing information about state programs and benefits. Come the Fall, skip the line at CVS and get your flu shot at the market. (Okay, so you might still have to wait in a line, but at least you’ll be surrounded by those spicy and sweet autumnal aromas).

Community organizing is just the beginning of a long list of skills Johnson uses to keep the Lawrenceville Farmer’s Market a happenin’ place. As she lists them, I begin to lose track of just how many duties she, as the Market Manager, is responsible for. Vendor procurement and vetting, market setup and breakdown, managing social media, and volunteer coordinator are just a few of the big ones. “That’s so many hats!”, I say. Johnson snaps the air with her fingers and laughs. “Thank goodness I have such a big market bag.”

Johnson and I spoke in mid-July when her market bag in question was filling up with dark red, juicy cherries, and blushing peaches. “I have been eating so many cherries,” she admits. “I have not baked with them; I have not done anything but eat my way through pints and pints of fresh cherries for the past few weeks. They are amazing. I did however bake with my peaches. I made a sesame peach crisp with tahini, and it was so good.”

Glimpses of freshness and plenty at the Lawrenceville Farmer’s Market. Photos by Nina Katz.

But on a day Johnson would call a success, she only has a moment to spare on her own rounds of buying stone fruit, a weekly fix of kale, and a very special Ube tart. From the moment the 3 PM cowbell clangs, signifying that the market is open, ‘til the very last tent is stowed away at market’s end, Johnson will have spent the market assisting customers as they navigate their way from stall to stall, and checking in on vendors, volunteers, and community partners. She likes to see that even if people are doing most of their grocery shopping elsewhere, they are coming to the market to meet people who are growing food locally, and maybe even try something new, something that reminds them of home, or something that they love coming back for each week.

The Lawrenceville Farmer’s Market is a program of Lawrenceville United. It takes place every Tuesday, rain or shine, from 3-7pm, May 17 through November 22 at Bay 41, 115 41st Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY NINA KATZ

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