Public markets and local food
Know the market before you fill the basket
Sweet Auburn Curb Market is a plain-spoken guide to shopping the stalls — fresh produce, butcher and seafood counters, bakery cases, and the vendors who stand behind them.
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Written for home cooks, market shoppers and food travelers
Straight from the stalls
Latest market guides
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At the counter
Freshness you can check yourself
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Trust your hands first
Weight, give and smell tell you more about a melon or a fillet than any sign chalked above the crate.
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Talk to whoever stacked the table
The person working the stall knows what came in that morning, what is about to turn, and how they cook it at home.
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Buy what the week brings
Market shelves change from one Saturday to the next, so the best plan is the one you finish writing at the stall.
About this site
A guide for market days
Sweet Auburn Curb Market is written for people who would rather buy dinner from a counter than off a shelf — home cooks, market shoppers and food travelers working their way through produce halls, butcher cases and bakery windows.
