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Creole Tomato Festival in New Orleans – schedule, tips

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The Creole Tomato Festival kicks off today (June 7) at the French Market and goes through Sunday night. This is the perfect time to get free samples of the famous creole tomato.

The entrance to the French Market has been transformed for the Creole Tomato Festival. (photo by Carlie Kollath Wells/New in NOLA)

The entrance to the French Market has been transformed for the Creole Tomato Festival. (photo by Carlie Kollath Wells/New in NOLA)

The festival has food vendors, cooking demonstrations and a tomato eating contest. We’re heading out Sunday so we can see the contest at 1. Interesting demo Saturday – creole tomato cupcakes at 4 p.m.

The French Market said each cooking demo has  2-oz samples for the first 100 people. The tomato sample station is at Dumaine Street. The fest also has cute tomato-shaped paper fans it’s giving away at the festival. The people in tomato costumes (photo opp!) have the fans and will give you one if you ask.

Remember, bring cash if you want to buy anything. Plus, if you spend $30 this weekend, you get a free bag of creole tomatoes. Via FrenchMarket.org:

creole tomato offer

What you need to know about the fest:

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Farmers Market, Food, Marigny, Meetup, Mid City, New Orleans, Restaurants, Where to eat

Our New Orleans food adventures 6/24/13

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We’re eating our way through New Orleans. Venues this week included Camellia Grill, Parkway Bakery, Orange Couch and Hollygrove Market & Farm.
  1. We had a veggie-filled week, thanks to Hollygrove Market & Farm (@HGMF). We signed up for the weekly produce box. The box is $30, including tax and the delivery fee.
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Events, Farmers Market, Food, New Orleans

Two beer festivals to be held in New Orleans in March

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March is a good month to be in New Orleans if you are a beer fan. The New Orleans International Beer festival is March 9 and then Brooklyn Brewery will be in the city for a few days the following weekend. New Orleans Beer Fest logo

Tickets for the beer fest (previous coverage) are $40 and get you:

  •  a commemorative sampling mug
  • unlimited, two-ounce sampling of more than 150 craft beers
  • access to beer seminars such as Cooking with Beer, Food Pairings, How to Brew Beer and other beer education sessions.
  • live music
  • fun games like corn hole

Then, be prepared for Brooklyn Brewery’s events the next week.

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Seafood ‘shares’ available in New Orleans

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Cool idea. Story via NOLA.com (full text): crescent city farmers marketlogo

As they started doing for Lent 2011, the Crescent City Farmers Market (more) is once again offering a certain amount of fish for a certain price. They are CSFs, the fisheries version of CSAs.

CSA means “community supported agriculture,” a popular concept in which those who invest in the farmer at the beginning of the season get a weekly box of vegetables from the farm. The CSFs are “community supported fisheries.”

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