To Market To Market To Buy a Fat Pig

If shoppers want to buy really fresh salad greens or perfectly ripe raspberries or a culinary surprise of the best sort, they’ll want to find an old-fashioned market — like a farmers’ market or a vintage market house — with a variety of vendors.  

From the Lexington Market in Baltimore (which has some of the best crab cakes in the world) to the small but exotic Hilo Farmers’ Market on the Big Island of Hawaii (full of fruits and vegetables that aren’t always familiar), Market To Market takes you on a tour of a few of the best markets around.

“We wanted to talk to buyers and sellers, foodies and farmers. We wanted to check out the scrumptious eccentricities of American markets,” says program producer Rick Sebak. “We don’t include some of the major markets that are celebrated regularly on cable networks. We tried to go instead to unexpected locations and less familiar food spots, like the Western North Carolina Farmers Market on the outskirts of Asheville. And we spent a whole day amid the international abundance that makes Your Dekalb Farmers Market in Decatur, Georgia, totally unforgettable.  

“Our only regret is that we have but an hour of time to squeeze in all the great places we visited,” Sebak continues. “They’re all different and distinctive. Sometimes I think the only factor that links these places together is the word ‘market’ itself.”

 “People talk to each other in markets,” says Sebak, “and we were happy to meet and talk with so many people who helped us capture some of the joys and surprises of these places. As people continue to learn that ‘fresh’ and ‘local’ are important qualities, we hope this show might inspire a visit or two to a market in your neighborhood.”