Farmer's Markets

Make room at the the spring table for your friends here at Food Republic! On Instagram, tag @foodrepublic and #FRMarketWatch and show us what's popping up at your market during the month of April. Every week, we'll choose the top photos to feature in a weekly Instagram round-up. You'll also be eligible to win a killer cookbook to up your game. 

Who's Darina Allen? Well, you might say she wrote the book on traditional Irish cooking. After all, she's the author of the comprehensive tome Irish Traditional Cooking. She also happens to be the founder of The Ballymaloe Cookery School in Shanagarry, one of the only cooking schools in the world located on an entirely organic farm.

I was also fortunate enough to visit a sleepy surf town called Sayulita, a mostly American and European ex-pat community living a boho-meets-Baja lifestyle that inspired instant jealously. Food is oftentimes the focus when livin' la vida Mexicana, with Sayulita’s Friday morning farmer's market serving as the town’s weekly Slow Foods–like meet-up.