{"id":553,"date":"2015-09-22T15:07:15","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T19:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zestoftheworld.com\/?p=553"},"modified":"2015-09-22T15:07:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T19:07:15","slug":"sufferin-succotash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zestoftheworld.com\/?p=553","title":{"rendered":"Sufferin’ Succotash"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0March\u00e9 Jean-Talon<\/a> in Montr\u00e9al is one of the largest green markets in North America and filled with so many different varieties of juicy fruit, ripe vegetables, aromatic flowers and, of course, numerous fresh food samples – it was love at first sight! Many local farmers, as well as farmers from other provinces (bring on the Ontario corn!), set up shop here every single day and are generous enough to let you try their crop. I must try a juicy peach from every vendor just to be sure I pick the perfect one<\/em> – I couldn’t stop!\u00a0If you didn’t fill up\u00a0on samples, they have a cr\u00eape stand in the market, a cheese and bread store just\u00a0across the street to go with the sweet jam you\u00a0bought\u00a0from the market, and a few local restaurants and bars just around\u00a0the corner.\u00a0This was regrettably\u00a0our last stop before leaving Montr\u00e9al and hitting the road back to NYC, so I\u00a0was\u00a0only allowed to\u00a0buy a few of my favourites to eat in the car before getting to the border crossing (*cough* I may have forgotten I had a plum in my purse *cough*). Had I known how big this market was going to be I would have made this the first stop so I could munch on fresh fruit for the entire weekend.\u00a0Needless to say, I was inspired and couldn’t wait to go to my local market to make some kind of fresh veggie dish.<\/p>\n