"In Florida you don't really have farmers' markets; it's too hot and humid, and mostly it's just fruit," he says while clutching a hot cup of coffee from Pigtrain Coffee Company. "I just want to walk around and see what's seasonal."

Lorz Italian garlic from the Crooked Clove Farm & Ranch out of Larkspur. This softneck garlic has a robust flavor but isn't overpowering.
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Chef Lebas wanted to try the giant Georgia Candy Roaster from Kiowa Valley Organics in Roggen.
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"We made a scramble last Sunday to harvest everything — onions, leeks, squash — and covered everything else," says Frannie Parkinson, an intern at Cure Organic Farm who was working the market stand. "Everything mostly turned out okay."
For some vendors, like Ela Family Farm, the cold snap actually helped. "Storage apples like Fuji, Granny Smith and Braeburn actually benefit from the frost and sweeten," says the farm's marketing manager, Brynn Valentine. "So actually it was positive for us."

Josh Olsen gives Lebas a taste of salad burnet, an herb that has a bitter cucumber and mint essence.
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Georgia Candy Roaster gnocchi with crispy pancetta, poached onion and pan-fried mushrooms. It turned out super-rich and tasting like fall.
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