25 Jun 2015

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Market Meals: Meet Jonathan Bardzik

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Then I found out about Jonathan Bardzik. You might have seen him at Eastern Market on weekends, cooking up recipes that you assume are to promote some product. As it turns out, his cooking demonstrations are done out of his love for fresh, local produce. And the product he is selling is a love for the fresh, local produce that the Market vendors are selling that weekend. That’s right: his demonstrations and recipes are free.

Jonathan’s approach to food is so simple, yet it’s one any cook needs to be reminded of sometimes: cooking does not need to be hard or take a long time. He focuses on creating and sharing recipes that seem complicated and fancy, but are incredibly easy.

He creates new recipes each week by holding a “test kitchen,” during which he will pull together the ingredients for the week and experiment with different cooking times, spices, and ratios. The guests for the evening, as well as crowd-sourced ideas on social media, help him narrow down his recipe.

On a recent Tuesday, I joined Jonathan in his test kitchen, which is in his home just northeast of Union Station. The key ingredients for the night: red cabbage, tomato, Methley plums, zucchini, and hot turkey sausage. The outcome? Three recipes that were handed out for free the next weekend at his Eastern Market cooking demonstration. The recipes are below and we hope that you will give each a try. As one of the testers, I can promise that these are all worth making and are very simple to make. And you can get every ingredient at Eastern Market! (Click titles for recipe cards)

Caribbean Red Cabbage Slaw

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Tomato Plum Gazpacho

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Hot Turkey Sausage with Zucchini Relish and Ketchup

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Stay tuned for more recipes from Jonathan throughout the year. We are very excited to be partnering with him to promote the wonderful meals you can make from a shopping trip through Eastern Market.

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