George Switzer, owner of Queen Ann Ravioli & Macaroni shows us just how fresh his products are, and how Mercato helps his business. Who wants fresh pasta tonight?
There was a time when you could hand-pick the freshest produce or learn about what’s in-season from the neighborhood grocer you knew by name. When you could savor the aroma…
Call us nostalgic, but we remember when (not that long ago!) people shopped in a completely different way. Instead of wearily trudging to the local chain supermarket or defeatedly ordering takeout, they popped into their favorite butcher shop, bakery and vegetable market and asked their local purveyor: What’s good today? before setting off to make dinner from the best ingredients around.