FamJam in Pittsburgh 2011
Stop #4: Pittsburgh Public Market
This is the fourth in a series of posts on my family's first visit to Pittsburgh. To start from the beginning with Friday's lunch, click here.
After brunch at Pamela's, we took a quick stroll along Penn Ave, then headed to the Pittsburgh Public Market on Smallman St. Now here's a hidden gem even many Pittsburghers have yet to discover! Opened just a few months ago, the Pittsburgh Public Market features fresh produce, meats, baked goods, coffee, and more - from local sources. In other words, it is a locavore's paradise.
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| Inside the Pittsburgh Public Market On Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, you will find lots of amazing local foods and other goods at the Pittsburgh Public Market. I really hope they continue to grow and expand. |
The Binge! Eating in Pittsburgh blog recently wrote up a nice piece on the Pittsburgh Public Market. Here, I will focus on the two merchants I visited on this trip.
Just as soon as you walk into the Pittsburgh Public Market, you'll come across a little bakery stand on the right. That's Sustenance Bakery.
Sustenance Bakery is an all-natural bakery that uses many locally-sourced ingredients in their baked goods. In the past I've had a couple different kinds of muffins and cookies with creative flavors. One was a citrusy-grapefruit muffin (forget what it was called) that was very moist; another was a cookie topped with fresh ground peppercorn that was surprisingly good. But the one thing that keeps me coming back to Sustenance again and again is their sesame cookies!
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| Sesame cookies Just the slightest bit chewy and chock full of the flavor of sesame seeds. |
In fact, I once paid $6 for parking in the Strip District just to go to the Pittsburgh Public Market for these cookies. They come in little half-dozen packets. I bought two packets and they were gone within two days. Too good to resist, and perhaps a little dangerous for one's waistline! ;)
Update: As of December 18, 2011, Sustenance Bakery no longer sells baked goods at the Pittsburgh Public Market. Owner Sarah Kelby Lewis' recipe for the Toasted Sesame Cookies was published in the Food & Wine Magazine and can be found here. Read about my attempt at baking them here.
Next up: Pittsburgh Marshmallow Factory at the Pittsburgh Public Market
Links of interest:
Sustenance Bakery on the Web: http://www.sustenancebakery.com/
Pittsburgh Public Market on the Web: http://pittsburghpublicmarket.org/
