Mom's Day Off Gift Guide: Farmers Market Foray

By The Inside Source
April 27, 2010

Is there a more leisurely way to spend a weekend morning than perusing farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, just-baked bread and straight-from-the-garden flowers? Here—from comfy-chic sandals to a charmingly old-school wagon fit for hauling produce (and kids) around to hefty, have-them-forever wood salad bowls—is all mom needs to shop and cook in style.

1. Set of Five New Solid Cherry Salad Bowls These weighty, cherry wood serving bowls are sure to develop a rich patina as time goes on. (buy it now price, $223; search term, wood salad bowl)

2. New Canvas Picnic Basket Pack up this fancy carrier with farmer's market finds like cheese, bread and fruit, a bottle of tine and head straight to the park. (buy it now price, $98.95; search term, picnic basket)

3. Martha Stewart Bread Box A generously proportioned, old-school tin for fresh baguettes and baked goods. (sold for $79; search term, bread box)

4. New Spanish Espadrille Classic linen and jute slip-ons are comfy enough to walk miles in. (buy it now price, $19.95; search term, espadrilles)

5. New Enamel Cast Iron Blue Two Tone Dutch Oven A lasts-forever, oven-to-table pot in vibrant aquamarine. (buy it now price, $89.99; search term, dutch oven)

6. New Anthropologie Lime Tree Festival Apron A cotton apron distinguished by a graphic citrus blossom print and pleated ruffles. (buy it now price, $35.99; search term, cotton apron)

7. New All Terrain Cargo Kids Tote Wagon Red Does triple duty at the farmer's market, in the garden and as a toy for the kids. (buy it now price, $129.99; search term, Radio Flyer)

8. New Peugeot Salt and Pepper Mills With food this fresh, a little salt and pepper is all the seasoning you need. (winning bid, $66; search term, salt mill)

9. New Dansk Arabesque Serving Platter A multi-functional piece in a classic pattern. (buy it now price, $59.99; search term, Dansk platter)

10. New Fox Run Wood Mortar and Pestle This acacia wood mortar and pestle is the most elegant apparatus ever for grinding spices. (buy it now price, $32.98; search term, mortar and pestle)

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