Farmers' Market Finds with Aimee France
From tiny fruits and vegetables to green goddess dressing and lilac checks, France takes us through the market staples shaping her spring.
Aimee France is known as much for her perfectly tousled pixie cut as she is for her palette. Based in Brooklyn, New York, she first built a devoted online following through her whimsical cake business, where her offbeat, sculptural creations made her a cult favorite in the world of food and design. These days, her creative world looks a little different: slower, more free, and rooted in the small pleasures of life. France takes us along some of her regular trips to her go-to farmers’ market in the city in search of her new obsessions.
How have you been spending your early days of spring?
Being outside and hanging out with friends! For many years, I really did not have much of a social life due to running my cake business. Since stepping back, I am now able to hang out with my friends so much more often. It is bringing me a lot of joy and fulfillment, which is sparking creativity that I have not been able to access for a long time. This is the summer of being spontaneous and loitering! I can tell it’s going to be one to remember.
What farmer’s market is your go-to?
Union Square Greenmarket on Wednesdays.
What’s something you buy just because it looks good?
Cute, teeny tiny fruits or vegetables.
“This is the summer of being spontaneous and loitering!”
What’s your favorite weird or unexpected combination right now?
I recently made a green-goddess chicken salad filled with chopped up asparagus, French breakfast radishes, carrots, and baby celery.
What ingredient feels the most like spring to you?
Carrots.
What’s something you’ve been putting on everything lately?
My green goddess dressing!
What was the best thing you’ve smelled recently?
The lilac bush that I religiously go and check everyday.
What’s the most “you” thing in your bag?
Tea bags, single serve honey, at least 10 lip products.