Chef Sarig Agasi will be offering free samples of gazpacho at Saturday's Western Wake Farmers Market. Agasi's appearance is part of a National Farmers' Market Week celebration. Beyond the gazpacho, there will be a live jazz band and face painting for the children starting at 10 a.m.
The market runs from 8 a.m. to noon on Morrisville Carpenter Road at Carpenter Village. More information is available at the Web site. http://westernwakefarmersmarket.org/
Andrea Weigl has been the food writer at The News & Observer since the summer of 2007. She has won a handful of awards from the Association of Food Journalists and the Society for Features Journalism. Her profile of chef Ashley Christensen titled "A Force of Nature" will be published in the sixth edition of "Cornbread Nation: The Best of Southern Food Writing." She is serving a three-year term on the James Beard Foundation book awards committee. Follow her on Twitter at @andreaweigl.
