Articles By: Marissa Nolan-Layman

Marissa Nolan-Layman loves food in a big way: cooking it, eating it, photographing it, you name it. She grew up and still lives in San Mateo with her husband, son and two cats. She constantly has to come up with creative recipes to combat the lure mac-n-cheese has over her son. She currently works for a biopharmaceuticals firm and is the Operations Director for GeekGirlCon, Inc.

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Modern and Massive: The Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market

The Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market is like no other market I have even been to. It has an information booth, a 10-page guide to the market (for a donation of $1), and a map showing the names and locations of all the vendors present on that particular day. It is definitely a modern day market; most of the vendors have [...]

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The Alemany Farmers’ Market Has Staying Power

For many people farmers’ markets are a newer trend, the currently hip way to buy fresh produce and grass-fed meat. Created in August of 1943, the Alemany Market in San Francisco is proof that farmers’ markets are neither new, nor something that will likely fade away any time soon. Because it’s a permanent fixture in the city there are two [...]