Dine Roundup: ‘225’ contributor demos at Main Street Market, Indie Plate offering free eggs

Get to know 225 contributor Maggie Heyn Richardson this weekend at the farmers market. Photo courtesy of Richardson.

225‘s own Maggie Heyn Richardson will prepare a recipe from her latest book, Hungry for Louisiana, An Omnivore’s Journey, during this weekend’s Red Stick Farmers Market. Richardson will be cooking up her shrimp and fennel salad inside the Main Street Market, starting at 10 a.m. with Chef Celeste Gill. She will also be signing copies of her book from 8 a.m.-noon.

Indie Plate offering free eggs next month
Indie Plate, an online grocery store and delivery service, will offer an eggs-ellent (sorry for the pun!) promotion, starting May 1. The local startup is giving away one dozen farm-fresh eggs for free with every order (maximum two orders per week). The promotion will run through Aug. 31. For more information, visit indieplate.com.