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Pascaleisoneof thehappy facesthat alwaysgreet meat twoof my favorite farmer'smarkets Inrain,snow,or lettucewiltingheat,sheisthereinher screamingpoppy redlipstick I recently noticed that she'sjoinedthe silver movement! Sonow she'sa hybrid ginger/silver

Heresheisinacandidmoment welcomingthe early spring sunshinewith an expression of pure acceptance andgratitude

What you can't seeare her absolutely dazzlingblue eyes The navy knits, jeans,blue downvest and those signaturered lipspull her farmer's market style together

She'salso the founder of MorningGlory Markets

Sheoperates marketsin5 communitiesinWestchester,NY as well asa market insidethegatesof theNew York Botanical Gardeninthe Bronx

Beforerunningmarkets,Ms Le Draoulecwasanewspaper reporter for 18 years.Shespent most of those yearswritingabout food,andfrom 2001 to2007,shewasthelead restaurant criticat theNew York Daily NewswhereshewonaJames Beardawardfor her frank reviews.

Author of ?AmericanPie:Slicesof Life andPiefromAmerica?sBack Roads? (HarperCollins,2002)inwhichshe chroniclesher cross-country roadtrip inan oldVolvo240 named?Betty?in searchof her Americanrootsand peoplewhostill makepiefrom scratch

A first-generationAmerican,Le Draoulecwas raisedin California,ina decidedly French household obsessedwith all things ?food.?

A hard-driving rainalways meant foragingfor plumpsnails inthe backyard, purgingthem inabucket of salt overnight inpreparation for escargotsa l?aiet aupersil.

Ms Le Draoulec learnedto cook (andto makegoat cheeseandpluck achicken)while livingonadilapidateddairy farmnear Normandy inher 20s.Marketsare her happy place

Writer IliseHarrisisonthestreets capturingstyleandsilver beauty throughtheeyeof her lens She's currently workingona multi generational documentary around agingandembracinggray