Hot Dish: Derek’s Smoked Pulled Pork Flatbread

Chef Derek Barnes creates an instant Southern classic with a tasty flatbread crust piled with thyme-scented smoked pulled park. Creamy farmer’s cheese and from-scratch peach barbeque sauce are the crowning glories.

Derek's Rustic Coastal Cuisine, 5516 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton. (941) 794-1100.

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Fresh and Local

Central Farmer’s Market at Sarasota County Technical Institute is the cutest as well as the newest farmer’s market in town. Just two of the many healthful treasures at this compact Saturday event: Yesman Tropical Fruit and Beverage’s coconut water, which you drink from the nut with a straw, and sugar cane juice. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., 4748 S. Beneva Road.