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November 22, 2003
Come celebrate our birthday with us! We are at the close of our very first year and we'd like to show our appreciation for market supporters by sharing some great cakes from the bakers, joining in some ol' fashioned farm games and having an animal corral. On this last weekend of the 2003 season come on out to enjoy the music, get some great produce, stock up on pecans, and check out the local artisans for some great Christmas gifts.
In the Austin Farmers' Market this week. . .
Vegetables: Every imaginable green that grows in Central Texas, green beens, spinach, lettuces, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, tomatoes still!, peppers, eggplant, radishes, green onions, herbs of all kinds, okra, zucchini and yellow squash, a few winter squashes, beets, turnips, microgreens and sprouts.
Nuts: PECANS! The new crop is in and look for four farmers selling pecans in all forms. See Indian Hills who just finished harvesting and returned last week to the market with not only sustainably grown shelled pecans. They also have sweetened pecans and gift popcorn with pecans.
Fruits: There are a few grapes in their second season from J.C. Taylor in Lockhart- tart but full of vitamins. There are no persimmons left from Oasis Gardens. To maintain a truly regional flavor, the Market limits the geographic region from which the produce can come to 150 miles. Thus, there are no other fruits for this time of year.
Meats: Get your chicken, pheasant, guinea hen and duck here. Many of you already ordered from Alexander Family Farm for your heritage turkeys and they are not at Market this week with eggs because they are so busy. Arrow K Ranch and their grass-fed long-horn beef is great for the day after Thanksgiving to get an alternative. They are also taking orders during the off season of the Market. Don't forget your smoked salmon from Chautauqua Foundation (proceeds from sales help inner city kids go on river trips).
Dairy: The Veldhuizen Family Farm makes all natural artisan cow cheeses including gouda, Texas Swiss, Cheddar, a signature hard cheese, string cheese and yogurt cheese. Also at the Market is Pure Luck Grade A Dairy's national award-winning cheeses of chevre, farmstead, feta, and much more in delectible flavors with enhancements from their own organic certified herbs and vegetables.
Baked Goods: What's a Thanksgiving feast without breads and pies? Breads, rolls, cookies, pizzas, brownies, granola and much more from Austin's best bakeries, Full Belly Bakery, Sweetish Hill, and Texas French Bread. Wildwood Art Café is out for the last week because of a busy holiday schedule, but you can get their wheat-free products, lunch and some art at their cafe off-season from the Market! Sticky Toffee Pudding Company features the pudding, of course, plus other baked tarts and cream puffs. Glenda's Gourmet Cakes are ready for a gift basket. Terra Verde Farm's Paul Hieb has some great pumpkin pie.
Flowers: Possibly no flowers this weekend due to the end of the season for blooms.
Plants:Look for plumerias to scent your hosts house long after you have left the holiday party at their house. A great hostess / host gift.
Assorted: Salmon wraps and salmon pasta salad, pumpkin soup, carmalized onion tarts, fresh baked quiches and English pudding. Fresh squeezed all natural juices and revitalizing coconut milk in the shell, herbal teas, fresh brewed coffee and hot chocolate, hibiscus mint tea, Ethiopian wraps and dishes, gift cakes, Oaxacan tamales, frozen traditional tamales, jams and jellies, salsas and honey.
Crafts and arts: Paintings, jewelry, metal work, soy candles, cigar box and cloth purses, and pottery.
Services: NEW CAFÉ AREA in the park by prepared food; Massage (ahhhh...); portraits by Isabel Goode-DeBlanc when she is there (ALL her revenues from the made-at-the-market portraits are donated to the Market); and herbalist Ginger Webb.
Weekly fun: Live local bands play at the Market 9:30-11 (usually); Chefs' Circle Demonstrations with tastings weekly at 10 a.m. in the park; and Weekly drawing for Market Card winners at 9:45 a.m. in Chefs' Circle.
We are a growers-only local growers market and the farmers only sell what they grow within 150 miles. Satisfy your connection to the food you eat and meet the farmers directly!
Thanks again to the generous contributions and partnerships with the Austin Museum of Art and Classified Parking (for the farmer truck area gratis), Safe Zone (for reduced street barricade fees), City of Austin and the Parks and Recreation Department (for reduced fees and security) and many more major sponsors in the downtown area and in the media. We also thank the hundreds of individual supporters who have become FOUNDERS of the Austin Farmers' Market to help us with the start up and continuing operating costs. We encourage you to jump on the scale and 'Weigh In' (give your support) and still take advantage of FOUNDERS t-shirts available with your tax-deductible contribution. And for all the 100+ volunteers, some of them coming weekly, Thank You!
posted November 18, 2003 | permanent link to this article
November 15, 2003
Be there for our 1st Birthday Party November 22nd to celebrate the end of our very successful year and our last day. And for this week, enjoy the music, get some great produce, stock up on pecans, and check out the local artisans for some great Christmas gifts.
In the Austin Farmers' Market this week. . .
Vegetables: Every imaginable green that grows in Central Texas, green beens, spinach, lettuces, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, tomatoes still!, peppers, eggplant, radishes, green onions, herbs of all kinds, okra, zucchini and yellow squash, a few winter squashes, beets, turnips, microgreens and sprouts.
Nuts: PECANS! The new crop is in and look for three farmers selling pecans in all forms.
Fruits: Bat Creek Farm's Pink Lady apples were whisked away in the night by racoons and some forlorn two-legged suitors. Kim McBride will work on getting some deterrent for them next year. In the meantime, look for certified organic persimmons from Oasis Gardens.
Meats: Austin Gourmet Gamebirds has arrived with chicken, pheasant, guinea hen and duck. There might also be rabbit this week--come early, as he continues to sell out or near sell out each week! Arrow K Ranch and their grass-fed long-horn beef and also Thunderheart Bison are mainstays for the market--these are great meats for a good pot of chili. Eggs from Alexander Family Farm are in this week maybe and they will be missed the 22nd (the farm is taking turkey orders). Smoked salmon is here.
Dairy: The Veldhuizen Family Farm makes all natural artisan cow cheeses including gouda, Texas Swiss, Cheddar, a signature hard cheese, string cheese and yogurt cheese. Also at the Market is Pure Luck Grade A Dairy's national award-winning cheeses of chevre, farmstead, feta, and much more in delectible flavors with enhancements from their own organic certified herbs and vegetables.
Baked Goods: Breads, rolls, cookies, pizzas, brownies, granola and much more from four of Austin's best bakeries, Full Belly Bakery, Sweetish Hill, Texas French Bread, and Wildwood Art Café. Sticky Toffee Pudding Company features the pudding, of course, plus other baked tarts and cream puffs. Glenda's Gourmet Cakes are ready for a gift basket. Paul Hieb of Terra Verde Farms will be offering customers pumpkin soup and pumpkin pies, fresh or ready for you to bake complete with pie crust and filling, just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Flowers: Look for changes in flower variety and look for Arnosky Family Farm family to be on a trip this week. NO FLOWERS UNTIL NOVEMBER 22nd.
Plants:Look for plumerias and cacti from our vendors including Duggerhill Plumerias and Spicewood Spines.
Assorted: Nice, hot, pumpkin soup, salmon wraps and salmon pasta salad, carmalized onion tarts, fresh baked quiches and English pudding. Fresh squeezed all natural juices and revitalizing coconut milk in the shell, herbal teas, fresh brewed coffee and hot chocolate, hibiscus mint tea, Ethiopian wraps and dishes, gift cakes, Oaxacan tamales, frozen traditional tamales, jams and jellies, salsas and honey.
Crafts and arts: Paintings, jewelry, metal work, soy candles, cigar box and cloth purses, and pottery.
Services: NEW CAFÉ AREA in the park by prepared food; Massage (ahhhh...); knife and scissor sharpening with valet (leave your knife at Alexander Farm booth and pick it up when you're done shopping); portraits by Isabel Goode-DeBlanc when she is there (ALL her revenues from the made-at-the-market portraits are donated to the Market); and herbalist Ginger Webb.
Weekly fun: Live local bands play at the Market 9:30-11 (usually); Chefs' Circle Demonstrations with tastings weekly at 10 a.m. in the park; Weekly drawing for Market Card winners at 9:45 a.m. in Chefs' Circle; and take home projects from Kids' Patch activities 9 - 11 a.m.
We are a growers-only local growers market and the farmers only sell what they grow. Satisfy your connection to the food you eat and meet the farmers directly!
Thanks again to the generous contributions and partnerships with the Austin Museum of Art and Classified Parking (for the farmer truck area gratis), Safe Zone (for reduced street barricade fees), City of Austin and the Parks and Recreation Department (for reduced fees and security) and many more major sponsors in the downtown area and in the media. We also thank the hundreds of individual supporters who have become FOUNDERS of the Austin Farmers' Market to help us with the start up and continuing operating costs. We encourage you to jump on the scale and 'Weigh In' (give your support) and still take advantage of FOUNDERS t-shirts available with your tax-deductible contribution. And for all the 100+ volunteers, some of them coming weekly, Thank You!
posted November 11, 2003 | permanent link to this article
November 8, 2003
Pecan Festival this week to help you get crackin' and get going on down to the Austin Farmers' Market. With only THREE (that's 3!) more weeks left for the Austin Farmers' Market this year, we'd like to offer you a celebration of the state nut of Texas--the Pecan! Children will be able to get their muscle into pecans with the Pecan Toss in the park at 9:30 a.m. and adults can participate in the Pecan Cracking Contest at 11 a.m. Prizes for the winners. Enter about 15 minutes before the event with the volunteers in blue aprons. There will also be pecans offered for sale that are shelled, cracked and whole. Pecans in wheat-free Wild Wood Art Café cinnamon rolls; fantastic, to-die-for pecan chocolate tarts from Sticky Toffee Pudding Company; pecans in baked goods from Sweetish Hill Bakery, Texas French Bread and many more.
Who won the Zoot loot? Micheal Delgiudile won the Zoot five course wine dinner as the Market Card prize in last week's drawing. Stay tuned for this week's prize by coming to the market to turn in your market card with ten stamps.
In the Austin Farmers' Market this week. . .
Vegetables: Every imaginable green that grows in Central Texas, green beens, spinach, lettuces, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, tomatoes still, peppers, eggplant, radishes, green onions, herbs of all kinds, okra, zucchini and yellow squash, a few winter squashes, turnips, microgreens and sprouts.
Nuts: PECANS! The new crop is in and look for three farmers selling pecans in all forms.
Fruits: We missed the Pink Ladies (apples) last week, but somebody is not--Kim McBride of Bat Creek Farm reports that racoons and some two-legged varmits are taking off with the sweet girls..he may not have enough to come into Market to sell. If he does, the early birds will certainly benefit from his crop of local apples. Look for certified organic persimmons from Oasis Gardens, though.
Meats: Austin Gourmet Gamebirds has arrived with chicken, pheasant, guinea hen and duck. Look for Kitty Crider's crumbs on him in this week's Wednesday food section. There might also be rabbit this week--come early, as he continues to sell out or near sell out each week! Arrow K Ranch and their grass-fed long-horn beef and also Thunderheart Bison are mainstays for the market--these are great meats for a good pot of chili. Eggs from Alexander Family Farm are in this week (and the farm is taking turkey orders) and smoked salmon is here.
Dairy: The Veldhuizen Family Farm makes all natural artisan cow cheeses including gouda, Texas Swiss, Cheddar, a signature hard cheese, string cheese and yogurt cheese. Also at the Market is Pure Luck Grade A Dairy's national award-winning cheeses of chevre, farmstead, feta, and much more in delectible flavors with enhancements from their own organic certified herbs and vegetables.
Baked Goods: Breads, rolls, cookies, pizzas, brownies, granola and much more from four of Austin's best bakeries, Full Belly Bakery, Sweetish Hill, Texas French Bread, and Wildwood Art Café. Sticky Toffee Pudding Company features the pudding, of course, plus other baked tarts and cream puffs. Glenda's Gourmet Cakes are ready for a gift basket.
Flowers: Gads! Glads in November! Yes, it is true. Also sunflowers, salvia, mealy purple sage, gomphrena, rudbeckia, tuberoses, celosia, mixed bouquets, and zinnias. Lilies, of all things!, are also in bouquets. Look for our two major flower growers, Lost Truffle Farm on the east side and Arnosky Family Farm on the west side.
Plants:Look for plumerias and cacti from our vendors including Duggerhill Plumerias and Spicewood Spines.
Assorted: Salmon wraps and salmon pasta salad, carmalized onion tarts, fresh baked quiches and English pudding. Fresh squeezed all natural juices and revitalizing coconut milk in the shell, herbal teas, fresh brewed coffee, hibiscus mint tea, Ethiopian wraps and dishes, gift cakes, Indian snack packs with healthy rice puffs, Oaxacan tamales, frozen traditional tamales, jams and jellies, salsas and honey.
Crafts and arts: Paintings, jewelry, metal work, blown glass, soy candles, tie-died clothing, cigar box and cloth purses, and pottery.
Services: NEW CAFÉ AREA in the park by prepared food; Massage (ahhhh...); knife and scissor sharpening with valet (leave your knife at Alexander Farm booth and pick it up when you're done shopping); portraits by Isabel Goode-DeBlanc when she is there (ALL her revenues from the made-at-the-market portraits are donated to the Market); and herbalist Ginger Webb.
Weekly fun: Live local bands play at the Market 9:30-11 (usually); Chefs' Circle Demonstrations with tastings weekly at 10 a.m. in the park; Weekly drawing for Market Card winners at 9:45 a.m. in Chefs' Circle; and take home projects from Kids' Patch activities in the shade 9 - 11 a.m. (during Festival weeks children's activity times are different).
We are a growers-only local growers market and the farmers only sell what they grow. Satisfy your connection to the food you eat and meet the farmers directly!
Thanks again to the generous contributions and partnerships with the Austin Museum of Art and Classified Parking (for the farmer truck area gratis), Safe Zone (for reduced street barricade fees), City of Austin and the Parks and Recreation Department (for reduced fees and security) and many more major sponsors in the downtown area and in the media. We also thank the hundreds of individual supporters who have become FOUNDERS of the Austin Farmers' Market to help us with the start up and continuing operating costs. We encourage you to jump on the scale and 'Weigh In' (give your support) and still take advantage of FOUNDERS t-shirts available with your tax-deductible contribution. And for all the 100+ volunteers, some of them coming weekly, Thank You!
posted November 4, 2003 | permanent link to this article
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