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What's In Season in Kentucky This Week:
  • Apples
  • Beets
  • Cabbage
  • Garlic
  • Greens- kale,  Swiss chard, collard
  • Green Beans
  • Lettuces
  • Onions
  • Pears
  • Peppers
  • Potatoes
  • Pumpkins
  • Radishes
  • Squash- Acorn, Butternut, Cushaw, Hubbard
  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Tomatoes
The Lexington Farmers' MarketNovember 10, 2010

 

The "off" season is a great time to think not just about eating, but about food in general. It's pretty easy to eat locally during the summer, but it can be a challenge to think about where your food comes from in the winter. Use this season to curl up with a great book about food policy, the ethics of eating, gardening, or cooking. Authors like Barbara Kingsolver and Michael Pollan have made bestsellers lists with their works about food. Popular media newspapers, blogs, and magazines are now filled with information about nutrition, food democracy, sustainable eating and DIY farming. The best way to find good information is to read a lot of it, so take time this winter to educate yourself on what you eat, and then share what you've learned over a nice hearty meal!

 

Don't forget- we're still outside until the LAST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER, the 27th as well as TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS until Thanksgiving. We will move indoors to Victorian Square Plaza December 4th and remain there every Saturday, December 4th-April 2nd (excluding Christmas and New Years Day).

Sarah Buzogany

Lexington Farmers' Market Assistant Manager

 
Market Times and Locations
Tuesday/Thursday
S. Broadway and Maxwell
7am-4pm
(Through the end of November)
Saturday
Cheapside Park on Main St.
7am-3pm
(Through November 27)
Sunday
Southland Dr.
Closed for the Season

Our Sponsors
Fayette Alliance
WUKY

Good Foods

Sullivan University National Center for Hospitality Studies

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WEEKLY RECIPE

Glazed Turnips

yield: Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 lb small to medium (2-inch) turnips
  • About 1 1/2 cups plus 3 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Garnish: chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Preparation

Peel turnips, then halve horizontally and quarter halves. Arrange turnips in 1 layer in a 12-inch heavy skillet and add enough water (about 1 1/2 cups) to reach halfway up turnips. Add butter, sugar, and salt and boil over moderately high heat, covered, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. Boil turnips, uncovered, stirring, until tender and water has evaporated, about 8 minutes.

Saut� turnips over moderately high heat, stirring, until golden brown, about 5 minutes more. Add 3 tablespoons water and stir to coat turnips with glaze.

Read More http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Glazed-Turnips-104647#ixzz14tYGm2KY

INFORMATION FROM OUR SPONSORS


SULLIVAN UNIVERSITY


We are pleased to announce that Sullivan University is a returning sponsor of the Lexington Farmers' Market and will be providing many more seasonal cooking demonstrations at our Saturday markets.  More information will follow as it becomes available and please take time to thank the representatives of Sullivan University when you see them at the market.


GOOD FOODS MARKET AND CAF�

Enjoy local --- Shop local. Buy local. Eat local! Stop by for brunch before or after you visit the Lexington Farmers Market on Saturday and Sunday.

 

Good Foods Sampling Saturday & Produce Sampling Hour

Join us for Sampling Saturday where you can meet our local producers and sample their unique products. Delicious Thanksgiving foods will be featured. During our Sampling Saturday, enjoy our Produce Sampling Hour from 1 - 2 pm. You'll learn about featured produce items and try tasty samples. The featured item for November is Kale (green, red, lacinato). Meet in the Rochdale Room.

Fee: FREE
When: Saturday, November 13
Sampling Saturday: 11 am - 2 pm
Produce Sampling Hour: 1 - 2 pm
Where: Good Foods Market & Caf�, 455 Southland Drive, Lexington, KY 40503, (859) 278-1813


 

Good Foods Co-op is a locally owned and operated cooperative business where everyone is welcome to shop at either of our locations - Good Foods Market & Caf� on Southland Drive or Good Foods Chapter 2 inside the downtown Lexington Public Library. Good Foods has served the Lexington community since 1972.

Good Foods Market & Caf�, 455 Southland Drive, Lexington, KY 40503, (859) 278-1813, www.goodfoods.coop


 

THE FAYETTE ALLIANCE

The Fayette Alliance is Lexington's ONLY land-use advocacy organization that regularly educates and lobbies local government for a sustainable growth model that benefits all of us.

We believe that preserving our signature Bluegrass landscape, creating a dynamic and equitable cityscape through infill redevelopment, and improving our natural waterways by fixing our sanitary sewer and stormwater systems are key components to achieving our economic and environmental promise here in Lexington-Fayette County.

We are an alliance of citizens from the entire community, including stakeholders from the agricultural, neighborhood, and infill sectors. We are a united voice for responsible growth, and only weigh-in on those land-use issues that have countywide implications. Together we can chart our future, and positively impact local zoning decisions-the very building blocks of our community.

If you want a better quality of life for all of us, please join The Fayette Alliance today for free.  Visit www.fayettealliance.com for more information.

 

INFORMATION FROM OUR SPONSOR WUKY

 

WUKY was founded in 1941 as the radio voice of the University of Kentucky. Our mission then-as now-was to bring information and enlightenment to the people of central Kentucky. Back then we even hauled radios to remote areas so people could hear our programs. Today we're pioneering the use of digital technology to bring multiple streams of great non-commercial programming to this region. Whether you're a Lexington resident or a visitor, please take a moment this weekend to tune your radio to WUKY at 91.3FM, and, when you get home, stream our signal on line at www.wuky.org. There you'll enjoy NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Car Talk and Fresh Air all supplemented by award-winning WUKY news. On weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 2 to 5 p.m., you'll hear a unique blend of music that we call "Adult Rock", featuring a wide variety of artists from Talking Heads to Norah Jones to Lucinda Williams. In addition, our weekend schedule includes everything from A Prairie Home Companion to the big bands, the Grateful Dead Hour, and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. WUKY 91.3FM truly has something for everyone. We are able to accomplish all this only because of community support. Income from this and other special events, underwriting by area businesses, and contributions from individual donors account for over two-thirds of our budget so please pledge now and thank you so much for supporting WUKY.

NEWS FLASH AND SPECIAL EVENTS

NEWS FLASH...

 

November is Good Nutrition Month

Kentucky farmers grow and raise a wide variety of food commodities and food products that are part of a nutritious diet.   In this time of Thanksgiving, remember to thank at least one of Kentucky's 85,000 farm families for providing a healthy, abundant food supply.



SPECIAL EVENTS...

On Saturday the Friends of the Lexington Farmers' Market will be in attendance to sell market merchandise and answer questions. Central Baptist Hospital's cookbook Beyond The Fence will also be available for purchase at these tables.


 

PARKING is always FREE at all of our markets if you know where to look!  On Saturday it's as easy as parking in the Financial Center Garage (#8 on the map) across the street from Cheapside Park and next to the blue 5/3 building. This lot is generously provided to us by Central Parking and for this we are extremely grateful.  Beyond that garage, all street parking is free on Saturdays and there are also several pay lots in the area.

 Saturday Parking Map

Finally, if you have ever lost items at any of our markets and they have not been returned, please check with Jeff, the market manager, during market hours or by phone at (859) 608-2655.

 

HERE'S A BIT OF WHAT YOU'LL FIND AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK...


Caffemarco

Bourbon County

 

Black Bag - let your hair down!

Gold Bag - I deserve it

Tan Bag - guy walking his dog

Green Bag - water processed Decaf

www.caffemarco.com

www.bravetart.com

 

"Baby, take a chance with me, baby, take a chance with me." the singer begged. "Not likely, mate," replied our Princess. It had been a wearying week already. Three horses at Churchill Downs vanquished, inferior cakes consumed, coldish autumn weather turning snowy and Jack having lost his ardor apparently, I'm ready to return to that airy, sensual, smoky, coffee-obsessed hide-away in Paris, on the Rue Jacob and forget my myself after a few bowls of CaffeMarco. Life provides much; I just wouldn't know it on my own.

 

Abigail's

Fayette County

 

www.abigailsoap.com www.abigailkeam.com

www.abigailshoneyblog.blogspot.com

Sustainable beekeeper, winner of 16 honey awards and Reader's Favorite Gold Medal winner for debut novel - DEATH BY A HONEYBEE.

HAND BALMS

DON'T FORGET YOUR HANDS THIS WINTER.  Get my Lavender or Honeysuckle hand balms to protect your skin.  Also comes fragrance free. 

FALL SOAP

It's time to stock up wood and do those last minute tasks before cold weather shows up.  The trees are showing color and fall is in full bloom.  Time for my Chocolate Amber Soap and Pumpkin Spice Soap which are great fall soaps. Just made a new batch of Mint Julep and Forest Green.  Also will have Sandalwood, Hyacinth, Supermoist, Oatmeal Body Scrub, the last of Spring Rain and Flowing River. 

 

HONEY 

I will have the last of the Comb Honey for this year at the Market.  It makes a great Thanksgiving Day treat or house gift. 

 

When does honey go bad? I used to tell people - never, but have since learned that if a yeast spore gets into the honey - that will cause the honey to ferment.  Otherwise honey stays fresh for centuries - theoretically.

 

What to do when honey crystallizes - put jar on dashboard of car on sunny day and let the sun re-liquefy it. 

 

NEWS FROM THE RIVER BLOG - for pictures click on

www.abigailshoneyblog.blogspot.com              

After the Market, come to Frankfort for the Kentucky Book Fair from 9am to 4pm in Frankfort.  I will be there signing books and my husband, Peter, will be manning my booth at the Farmer's Market. 

 

See you at the Market this weekend.

 

"FRESH LOCAL HONEY" by NICK and BEV NICKELS

Fayette County


We WILL at the Lexington Farmers' Market downtown on Saturday, November 13th. The Farmers' Market on at Southland Drive concluded Sunday, October 31st.

 

We offer the highest quality raw clover honey, pure beeswax candles and pollen. 
 
Our delicious raw honey comes only from the fields and orchards surrounding Lexington, Kentucky. Our raw honey is unheated, and unprocessed so that all its attributes are fully preserved. Honeycomb in a jar with strained honey is also available.
 
Our candles are 100% unbleached, all natural beeswax. Beeswax candles are long lasting and clean burning. They contain no toxins or soot common to commercially produced paraffin candles. They are the candles of choice for those who have asthma, allergies, or headaches due to paraffin or scented candles. They are naturally fragrant with a subtle honey scent. They are made with filtered beeswax; so they produce a bright, clear, steady flame and beautiful illumination.
 
Bee pollen is nature's most complete food, rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids and a complete source of protein. It can give us that extra edge to stay healthy. An all-around nutritional supplement, bee pollen is ideal for daily use. The bee pollen granules can be sprinkled over salad or cereal, added to liquids or eaten as is.

Web Site www.KentuckyHoney.com

 

HENKLE'S HERBS AND HEIRLOOMS

Jessamine County

 

Greetings!  It is a bittersweet moment, but we regret to inform you that our offerings for the year have been depleted.   We revel in the fact that our mouth watering produce arrived earlier and departed later than any other market season since we have participated, but this is it for us.  Thank you so much for all of your support and love in the historic 2010 Lexington Farmer's Market season.  We anxiously anticipate providing our pesticide free, 100% homegrown goodness to all of you in April of 2011.  Thanks for a great year and happy holidays!

Mark and Velvet Henkle

 

HILLSIDE HERITAGE FARM

Garrard County

 

Sorry for not being there last week.  Too many irons in the fire for the family!  We will be there this week with a full assortment of products  - Dorthy is going to Boones' today to pick up pigs I took two weeks ago.

We should have most everything this week, but we are low on bacon - so come early.   We are still selling lots of Brats and Italian Sausage for cooking on the grill, as well as a whole lot of pork chops.  As the weather cools, it seems that more of you are interested in Breakfast sausage - we have plenty.  Get something that you can cook in the crock pot so that you don't have to cook all day.  A Fresh Ham roast or Boston Butt roast cooked all day in the slow cooker makes great pulled Pork or the world's Best barbeque when you add your own special sauce!  

Don't forget to look through our recipe collection and find just what you need for a meal in the coming weeks.  Of course our recipe collection is all about PORK!  If you find a recipe you like, we have copies we can give you.

 We invite you to visit our website (which still needs updating) www.hillsideheritagefarm.com and also ask you to join us on Facebook. 

This has been a great season and we have really enjoyed getting to know so many of you.

John Contini


ELMWOOD STOCK FARM

Scott County

 

Yeh!  Two more weeks of the outdoor Saturday farmers markets before the Thanksgiving holiday and we are still bringing new items each week.  Then we all move indoors each Saturday morning.

 

PRODUCE we are featuring several types of Lettuce Heads including butterhead, red leaf, green romaine, and buttercrunch.  Other items include Purple Top White Turnips, Golden Turnips, Spanish Black Radishes, Watermelon or Beauty Heart Radishes, Daikon, Bok Choy, Kohlrabi, Swiss Chard, Lacinato Kale, Mustard Greens, Tatsoi, Curly Kale Greens, Salad Mix and more.  All certified organic and tasty sweet after several frosts.

 

Other crops include Sweet Potatoes, Red Onions, Yellow Onions, Garlic and fresh cut Herbs, all certified organic.

 

MEATS our inventory of grassfed Angus organic beef has been restocked, along with a full selection of certified organic hens and packs of cut-up chicken pieces ready to stock up your freezers for cold weather meals.

 

A handful of bone-in Leg of Lamb are available, contact us if you need to reserve one for a special holiday celebration.

 

TURKEYS we are still taking pre-orders for Elmwood certified organic heritage and traditional broad-breasted turkeys.  Due to outstanding demand the last few years, we have more available this season.  We suggest ordering now for Thanksgiving or your December holiday celebration.

 

The turkeys are processed at KY's small USDA inspected certified organic facility outside Bowling Green and will be ready for pickup the weekend prior to Thanksgiving - Saturday Nov. 20th.  Just contact the farm (best by email) and we'll share more details with you on expected available sizes, the differences in taste and appearance dependent on heritage or broad-breasted breeds, pricing, prepartion tips and more.  We are proud to be one of just a few farms in the US to grow organic heritage breed turkeys.  You can taste the difference and know that you are serving the best!

 

EGGS we offer our certified organic eggs from free-ranging hens on grass pasture each market.  The hens are still happy with moderate temperatures this fall and rewarding us with beautiful tasty brown fresh eggs.  Stock up now for your morning breakfasts and holiday baking.

 

SCHEDULE Elmwood Stock Farm will be set up on Saturday mornings at the outdoor Cheapside Park market through Thanksgiving.  We then move indoors inside the Victorian Square Shoppes Saturdays during December (not Christmas Day or New Years Day, however).

 

This winter, Elmwood will be at the Victorian Square indoor market EACH SATURDAY during January, February and March.  Look for us to secure your own share of locally grown, organic, wholesome, healthy farm food each week of the growing season. These days, more than ever, it's important to know the source of your family's food and you can look to a local organic farm to meet your body's nutritional needs resulting in good health.

 

Visit our website to learn more, review our price lists, and pre-order your special items.

 

www.elmwoodstockfarm.com/


OFF THE DOCK SEAFOOD

A Fresh From the Boat Affiliate

 

Try some of our wild-caught natural seafood. We have Yellowtail, Sea Bass, Butterfish, Crab Cakes, Flounder Fillets (stuffed flounder 6oz and 10oz,) Grouper Fillets, Beer Battered Grouper, Mahi-Mahi, Parrot Fish, AK Salmon, Scallops- Sea& Bay, Shrimp, Snapper, Shrimp Burgers, Swordfish, Ahi Tuna, Seaweed Salad, Haddock Fillets, Grouper Cheeks, Lobster Tail, Crab Stuffed Mushrooms.

 

http://www.freshfromtheboat.com

 

Superlative coffee roasters

Fayette County

 

The nights are definitely getting cooler!  As you wake up on Saturday morning, you'll welcome the market with FRESH Roasted Coffee brewed and ready to savor while you shop.  And, what a better way to start each day than with Superlative FRESH Roasted coffees at home.  Be sure to stop by and pick up your favorite blend or single origin for the week ahead.

On Saturday, November 13th, visit us at the Roastery after your market shopping and warm up with our FREE coffee tasting.  We'll be introducing our Holiday Blend for you to sample, plus a few more.  8am - 2pm.  116 Mechanic Street, just a few blocks from the market (between N. Upper and N. Limestone and 2nd & 3rd). 

 

BYBEE FARM PRODUCE

Madison County

 

Homegrown Tomatoes!

 

Thanks to a warmer than usual fall, we have a bumper crop of beautiful tomatoes! We are busy covering them nightly with canvas to protect them from frost, so stop by our booth for that last taste of summer! We will be on the Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday markets until sold out or extreme cold sets in. Next harvest, June 2011 (hopefully!)

 

Thanks as always,

Gerald and Debra McMaine

 

JAVA JONES

Fayette County

                                                 

Thank you for all your support during our first market season! It was great to get to know you all. Java Jones will have a permanent winter location at 2070 Lexington Rd, next to Toyota of Nicholasville. We've already had some of our regulars stop by so please come see us there and have a great winter!

 

BlueMoon Farm ***Sustainably Grown***

Madison County

 

We would like to thank our friends and acquaintances at the Lexington Farmers' Market for a great year.  You will not find our booths at the market anymore in 2010, and we will miss seeing you all!  This Saturday we will venture over to Louisville to set up one time only at the Bardstown Road Farmers' Market, to be sure our old friends there get the garlic they need to survive the winter!  Then comes garlic planting time, which, depending on weather, could go on into December or longer.

 

We can still arrange delivery of bulk orders of Stone Cross Farm Pork, Garlic Scape Pesto and more, as we will be travelling to Lexington once a week all winter to deliver to restaurants.  Please don't hesitate to drop us an email anytime and we'll be happy to put something together for you to stock your freezer, or for your family holiday celebrations!

 

We will be posting our "Not Your Average" Cranberry Sauce recipe again in a couple of weeks.  It's a fantastic complement to a turkey (or pork!) dinner.  Stay tuned!

 

By the way, if you're dining at Dudley's and craving some Blue Moon Farm garlic, try the Blue Moon Garlic Soup!  It's delicious!  A creamy, garlicky soup, served with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar and a poached duck egg!  Yum!

I'm sure we will be running into many of you at Good Foods in the coming months! :-)  They are now carrying our Garlic Scape Pesto in stock.

 

Windy Corner Market (corner of Muir Station and Bryan Station Rds.) also has the pesto in stock.  Take a short drive out there for a delicious lunch or dinner, and pick up some pesto too!

 

Thank you again for all your support and encouragement in a less than ideal growing year.  It means a lot to us! 

 

Blue Moon Farm

"Garlic makes good scents!"

www.bluemoongarlic.com

Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/bluemoongarlic

 

BLEUGRASS CHEVRE

Clark County

 

We are up to our elbows with new moms and bottle babies, and hope to have plenty of cheese and be at the market before Thanksgiving.
See you then!
Susan and the (very portly) [email protected]

 

VVF CONFECTIONS

Fayette County

 

John and I will be at the market this Saturday.

 

Thanks,

Marianne Swintosky

VVF Confections

 

GOOD THYMES GARDEN

Mercer County

 

Find us at the Saturday and Sunday markets with salt risen bread, yeast rolls, heirloom tomatoes, acorn and butternut squash, candy onions, cucumbers, bell, banana, Habanero, jalapeno, pimento and Anaheim peppers, and sweet potatoes.

  

HOME PICKINS

Jackson County

 

We have a nice selection of Roaster and Fryer chickens . They are pasture-raised without antibiotics, added hormones or any other synthetic substances, They are USDA inspected and vacuum sealed for ultimate freshness. Also look for our USDA beef and our fresh eggs!


THE PAW PAW PLANTATION

Powell County

 

I am at every market through the week.

I have at my booth: Paw Paws, heirloom tomatoes, hydroponic tomatoes, sourdough bread, a variety of sweet fruit and vegetable breads, Kentucky agate slices-geodes-gemstones, bittersweet and sassafrass

Roland McIntosh from the Paw Paw Plantation

 

SCOTT EVANS

Madison County

 

I will be at the Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday markets with tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, eggplant, spaghetti squash, butternut squash and sweet potatoes

 

LONE OAK FARM

Scott County

 

I'll be at the weekend market and sometimes through the week with with local Logans kale, Collins collards, Bravo cabbage, pumpkins and more.

 

MARION PITTMAN

Casey County

 

Beans, acorn squash, butternut squash, pie pumpkins, turnips, greens and much more at the Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday markets. Everything is from Casey County.

 

SALYERS FARM

Franklin County

 

This weekend we'll have the pulled pork BBQ sandwiches, BBQ chicken, ice cream and Amish butters and cheeses you've come to know and love. Come get some peanut butter, honey roasted peanut butter, chocolate peanut butter, almond butter or cashew butter milled right at the market!

 

LA PETITE CREPERIE

Fayette County

 

La Petite Cr�perie brings a little taste of France to the Bluegrass

 

The idea for opening a walk-up cr�perie was hatched many years ago when I was a student in France.   After discovering cr�pes they became a staple of my diet because as a hot, quick meal they fit right in with the poor student budget.    The best part was that they were never far away.   Walk-up cr�pe windows are like hot dog stands in New York; they are everywhere. 

 

My husband Mark and I took many more trips to France and ate countless more cr�pes.  We decided that the good people of Lexington should be able enjoy them here.   After years of tweaking batters and looking for just the right griddle, and after serving hundreds of cr�pes to our friends, family and my French students, we think we've hit on a good combination.  

 

La Petite Cr�perie hopes to recreate the experience of ordering a French cr�pe � emporter.  Half of the fun is watching, smelling, and anticipating how delicious it's going to be.  Our batter contains only eggs from the market, Weisenberger white and wheat flours, Kentucky produced whole milk, water, canola oil, sugar and salt. Our sweet cr�pe fillings include honey and jam from Farmers' Market vendors, and the butter and sugar cr�pes are made with homemade butter from the market.   We also make a hearty breakfast cr�pe with market eggs, cheese and vegetables.   Our menu will vary as other fruits, berries and vegetables come into season. 

 

La Petite Cr�perie will be open most Saturdays at Cheapside from 7:00 am until 2:00 pm. and most Sundays at Southland from 10:00 until 2:00.  You can visit our website, www.petitecreperie.com to find out exactly where we will be and when.  Bon app�tit!

 

Remember to visit our website at http://www.lexingtonfarmersmarket.com for more information about the market.

 

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