What's New....
As a new
lunch addition, Artisan Cafe will be bringing individual containers of
freshly
made chicken salad on a bed of sweet Butter lettuce.
Baues' Bees will be back at the market
this week, stock up on honey now!
Charlestown Farm will have strawberries for market this week, as well as a lot of
arugula. Just the thing for
'Strawberry, Arugula & Walnut Salad.'
ICED by Betsy will start taking orders
for graduation cupcakes
starting at the market on Saturday and will have some examples of
graduation cupcake options to look at. They will not be at the
market next Saturday, May 29th, so make sure to
get your cupcakes this week at the market. ICED by Betsy will return to
the market with a new flavor added to the line-up on
Saturday, June 5th. Read about this week's enticing flavors here!
The Mitchell Program will return with flowers, plants, and veggies.
Stargazer Vineyards will return to the
market this week.
Willow Creek will be bringing a larger
selection of strawberries this week!
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*************************************** The
Phoenixville Farmers' Market is a producer/grower market committed to
providing locally grown, fresh food; to preserving our agricultural
heritage; and to building community. **************************************
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Phoenixville Farmers' Market Saturdays 9am-1pm Under the Gay Street Bridge Accessed from Taylor Alley Behind Family Dollar Phoenixville, PA ********* Artists at the Market on Second Saturdays ********* Health Screenings by Phoenixville Hospital on Third Saturdays
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Hello Market Shoppers,
The new season is off to a tremendous start and I hope that you have had a chance to stop by and see our new location, enjoy your favorite items, and try out some new ones!
As you may know, we moved due to the new parking regulations in town and this is the first week that they are ticketing with actual fines, so if you park in the metered lot, use the small kiosk near the entrance. The parking at the justice center will remain free. There are some
metered parking spots and some resident spots near the Market. Please read the signs to make sure you are
parking in the right place.
We want to help make it easier on those that don't want to lug their bags to their cars. You can leave your bags at the information area while you walk back to your car and drive to pick them up.
Birchrun on a Roll will not be at the Market this week, but will return next week. They plan to come all season with delicious grilled LOCAL hotdogs and other items. The strawberries are really coming in so the farmers will bring larger quantities this week.
See you at the Market!
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Producer of the Week: Shellbark Hollow Farm It all started with two kids (we're talking baby goats, not humans) that a friend offered to Pete Demchur. Now twice daily he milks 35 goats for an average yield of 10-15 gallons. The amount fluctuates with the seasons. For 15 years, Pete and his sister, Donna Levitsky, have turned that fresh milk into delicious, fresh cheese. Their chevre is so fresh, it is only 5-7 days old when you purchase it at our market. They also offer crottin de chevre which is ripened from 1 to 1 1/2 month(s), and a tomme which is aged from 4-8 months prior to taste-testing some samples, to ensure its excellence. Not a bad job, huh? But it's not all noshing on cheese. During our extreme snowfalls this year, the crew at Shellbark Hollow Farms had to shovel out grazing areas for the tribe, to protect the goats' teats and udders from frostbite.
So try some of their award winning cheeses, yogurt, and kefir. And keep June 27th open; Shellbark Hollow Farm in cooperation with our own Birchrun Hills Farm and the White Dog Cafe from Philly is hosting the Tasting Farm Dinner. Check www.shellbarkhollow.com for details. |
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Recipe
Watercress (or Arugula) and Shellbark Hollow Marinated Goat's Cheese
Risotto Soften 1 chopped
onion in butter, then stir in 12 oz arborio rice with a splash of
white wine.
Once the wine
has evaporated, gradually ladle in 50-70 oz hot vegetable stock, stirring occasionally until the
rice is tender. Stir in 3 oz
roughly chopped watercress (or arugula from the farmers' market) with 3 oz of Shellbark Hollow Marinated Goat
Cheese, a good knob of the oil
and herbs (about 1 tablespoon)from the marinated cheese along with salt and pepper as
needed. Allow to sit for a minute
before serving. Courtesy of
Susie- Piazza Farmers Market Friend Serves 4
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Looking Ahead Next week Kids Yoga by Ocean Earth Wind Fire will be back at the market. Penns Woods Winery will also return with different varieties to taste (I liked the merlot last week and I am looking forward to trying the red they bring on 5/29!).
It is will be Memorial Day weekend, so start planning your grilling menus!
Sweetgrass, a new documentary will start at the Colonial Theater on
5/29. "An unsentimental elegy to
the American West, "Sweetgrass" follows the last modern-day cowboys to
lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often
dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. This
astonishingly beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which
nature and culture, animals and humans, vulnerability and violence are
all intimately meshed."
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