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Saturday, June 19, 2010
9am to 1pm
Under the Gay Street Bridge
(Accessed from our old location on Taylor Alley)
   

In This Issue
What's new?
This Week...
Producer of the Week...
Recipe...
Looking Ahead...

What's New....

Oley Valley Mushrooms are going to be at the market with some of their last mushrooms of the season.  It has been such a hot summer that the mushroom crop is fading.  They will be back when the temps cool down.

Birchrun on a Roll has been a favorite at the market over the past few weeks, have you tried their hot dog or sausage sandwiches with sauerkraut and Country Time's Mango Tango BBQ sauce?  They are delicious and they use local foods!  Not only are they using local kraut, meat, their own eggs, and local sauces, they are also served on Rolls from the soon to open Brickoven Pizza restaurant in Phoenixville!

ICED by Betsy is shaking up the flavor line-up again this week, with three new market flavors. They will be running Father's Day specials on both our 4-packs and 6-packs. If you purchase one, they will also include a Father's Day topper with your order, perfect for Dad's cupcake! Don't forget to join their Facebook & Twitter page for special offers and announcements about the market on Saturday. ICED by Betsy will not be at the market June 26 & July 3 due to a family vacation, so stop by and get your fill of cupcakes this week! Flavors of the week


For a tree just aiming to spread its seeds an abundance of pears is a good thing, but for us asian pear lovers, North Star Orchard has to take matters into their own hands... check out their fun fruit thinning video!

Yokibics founder, Gail Alba, will be at the market with her meditative cd's, including a special cd on Mindful Eating.

Mitchell Program will be back at the market with an assorment of spring and early summer veggies, including peas! 

Penns Woods will also return to the market this week with their premium wines. 






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Accessed from Taylor Alley
Behind Family Dollar
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Hello Market Shoppers,

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This week we are very excited to be hosting Angela Miller, author of Hay Fever: How Chasing a dream in Vermont Changed My Life.  Miller is a renowned cheese maker who strives to balance farm life with her editing career in New York.  She grew up in Phoenixville and on a farm in Coventryville.  Angela will have copies of her book for sale and hopes to bring some cheese to sample. 

Finally, it's Father's Day weekend and we have lots and lots of meats for the grill.  Forks Farm will be here with beef, and of course we will have our usual poultry, pork and buffalo.  Rod Weider, of Backyard Bison, will be driving to the Market directly from the National Bison Conference in Shipshewana, IN.  Be sure to ask him about it!
Root Wall
This Week...
Music: 
Dirk Quinn Band
Activities:
Kimberton Waldorf School will be presenting children's activities

The Phoenixville Hospital will be doing Health Screenings

Massage:
Back to Health


Producers:
  (click on the names to read about them)

Artisans' Gallery & Cafe
Backyard Bison
Baues' Busy Bees
Birchrun Hills Farm
Birchrun on a Roll
Charlestown Farm
Country Time Farm
Dolly's Dish
Forks Farm

Hoagland Farm
Iced by Betsy
Jack's Farm
John and Kira's Chocolates
Kimberton Hills Dairy
Marci's Morsels
Mitchell Program
Mountain View Poultry
Northstar Orchard
Oley Valley Mushroom
Peachbottom Farm
Penns Woods Winery
Saint Peter's Bakery
Shellbark Hollow Farm
Soap by Pat
Sweetwater Baking Company

Yokibics
Forks Farm 2010
Producer of the Week

Fork's Farm
Fresh Pasture-Raised Beef
www.forksfarmmarket.com
570.683.5820
 
What do you do when that excellent barbecue cookbook that dad got last Father's Day calls for 2" thick pasture-raised steaks?  Where do you get such thick cuts of fresh, delicious meat?  Answer: You get it from Forks Farm.
 
John and Todd Hopkins, their kids, and the rest of the crew at Forks Farm offer pasture-raised beef, lamb, chickens, and turkeys, plus woodlot pork.  The meat can be cut and packaged to your specifications. It's like having a professional butcher on call.  
 
Their chicken and turkey are processed the day before pick-up, for an unrivaled flavor.  Their beef comes from "young Angus/Hereford cattle raised entirely on pasture"*.  The meat is vacuum sealed and flash frozen to retain its freshness.  Woodlot pork tastes better than factory farmed pork because the pigs root and eat the nutrient-rich diet they should, instead of gorging on the cheap grains and scraps thrown in their pens at factory farms.   The ham, bacon, and sausage offered by Forks Farm is cured to produce an "old-fashioned flavor"* that factory farms just can't produce. 
 
So whether you need poultry, beef, lamb, or pork, check out Forks Farm to get fresh, pasture-raised meat that is custom cut and packaged to suit your needs.  Look at their website or chat with them at the market to arrange for the best-tasting meats for your family and friends.
 
Here's a perfect recipe for this week- Forks Farm will be at the Market with Beef, and Buffalo is always great in any recipe calling for beef.  The sugar snap peas won't be around for too long so enjoy them while they are in
Recipe 

Stir-Fried Beef and Sugar Snap Peas With Sesame Oil and Seeds 
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Time: 30 minutes
1 pound lean beef, cut into 1/4-inch strips
3 tablespoons tamari or dark soy sauce
2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil, more for drizzling
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 pound sugar snap peas, trimmed
3 fat scallions
2/3 cup chicken broth
2 1/2 tablespoons Madeira or sweet sherry
1 tablespoon cornstarch
3 tablespoons peanut or olive oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
Rice, for serving
2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds (optional)
Sriracha or other hot sauce, or rice wine vinegar and chili oil, for garnish.
1. In a medium bowl, mix beef, 2 tablespoons tamari, sesame oil, salt and pepper. Set aside.
2. Thinly slice sugar snap peas crosswise into disks. Thinly slice scallions, reserving dark green parts for garnish.
3. In a small bowl, mix chicken broth, Madeira, 2 tablespoons water, remaining 1 tablespoon tamari and cornstarch.
4. Heat a large skillet over high heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil. When pan is hot, stir-fry beef until browned, about 2 minutes. Transfer beef and any liquid to a plate.
5. Add remaining tablespoon oil to skillet and when hot, add garlic and white and light green scallion parts until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Add sugar snap peas and chicken broth mixture, lower heat to medium and cover. Let cook for 2 minutes. Transfer beef and juices to skillet and stir-fry 2 minutes. Serve over rice, garnished with more sesame oil, sesame seeds, dark parts of scallions, and hot sauce or vinegar and chili oil.
Yield: 4 servings.

This recipe comes from the NYT, read the full article here.

Looking Ahead

Next week our Producer of the Week, Kimberton Hills Dairy, will have some surprises in store for us! 
Phoenixville Fave, Blanko Dave will be serenading us with his tunes.