Highlights & News
For more info look at the producer section to the right
- Jenny and Farnks unveils great holiday gelato flavors.
- Oley Valley Mushrooms is taking orders for specially made Oyster mushroom growing kits
- Shellbark Hollow has Marinated Chevre presented in a glass jar decoratively tied with raffia.
- Sitko Farms will have LOCALLY made wreaths
- Baues' Bees have lovely beeswax candles.
- Mountain View Farm is taking orders for Christmas Turkeys and offering a $1 per pound discount as away of saying " Thank you!"
- Country Time Farm is taking orders for holiday hams and roasts
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PHOENIXVILLE
FARMERS' MARKET
Special Holiday Markets
(Food and Artists)
Nov 26, Dec 3, 10 & 17
10am to noon
CHRISTMAS EVE MINI-MARKET
December 24
10am
Winter Markets
2nd & 4th Saturdays,
January through April:
10am to noon
Regular Season
Saturdays
May 5, 2012
to
November 24, 2012
9am-1pm
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Under the Gay Street Bridge
accessed by Taylor Alley
Phoenixville, PA
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Hello Market Shoppers!
The weather was beautiful last week and it looks great for this Saturday too! We have LOTS of great food this week! Take a look at the Provider section below for the details.
Once again we will have live music this week and the children's area will be stocked with toys and books.
Remember, the Market will be open every Saturday from November 26th to December 17th from 10am to noon with lots of farm fresh food and great locally made unique holiday gifts and live music! North Star Orchard will be with us next week and they are taking a few orders for Gold Rush apples. Take a look at their information in the Looking Ahead section below.
There were a a few recipes this week that we thought you might enjoy- take a look at them in the Recipe section.
We will also have a very special Christmas Eve Mini-Market on December 24th! Look for more details in the next newsletter. The following providers plan to attend, and more may decide to join them:
Saint Peters Bakery
ICED by Betsy
Mountain View Poultry
Oley Valley Mushroom
FreshaPeel Hummus
If you would like one of your friends or relatives to enjoy the Phoenixville Farmers' Market you can purchase gift certificates for them at the market table. The certificates come in $2 Market Dollars that can be used at all of the providers' stands.
See you at the Market!
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Providers This Week (click on the name to read about the provider)
Farmers & Food
Artisans Cafe
We now have our own blend "Artisans House" available in the One Village sealed bag. Artisans will be taking orders on our whole quiche pies for the holiday. Order forms are available at our booth or send an email to rosemarie@artisansgalley-cafe.com by the Wednesday prior to the Market pickup.
To help benefit The Clinic in Phoenixville Medical Center for the Uninsured, Artisans Gallery & Café and Romantic Jewelers will be hosting a Silent Auction of one-of-kind, original design Gingerbread Houses before and after the showing of the holiday film It's A Wonderful Life" at the Colonial theatre, December 18th. Children, teens, adults, families or organized groups are invited to show off their talents and capture the "Frank Capra's" spirit of George Bailey by helping their neighbors. This weekend, stop by our booth and pick up an applications or you can pickone up at either Artisans Gallery & Café or Romantic Jewelers or send an email to rosemarie@artisansgallery-cafe.com.
Backyard Bison Bison is great for holiday meals. Stop by my stand to ask for recipes and suggestions
Baues' Busy Bees
We'll have an assortment of candles, tapers in all colors, Christmas Trees in two sizes, snowmen and Santa and pillars.
Candles make a great gift. We have many items under $10.00 that make great Teacher's gift. Honey, soap, beeswax creams, lotion and balms great protection for your skin and they also make a great gift.
We'll have raw honey in various size jars, and bee pollen.
Birchrun Hills
Our cheeses make quick and easy appetizers to take a long to a Holiday party. They are also welcome hostess gifts. AT this busy time of the year, here are a few quick and easy dinners ideas from Birchrun Hills Farm...
-Grilled veal burgers with Birchrn Blue cheese
-Birchrun Bockwurst, simmer in dark beer, grill and serve with sauteed carmelized onions
-Birchrun Franks, our pork and veal in a tasty dog
-Summer Sausage and Equinox cheese
Omelets with Fat Cat or Equinox cheese and Oley Valley mushrooms
Charlestown Farm
We will be bringing a selection of local vegetables including our sweet carrots and tender young greensgrown in our hoophouse
Country Time Farm
We will be taking orders for hams and any special pork roast for Christmas, For Saterday will have chops, tenderloin, sausage, ground pork, butts, cubes, ground pork, veal and pork burgers , more copa and salumi
FreshaPeel Hummus Our hummus makes a great low fat, TASTY, and healthful appetizer or snack. If you haven't tried it, stop by and you will be hooked!
Iced by Betsy
ICED by Betsy is welcoming you to the month of December with lots of yummy cupcake flavors. We will be featuring two of the four cupcakes from our Christmas Collection on Saturday....Egg Nog and Hot Cocoa. The Christmas Collection will be available for pre-order the entire month of December, making it a perfect treat for all those Christmas celebrations that start filling your calendar. Our charity for the month of December is Make a Wish Foundation of Philadelphia. Pre-orders can be placed by email to cupcakes@icedbybetsy.com or phone 610-755-7062.
ICED by Betsy will have the following flavors at the market this weekend:
Egg Nog - A deliciously sweet vanilla cupcake filled with an egg nog mousse. Frosted with rum/nutmeg buttercream and topped with vanilla cake & nutmeg sprinkle.
Chocolate Snowball- Our signature chocolate cake filled with sweet coconut cream. Frosted with coconut-vanilla buttercream and generously topped with sweet shredded coconut.
By Popular Demand - Our signature dark chocolate cake filled with decadent dark chocolate mousse. Frosted with a simple and sweet vanilla buttercream and topped with a swirled chocolate chip.
Flip Side - The flip side of our By Popular Demand cupcake! A moist white cake filled with vanilla mousse studded with chocolate chips. Frosted with chocolate buttercream and topped with a white chocolate star!
Hot Cocoa - Our signature chocolate cake filled with fluffy marshmallow cream. Frosted with vanilla buttercream and topped with a sprinkle of hot cocoa, marshmallows, and a a chocolate straw!
Mint to Be - A decadent white mint cake filled with milk chocolate mousse. Frosted with white mint buttercream and topped with a chocolate mint candy.
Jack's Farm We'll have many differrent fall greens, napa and savoy cabbage, carrots, beets, potatoes, squash, rutabagas and more.
All USDA Certified Organic.
Jenny & Frank's Artisan Gelato
We have two wonderful new seasonal flavors of gelato: Gingerbread with a hint of Amaretto (Di Saronno(R) of course) and White Chocolate Peppermint! Come on out and have a taste. We've also begun taking orders for holiday gelato cakes, now offered in large and small size. Ciao!
John and Kira's Chocolate
We will have a great selection of our chocolates, perfect as hostess gifts, stocking stuffers or an after dinner treat!
Mountain View Poultry
I will have most of my menu available this week. I will have some pastured turkeys available for Christmas. Ordering early will be necessary. I am offering the turkeys on special for $3.99lb. That is a savings of $1.00 per pound. That's my way of saying thank-you for supporting me all year long. Hope to see everyone on Saturday !
Oley Valley Mushrooms
Try our recipe for mushroom bisque in the Recipe section below or the yummy looking mushroom lasagne in last Sunday's New York Times. You can get it here. We will be taking orders for oyster mushroom kits that will be ready in late December.
Paradocx Vineyard
Paradocx is accepting pre-orders for wine at 610-444-9003 or susan@paradocx.com. Please call or email no later than 7PM Thursday, December 1 (that's tonight, so order quickly!).
Paradocx will be bringing limited amounts of the following products to the market:
Paint Cans:
Spiced Red Wine
Barn Red
Cabernet
Whitewash
Pail Pink
Bottles:
Chardonnay
T-Wine
Holiday Gift Packs @ $50 include Leverage, Merlot, and Old Stone Chardonnay
Peachbottom Farm A selection of vegetables, baked good and cheese
Saint Peters' Bakery
Saint Peters Bakery is offering the following Holiday items this week:
*Cranberry Orange Scones!
*Almond Cranberry Croissants!
*Honey Whole Wheat bread with Fruit and Nuts, a great breakfast bread toasted, also delicious anytime with cheese!
AND Free cookie for all Kids that show us a Good Report Card from their school!
Shellbark Hollow Farm This week we will have plenty of our creamy chevre spreads for your entertaining needs. They are available in twelve distinctive flavours including our seasonal Harvest Moon and Spectachio.
Try them with crudites, crackers, or baguettes.
For your holiday gift giving and hostess gifts we will have our Marinated Chevre presented in a glass jar decoratively tied with raffia. Try one of our four different~ Tuscan Bliss, our most popular; Herb de Provence,for a delightful herb infused cheese; Herb Blast, for a little citrus zing; and Freshini for the earthy mushroom taste.
We will also have our chevres, yogurt, kefir, Crottin de Chevre, Honey Biscuit, and Tomato Nest Biscuit.
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Sitko Farms We will be bringing our lovely local wreaths!
Sweetwater Baking Co. Stop by for our naturally leavened breads, gooey sticky buns and our granola.
The Mill at Anselma Just in time for Holiday baking, we will have our locally milled flour this week.
Wild for Salmon
Salmon is the perfect food for entertaining and for quick healthy meals!
Artists Richard Johnston: Hand turned wooden bowls and other  unique items. Kathy Forrester: Textiles |
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Recipes
MUSHROOM BISQUE
1 ½ lbs. mushrooms, sliced
2 slices bacon
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 large sweet onion, chopped
1/3 c. white wine
¼ c. brandy
3 c. chicken broth
2 tbsp. A-1 sauce
1 tbsp. tarragon
1 ½ c. heavy cream
In soup pot, cook bacon to render fat.
Add garlic, onions and mushrooms, cook until soft.
Deglaze pan with brandy; add wine and reduce.
Add broth and A-1 sauce, simmer 30 minutes.
Puree mixture with immersion or regular blender.
Return to heat, add cream, tarragon and salt & pepper to taste.
Do NOT boil.
Serves 6.
Salmon Seared on Bacon with
Balsamic Vinegar, Honey &
Rosemary
For this dish, you want the skin on the salmon to
crisp up like the bacon on the other side. The fish
should be scaled-if it's not, ask your seafood seller
to do it for you.
Serves 4
Ingredients
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 Tbs. honey
1/2 tsp. finely chopped fresh rosemary
2 slices bacon
Four 6-oz. skin-on, scaled, center-cut salmon fillets
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
In a liquid measuring cup, combine the vinegar, honey, rosemary, and 2 Tbs. water.
Cut the bacon slices in half crosswise. Lay a slice on the flesh side of each piece of salmon and arrange the salmon, bacon side down, in a 12-inch heavy-duty
nonstick skillet. Sprinkle the salmon skin with salt and pepper.
Set the skillet over medium-high heat and cook until the bacon is golden and crisp, 4 to 5 minutes from when it begins to sizzle. Turn the salmon and continue to
cook until the skin is crisp and the salmon is just cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes more.
Take the skillet off the heat and transfer the salmon to a platter. Pour off the fat and return the skillet to medium-high heat. Stir the vinegar mixture well and add
it to the skillet. Simmer until slightly thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour over the salmon and serve.
From Fine Cooking: http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/salmon-seared-on-bacon.aspx
Vegan Cream of Broccoli Soup
INGREDIENTS
2 bunches broccoli
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 onion, chopped
4 cups vegetable stock
1 russet potato, peeled, cut into 1" pieces
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
PREPARATION
Remove and discard tough lower stalk of each broccoli. Peel remaining stalk. Finely chop stalk and florets (you should have about 4 cups). Set aside.
Heat oil in a medium heavy pot over medium heat. Add onion and sweat until soft and translucent, about 10 minutes. Add stock and potato and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potato is almost tender, about 12 minutes. Stir in chopped florets. Simmer until potato and broccoli are very tender, about 10 minutes. Remove soup from heat and purée in a blender until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve hot with crusty bread.
From Bon Apetit:
http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2011/11/vegan-cream-of-broccoli-soup
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Looking Ahead
Next Saturday, December 10th, North Star Orchard
will be attending the Phoenixville Farmers' Market. They'll have Reinette Simerenko apples and the last few remaining Gold Rush apples of the year. They may have a few veggies, but that's hard to say until we get closer to the 10th.
They still have a few 20lb. bags of Gold Rush available (for those of you who have discovered just how quickly you've been going through yours stash already!)
Don't delay in making your Gold Rush order now before they're all claimed!
Click here to order (you'll pay when you pick them up) We have LOTS of Artists next week too! Here is the partial list: Pure Scents Candle Jewelry by Gigi Reis Renditions Cob Studio Victoria O'Neill Jen Brower Kathleen Forester Sidestich By Ginny Regular Providers, Forks Farm & Pureblend Tea will join us next week as well!
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Holiday Market
