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Saturday, October 27, 2012
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Artisans' Gallery & Cafe 
Happy Halloween!  Be sure to stop by and pickup a "Halloween" Coupon for 10% off your next beverage purchase redeemable at the Cafe.  Don't forget to fill out the back of the coupon for a chance to with a $25.00 gift certificate on any purchase at Artisans.  Our hot chocolate is made with milk and Ghirardelli chocolate + a "little something special to give it that unique taste .  Add some to your morning coffee and make it a "mocha".  Northstar Orchard will again this year provide us with their apple cider. In addition, we will have one of our seasonal soups, Butternut Squash or a creamy Curry Squash . Weekly Specials ....for breakfast or lunch, try our baked Quiche with fruit and add a 12 oz. Artisans House Coffee for $5.00.  Breakfast scone + 12 oz. house coffee for $3.00 or sandwich wrap + beverage for $7.00. 


 
 
ICED by Betsy
We will continue to preview our Thanksgiving Collection pie-inspired cupcakes, including this week's Chocolate Pecan Pie! Our special Pink Ribbon cupcake this week in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month is Pure.  You can pre-order any quantity of cupcakes from the flavors of the week! Place your order via email cupcakes@ICEDbyBetsy.com or phone (610)755-7062.  
ICED by Betsy will have the following flavors this week:   
Midnight Mint 
- Our signature chocolate cake filled with sweet mint buttercream. Frosted with more mint buttercream and topped with an After Eight mint and chocolate shavings.
Pumpkin Spice 
- A moist pumpkin cupcake filled with velvety smooth cream cheese filling. Frosted with cream cheese frosting, dusted with cinnamon & nutmeg, and topped with a cinnamon chip. *Also available in our gluten-free version this week*
Twisted Lime 
- My favorite pie turned cupcake! Lime infused cupcake filled with key lime curd. Frosted with key lime cream cheese frosting and topped with graham cracker crumbles and a slice of lime.
O-H Buckeye 
- Our signature chocolate cake filled with a creamy peanut butter filling. Frosted with milk chocolate buttercream, a dollop of peanut butter buttercream and a famous candy buckeye! Go Ohio State Buckeyes!
Chocolate Pecan Pie 
- Our signature chocolate cake filled with a sweet caramel pecan sauce. Frosted with rich chocolate buttercream and topped with glazed toasted pecans.
Pure -
A simple & elegant vanilla cupcake filled with vanilla mousse. Frosted with vanilla buttercream and topped with a chocolate pink ribbon! *A special October Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcake*
 
This week at Jenny and Frank's:  Pumpkin Pie, Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter, Sea Salt Caramel, Rustic Lemon, Chocolate Supreme, and Maple Apple Cider  Sorbet.  Come by and order a delicious Gelato Cake for your next celebration! 

John and Kira's Chocolates Treat yourself to a box of our chocolates for Halloween! 

 
 
North Star Orchard
What a great time of the year...there are apple varieties galore AND Asian pears! The only problem is deciding which one you're going to eat at any particular time. Honestly, forget "an apple a day"; we're talking 3 or 4! This week, we'll also have an assortment of veggies, including TWO varieties of dry beans!

Farmer Ike's Pick of the Week is Stellar apples!
This is a great undiscovered, never-to-be-appreciated except by North Star Orchard fans kind of apple.
Excellent, sweet flavor and very juicy and crisp. Around here, we like these way better than Honeycrisp, both for its eating qualities and tree growth habit. It will never be a 'commercial' variety because it bruises much too easily, which is a bummer because otherwise, Honeycrisp would be in BIG trouble! It doesn't have the funny off-, sometimes bitter flavor Honeycrisp does. It's sweet without being too sweet and the juice and crunch qualities are awesome.
Besides the bruising factor, the other "strike" against it, from a consumer standpoint, is the yellow color. Over the years, most folks have gotten tired of eating absolutely ho-hum flavorless Golden Delicious, which has made them completely balk from buying yellow apples. But at our stand, you need not judge an apple based on its color or on your previous less-than-satisfactory yellow-apple-buying experiences.
So, poor Stellar is nearly doomed except for trees that thrive in a few small orchards like ours because we can appreciate their fine qualities. These are fantastic for fresh eating and they make great no-sugar-needed applesauce as well. We ho
pe you enjoy them as much as we do! 
The Gold Rush Rush of 2012 is on! Place your orders for bags of gold or varietal cider on our website: http://northstarorchard.com/GoldRush.php 
 
  
 

The Phoenixville Farmers' Market  
 is a producer/grower market
 committed to: 
 
  • Supporting  local farms to preserve local agriculture
  • Building community in downtown Phoenixville
  • Improving health through nutrition education
  • Increasing access to fresh, nutritious food 
  • Encouraging the development of a local, sustainable economy
  
 
 Phoenixville Farmers' Market
Saturdays 
 9am-1pm 
Under the Gay Street Bridge 
Accessed from Taylor Alley
 Behind Family Dollar
Phoenixville, PA 
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Artists at the Market 
 on Second Saturdays 
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Health Screenings 
by Phoenixville Hospital 
on Third Saturdays
   

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Hello Market Shoppers!

It looks like Hurricane Sandy will not hit us until early next week so you can enjoy listening to Joe Willson and stock up on your favorite foods while the sun is still shining! 

If you like cooking apples, winter squash and sweet potatoes with maple syrup as much as I do, you can stock up on very local maple syrup this week from Ridge Valley Farm - yum! 

Pure Scents Candle Company will have some new fall candles-perfect for the dark nights ahead as winter approaches. And Baues' Bees will also have an assortment of their lovely beeswax candle, perfect for holiday tables.

We love it when chefs support our local farmers and Michael Falcone of Funky Li'l Kitchen in Pottstown is a loyal farmers' market shopper.  He is preparing a special dinner on November 4th highlighting food from our farmers.

Fall Market Dinner
Sunday November 4th, 5 - 8 pm

Highlighting local farms, including Birchrun Hills, Country Time, Oley Valley Mushrooms & North Star Orchards.
 
1st course: Birchrun Hills Veal Sugo, Potato Gnocchi, Parmesan Bread Crumbs
          
2nd course: Milk-Braised Country Time Farm Pork Shoulder, Oley Valley Mushroom Ragout, Crispy North Star Orchard Apple Polenta,
Autumn Leaf & Mushroom Broth
 
3rd course: Birchrun Hills Farm Blue, North Star Orchard Pear Mostarda, St. Peter's Bakery Baguette
 
3 courses $35.00 per person*
*plus tax & gratuity

Please call the restaurant to make your reservations (no opentable for this event)
Seating is limited to 30 people. The last dinner in just 2 1/2 days, so don't delay.
 
We look forward to seeing you at the Market!

Liz Andersen
 
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This Week...





Music:    Joe Willson

Massage:


Back to Health  

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

Artisans' Gallery & Cafe
Backyard Bison
Baues' Busy Bees
Birchrun Hills Farm
Charlestown Farm
Country Time Farm
Earth Energy Herbs
FreshaPeel Hummus
Hoagland Farms
The Hungry Puppy
Iced by Betsy
Jack's Farm
John and Kira's Chocolates
Marci's Morsels
Market Day Canele
Mompops
Mountain View Poultry
Northstar Orchard
Oley Valley Mushroom
Peachbottom Farm
Philly Bill's Pickles
Pureblend Tea
Quaff Meadow Farm
Quarryville Orchards
Ridge Valley Farm
Saint Peter's Bakery
Shellbark Hollow Farm
Sunflower Truck Stop
Sweetwater Baking Company
Vera Pasta 

Artists:
Artypantz
Pure Scents Candle Co.

Pure Scents will be at the market Saturday with wonderful Pumpkin and Apples scents for Fall. And the Holiday scents will be coming out so you can start on your list!
 

Recipe Corner

Here are a few links to great fall recipes:

Pork Chops and Apples - recipe   video
Maple Glazed Sweet Potatoes - recipe
Kale, White Bean & Sweet Potato Soup - recipe


 
Looking Ahead
 
November 3rd
Our Annual Native American Day, featuring music and story telling by Spirit Wing

November 10th
Music by the Hytha Family!
Neil's Sharpening Service will be here for the last time before Thanksgiving.

November 17th
Our Thanksgiving Market, with everything for a LOCAL feast!
The Dirk Quinn Band will play.

November 24th
Our first HOLIDAY MARKET of 2012
10am to Noon
Local food, local gifts, holiday music

December 1, 8,15, 22
WEEKLY HOLIDAY MARKETS
10am to noon!

January through April
WINTER MARKETS
10am to noon, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month