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CAFE HOURS:
Thursday, Friday & Saturdays 11 to 3:30pm
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SPRING STORE HOURS: | TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY:
11 to 6 pm
SATURDAYS:
11 - 4pm
CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY
Outer Aisle FOODS1192 Highway 4 Douglas Flat, CA 95229 www.outeraislefoods.comChristine & Eric Taylor 209.728.9112 Mailing Address: PO Box 2052, Murphys, CA 95247 |
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Do you want to enjoy fresh seasonal produce and knowledge of where it comes from? Do you and your friends live outside our current distribution and would love to have Outer Aisle come closer to you? Contact Christine to see about starting deliveries in your area!
Weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to Tuolumne, Calaveras and Alpine Counties. We've been building boxes since 1993! Benefits of Becoming a Member:- Enjoy local and seasonal fruits and veggies all year round
- Fresh, high quality, home-grown flavor
- Bi-weekly fall, winter and spring deliveries to convenient drop off locations near you
- Your choice of the size bag for your needs: mini, basic and full sizes. Add on fruit, roots, and greens
- Access our on-line web store
- Vacation when you are out of town
- Supplement your own garden, you grow greens: we have roots and fruits!
- Lower your carbon footprint. Save gas, we deliver to you
- Support local growers, producers and makers.
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News From Outer Aisle
Spring Equinox Newsletter 2013
Greetings friends!
2013: Celebrating 20 years of growing food
for our community!!
Cafe Outer Aisle
Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11 am to 3:30 pm
"The Cafe is our most recent place where we express our passion for food." Our mission for the Cafe is to serve healthy wholesome dishes using the ever-changing seasonal fresh ingredients from farmers like us. Encourage a passion for cooking and life long healthy eating. OUR VISIONWe'll feature a blackboard menu, highlighting the finest produce and ingredients our region can offer, encourage recipe sharing, host cooking classes and demos, and for those on the run, we'll have take-out items made in our certified kitchen.
EASTER MENU:
Soups & Salads:
Thai Spinach Salad with carrots, daikon radish, sesame seeds, and green onion. Ginger Cilantro Vinaigrette
$6
Garden Micro Green Salad with super fresh garden veggies & a simple lemon vinaigrette
$6
Asparagus Fennel Soup
$6
Roasted Fennel Soup with Cranberries and Hazelnuts
$6
Panini:
with Aria Bakery's organic sourdough
Trumpet Mushroom, Asparagus and Parmesan cheese with
Black Truffle Mayonnaise
$8.50
Diestel Smoked Turkey, Balsamic Beets, Shaved Fennel &
Fiscalini Cheddar
$9
Pancetta, Medjool Date &
Pasta:
(using organic flour and local eggs)
Homemade Linguine Primavera with the first early spring squash, spring green garlic and asparagus
$12
Kids Pasta- linguine, butter, and Parmesan
$5
Desserts and others:
Carmelized Lemon Meringue Crepe with Lavender Mascarpone Cheese
$4.50
Candied Grapefruit, Coconut Ribbons and Wild Bolivian Cocoa Nibs Crepe
$4.50
Fresh squeezed Lemonade
$2
SHOP OUR STORE:
Seasonal produce from growers
just like us!
HOURS: Tuesday through Friday
11 to 6pm
Saturdays 11 to 4pm
Asparagus, or sparrow grass as our ancestors who harvested it wild in the British Isles called it, was first used medicinally. Bitter in taste, it was (and still is) an excellent diuretic. The asparagus (from the Durst Farm near the Capay Valley) reflects centuries of selecting for sweeter varieties. In cultures around the world, this harbinger of spring is routinely included in celebratory feasts of renewal.
This is our favorite way to celebrate spring's long awaited arrival.
Green garlic is one of spring's hidden treasures. A vegetable that is never seen in a produce section and barely a recognizable vegetable. Garlic is most closely related to leeks and in it's immature form
they resemble their cousin, however, one bite and you'll know you are eating garlic. Green garlic is milder than the mature bulb so using 2 stalks per dish is about perfect. Try some out! |
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SIGN UP FOR A WEEKLY OR BI-WEEKLY PRODUCE SUBSCRIPTION
(formerly CSA)
JOIN THE GROWING
EAT SEASONAL MOVEMENT
RECEIVE A FRESH SEASONAL
PRODUCE SUBSCRIPTION TO A
LOCATION NEAR YOU!
(no membership fee)
Our flexible program gives you a variety of choices and conveniences such as vacations, online payments, custom orders and the ability to serve your needs.
Select either weekly or bi-weekly veggie/fruit boxes and other combinations. A weekly menu makes it easy for planning and we also encourage for substitutions.
Locations: From Groveland to San Andreas, Bear Valley and the Highway 4 corridor to Copperopolis, Twain Harte and two locations in Sonora.
Check it out by clicking on the signup now button on our website: www.outeraislefoods.com.
(Browse the selection without committing until the final screen. By clicking on a drop off spot you'll get to the next screen where all the different sizes are described. Please know that you can sign up whenever you want and put yourself on vacation.)
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THIS WEEK'S PRODUCE
We are proud to sell fruits and vegetables from other growers that practice sustainable agriculture using beyond organic methods. We go farm direct sourcing the very best of the best from farmers that are equally committed to bringing about greater health.
MARCH:
The tunnel houses are paying off! We are almost fully planted, with eggplant and basil going in last week. We just harvested our first baby summer squash for the Cafe this week! That's definitely a record! Tomatoes are thriving and beginning to grow under the tropical environment.
VEGGIES:
Green Garlic
Asparagus
Lettuce
Spinach
Beets
Fennel
Celery Root
Onions, garlic, shallots
Carrots
FRUIT:
Pinkerton Avocado
Last of the Naval Oranges
First of the Valencia Oranges
Kiwi
Lemons
Limes
Mandarins
Strawberries next week!
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RECIPE of the week
Grilled Green Garlic
1 bunch of green garlic (green tops removed and saved for stock and roots removed)
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Par-steam green garlic for 3-5 minutes careful not to overcook. Remove from water and pat dry. Liberally apply olive oil and salt and pepper and roast (or bbq) until soft and tender. Eat with your fingers.
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 Outer Aisle FOODS & GOODS "Essentials for the 21st Century".
Our mission is to facilitate a speedy transition to a sustainable
economy by offering the essential tools, ingredients and knowledge to
prepare us for the 21st century.
Behind the scenes of Outer Aisle is Taylor
Mountain Gardens. Located just around the corner on Main Street in
Douglas Flat, our nearly two acre "beyond organic" farm produces a large
variety of seasonal vegetables including these seasonal highlights:
summer heirloom tomatoes, fall cauliflower, winter carrots and spring
potatoes to name just a few!
OuterAisle FOODS operates a year round CSA (Community
Supported Agriculture) program. We distribute the highest
quality, local, seasonal and regional produce and products to members
all over Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties. We only purchase product from
farms and producers who are committed to ecologically sustainable
practices and go beyond the National "Organic" standards.
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