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CAFE HOURS:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturdays 11 to 3:00pm
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SUMMER 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 |
CAFE OUTER AISLE
"The Cafe is our most recent place where we express our passion for food."
OUR MISSION
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 VISION
We'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. |
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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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Greetings friends!
2013: Celebrating 20 years of growing food
for our community!!
SATURDAY, JULY 6th
These will be happening on the first Saturday of the month!
Garden Tour and Luncheon
Space is limited. Please RSVP
10:00-11:30 Tour
11:30 to 12:30 Luncheon
Cost: $25
Cafe Outer Aisle
Nourishing Cuisine
Fresh from our Farm
CAFE HOURS:
Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday11 am to 3:00 pm
STORE HOURS: Tuesday
through Saturday
11 to 6:00 pm (4 pm on Saturdays)
FOOD TO GO. All the menu items are now available for take-out. Email your order to: cafeouteraisle@gmail.com or call 209.728-9112 or order first before you shop the store!
THIS WEEK'S
DELICIOUS MENU:
Just in case you were wondering we are committed to using the finest ingredients all of which are organically grown even the olive oil!
Please consider going on one of our Farm Luncheon Tours scheduled for the first Saturday of each month through September. Check out the event section below to find out more!
We believe that good tasting food comes from great ingredients - and we've got some amazingly beautiful produce to share with you this week, with most of it coming from our farm.
SOUP OF THE WEEK
Chilled Hass Avocado and Suyo Long Cucumber
Bowl $6/ Cup $4.50 SALADS Farmer's Summer Salad: Sweet crunchy Vogliotti "1892" red onions, French Fillet Beans and Suyo Long Cucumbers marinated in Grapefruit Balsamic vinaigrette tossed with farm fresh Sungold Cherry Tomatoes, Italian Parsley. Served with sliced Hass Avocado, Greek olives, seasonal summer fruit, Gourmet Cheese samples and Aria's French baguette. $12/ $7.5
Garden Salad:
Heap of garden greens topped with Diestel Turkey breast, Niman Ranch bacon, Heirloom tomato slices, cucumber, gypsy and purple peppers, hard boiled egg, avocado, apricot, pistachios, feta cheese, black pepper, and heirloom red onion. Herbed yogurt dressing. Served with French Baguette. . $12/ 7. Simple House Salad tossed in 18 year old Balsamic Vinaigrette. Served with sourdough bread. $6/$4.50
PLATES:
Crunchy Pancetta Sandwich
with Early Girl tomato, Buttercrisp lettuce, Pecan Mascarpone spread on Aria's Polenta Whole Wheat Bread.
Served with marinated Greek salad and fresh fruit. $12
PANINI
Diestel turkey breast, sliced heirloom tomato, uncured bacon, heirloom Vogliotti grilled onion, chipotle roasted garlic spread, habanero cheddar cheese. Served with marinated Greek Salad and fresh fruit.
$12.00 Fig and Pine-nut Meatloaf:
sliced heirloom tomato, red onion, provolone cheese with a sweet tangy sauce. Served with marinated Greek salad and fresh fruit.
DESSERT: Nectarines poached in lavender honey syrup with whipped cream. $5
**Menu subject to change due to seasonal availability**
SHOP OUR STORE:
Fresh seasonal produce from our farm and growers just like us!
HOURS: Tuesday through Friday
11 to 6pm
Saturdays 11 to 4pm
The newbies of the week: Eggplant, Gypsy Bell Peppers and Padron Peppers, and Bicolar Corn.
Freestone Peaches are Here!
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SIGN UP FOR A WEEKLY OR BI-WEEKLY PRODUCE
DELIVERY
(aka CSA)
JOIN THE GROWING
EAT SEASONAL MOVEMENT
AND EAT FROM OUR FARM
RECEIVE A FRESH SEASONAL
PRODUCE DELIVERY 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
(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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Upcoming Events:We highly recommend you check into this amazing workshop happening in our region. August 10th and 11th @ Sonora Fire Department. "Imagine a world where businesses and business owners are considered real leaders in bringing about the shift to a just, thriving and sustainable world for everyone. Imagine workplaces and organizations where visions for workable relationships, collaborative community and individual empowerment are made real. A proven model exists, a new vision is possible."Sacred Commerce Workshop
Mark your calendars!
We are taking reservations - more details to follow. Please contact us if you are interested.
SATURDAY, JULY 6th
These will be happening on the first Saturday of the month!
Garden Tour and Luncheon Space is limited. Please RSVP
10:00-11:30 Tour
11:30 to 12:30 Luncheon
Cost: $25
Farm to Table Dinner
at Milfiori
 TWO DATES: DON'T MISS IT!
(more details to follow)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10th
&
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th
Farm to Table Dinner
at
Milfiori Historic Country Retreat
(just two doors down from the farm)
$100 per person
vegetarian option available
and non-alcoholic drinks too!
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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.
EARLY JULY: The hot weather has kicked in the summer harvest of tomatoes! We have some awesome fresh dug Yukon Gold potatoes and tender French Filet beans. Open on 4th of July!!
VEGGIES FROM OUR FARM:
Summer Squash
Toscano Kale
Italian Parsley
GarlicVogliotti Red onions
Head Lettuces
Basils
Rainbow Chard
New Potatoes - Yukon Gold
Cucumbers - Suyo Long, Marketmore
Cherry Tomatoes - sungold, red cherries and a plum colored variety that is both beautiful and tasty!
Hot Peppers - Padron, Jalapeno, Shishito
Bell Peppers - Gyspy
Early Girl Tomatoes
Eggplant
From Other Farms: A complementary array of seasonal veggies from farms within a 150 mile radius of us.
Carrots
Beets - red, chioggia, gold
Red & Green Cabbage
Heirloom Tomatoes - pinks, golds, reds, Cherokee Purple
Corn - bicolor
Purple Cauliflower
Spinach
FRUIT: A great selection of tree ripened fruits from Tyson Hill, Waterford.
Hass Avocado - first pick of the season
Valencia Oranges
Olallieberries from Vallecito
Ruby Red Grapefruit
Tilton & Brittany Gold Apricots
June Flame Freestone Peach
Donut Peaches
White Peaches
Yellow and White Nectarines
Santa Rosa Plum
Black Splendor plums
Dapple Sumpreme Pluot
Meyer Lemons
Apples - Pink Lady
Blackberries
Raspberries
Strawberries
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RECIPE of the week
ERIC'S EGGPLANT & THAI BASIL SERVED ON TOASTED BAGUETTE
1 Globe eggplant
2 cloves of garlic minced
½ bunch Thai Basil, de-stemmed and roughly chopped
2 TSP Balsalmic Vinegar
6 TSP olive oil
3 ounces Feta Cheese, crumbled
Slice eggplant into rings ½ inch thick. Lay in frying pan with 2 TSP olive oil. Cook over medium heat until browned. Add 2 TSP olive oil and turn. Place garlic on top. Crumble feta cheese and Thai basil leaves. Drizzle remaining olive oil over eggplant and cover with a lid to steam slightly. When cooked drizzle Balsamic Vinegar over the dish and serve on toasted baguette.
FRUIT SALSA
Cube any fruit (2 pounds) nectarines, pluots, peaches, melon
1 small onion, diced
1 clove garlic, finely chopped or minced
1 jalapeno, diced
1 ear of corn, shaved
2 splashes of fruit white basalmic (Marisiolo has the best selections around here)
Olive Oil
Combine all the ingredients, taste and adjust accordingly.
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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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