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PRODUCE & OFFERINGS
Recipe of the Week
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CAFE HOURS:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturdays 11 to 3:00pm

FALL STORE HOURS: 
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY:
11 to  6 pm

SATURDAYS:
11 - 4pm


CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY

Outer Aisle FOODS
1192 Highway 4
Douglas Flat, CA 95229
www.outeraislefoods.com
Christine & 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.



2013 BOX DELIVERIES   
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.
 CLICK HERE TO VIEW/BEGIN 
 


Greetings friends!   
 

ons. 
2013:  Celebrating  20 years of growing food
for our community!!

 
Catering an event at Milfiori 


PROGRESS REPORT 
& LOOKING FORWARD: 

What do you think?
Farmer's Kitchen, Market & Pub  Finding a name has proven to be a difficult task, however, we think we are finally on to something that speaks about who we are and what we do.
Farmer's Kitchen is evocative of real food made from scratch and the idea of a Farmer's Market has always been intergral to describing what we do best with vegetables. And finally, settling on "pub" to describe the beer part (honoring the brewery intention of the building) and most importantly the social aspect. Typically a pub is not only a local watering hole but a place where people congregate, socialize and make community.

The construction phase has made leaps and bounds. New walls have gone up and mudding has begun, the coyote mural has been painted over a "Symphony Blue". The acoustics panels which will help to deaden the echo are in the process of being painted. We still have more to go and things are coming along in a timely manner with November 13th still our intended opening date.

The most progress has been made to hire staff. We are almost complete. Last week: Gwen Diamond and Ali Cooper joined our team in grocery and CSA and Kendra Grosbeck joined the farming crew. We welcome back Alia Ledford to farm and CSA. Yesterday we hired a chef, Laura Thompson and today we hired the dish/prep person.
As we are building our amazing dream team we are in awe of the talent and passion that is coming forward.

Thanks to Tiger, Tony and family who generously gave their time in "filming" all of our goings on for the U-Tube video that will be launched with the "Kickstarter campaign". We hoping to use the footage for many applications in the future.

We've identified our greatest need: a line of credit that will enable us to float through the ups and downs as we get our feet under us. We invite you to join us in creating stability and helping us to guarantee success. Please inquire if you are interested!

Thank you for all of your support!
 
Dahlia: sweet garden helper 



Cafe Outer Aisle
Nourishing Cuisine
Fresh from our Farm 
 
 
CAFE HOURS:
Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday

11 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 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 
SCRUMPTIOUS 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!

Come for lunch, check out the menu and ask us about catering too!
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, with almost all of it
 coming from our farm. 
 

"MADE FROM SCRATCH"
 
MENU

Creamy Fall Celeriac Soup 
    with Aria bread (vegan)      
6/4.50 
  
Caesar Salad:
Crunchy Romaine, Bellshire Farms Pepato Sheeps Milk Cheese, Caesar dressing
 
 
Veggie Salad:
Mixed garden greens topped with Shunkyo Radish, Bell Pepper, Sungold Tomatoes Red onion, Crimson Grapes, French Fillet Beans, Cilantro, Hard-boiled egg, toasted Almonds and Sunflower seeds, Le Cabrie goat Brie and Ethiopian red wheat.
Plum Balsamic Vinaigrette.

Persimmon Salad:
Hearty and spicy garden greens topped with Fuyu Persimmons, Redwood Hillls Raw Milk Feta, toasted Hazelnuts, roasted Turkey breast, pomegranate seeds, Red Onion.
 Lightly dressed with Pomegranate Cashew dressing.

 
 SPECIAL PLATES:
 
Homemade Linguini tossed in creamy pesto sauce and cherry tomato vinaigrette. Served with small salad and French Baguette. 

 


SANDWICHES
 of the Week:

 BLT:
Heirloom tomatoes, Beeler's Peppered Bacon,  Hass Avocado, crispy garden Lettuce with a Basil Pesto Spread served on Aria's Polenta Wheat roll. Served with fresh fruit and choice of soup or salad.

Salmon Sandwich:  
Wild Sockeye Salmon, yogurt dill dressing, celery, red onion and dijon mustard, crunchy lettuce, and avocado on a soft fresh roll.
Served with fresh fruit & a choice of soup or small salad. 
  
DESSERT: 
Homemade crepes filled with applesauce, whipped cream and lemon curd.

DELI:
Traditional Hummus
Red Pepper Romesco
Greek olives   
  
   
 
**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
           
   
  

  

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 

 
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.) 

 Click here to view and/or sign up anytime: 
SIGN UP TO RECEIVE A DELIVERY   
     

 

 



THIS WEEK'S PRODUCE
& OFFERINGS:


     
VEGGIES FROM OUR FARM: the farm is super abundant right now
   
Italian Parsley
Garlic
Baby Dwarf bok choy 
Tatsoi 
Rainbow Chard  
Cherry Tomatoes - reds, yellows, and greens and sungolds.
Hot Peppers - 
Shishito, Jalapeno, Anaheim, Habanero
Bell Peppers - Red, Purple, Yellow,
Salad greens
Head lettuce
Cilantro
Kale
Arugula
Asian Greens mix
Radishes: French breakfast & Dragon Tongue
Heirloom Tomatoes in abundance!
Carrots
Turnips
Beets with greens
Potatoes - Carola (now in 20 lb bags for $30)    
   
 
Goodies from the coast


Beets
- gold

Red & Green Cabbage
Zucchini
Leeks
Rainbow Carrots

Shittake & Trumpet Mushrooms
White button mushrooms
Artichokes
Celery
Sweet potatoes
Onions
Winter squashes

      FRUIT:  A great selection of tree ripened fruits    
 
 
Strawberries
White Peaches
White Nectarines
Late Santa Rosa Plum
Pluots
Plum
s
Red Sensation Pears
Golden Delicious Apples
Fuji & Granny
Grapes: Crimson, Thompson
Lemons
Avocado
Pomegranate
Valencia oranges
Banana & Papaya
Pomegranates

 


  
RECIPE of the week

BOK CHOY...Before deciding on what to do with this vegetable, eat a stem. They are very delicious raw. The white stems are the highlight to this plant. Cut into chunks they can be sautéed or added to soup or eaten raw with a dip. The leaves can be shredded and added to soup.
BOK CHOY WITH SOY SAUCE AND BUTTER
(10 mins to prepare)
2TBS water
1TBS soy sauce
1TBS oyster sauce
2TBS vegetable oil
1 head of bok-choy, trimmed and cut crosswise into ½ inch thick slices
½ tsp salt
2TBS unsalted butter
Stir together water, soy and oyster sauces in a small bowl. Heat oil in a 12 inch skillet over mod high heat until hot but not smoking. Add bokchoy and salt and stir-fry for 2min. Add soy mixture and butter and stir-fry until bok choy is crisp-tender. (2 minutes


POMEGRANATE SALSA
1 pomegranite peeled split open with seed separated
3 tomatoes diced
1 bunch cilantro chopped roughly
1 red onion diced fine
2-3 cloves of garlic (to your taste) chopped finely or pressed
1 jalapeno, deveined and deseeded and chopped finely

Mix together the above ingredients & serve over tacos, Chile Rellanos and beans.


A customer favorite:

CHARD AND POTATO TERRINE

6 medium sized potatoes
18 baby chard leaves, or 9 large chard leaves, thick midribs removed
1 clove garlic, bruised
6 1/2 TSPS butter
1 1/2 TSP salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 to 3 ounces cheese, Fiscalini Lionza or a Brie, cut into small pieces
1/4 cup heavy cream

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Slice the potatoes as thinly as possible. Set them aside. Coarsely chop the chard leaves. Rub a standard loaf pan with the garlic and 1/2 TSP of butter. Arrange one-third of the potatoes in a layer in the pan. Sprinkle with one-third each of the salt and pepper, dot with 1 1/2 TSP of butter, and top with one-third of the chard leaves. (The bulk of it will wilt during cooking). Sprinkle one-third of the cheese over the chard. Repeat the layers twice in the same way, ending with the cheese.
Dot the surface with the remaining 1 1/2 TSP butter and pour the cream evenly over the top. Cover with aluminum foil and bake until the potatoes are easily pierced with the tip of a knife, about 1 1/4 hours. Serve hot or warm, sliced into wedges.


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.