Outer Aisle Foods
In This Issue
Hours
Fava Recipes
This week's menu
Green Drinks
Upcoming Events
Quick Links
CSA Account
Hours

Kitchen Hours
Wednesdays - Sundays
Lunch: 11-2:30pm
Dinner*: 5-8:30pm
Pub: 5pm-closing
*Full service Fri/Sat, reservations by phone

Grocery Hours
Wed - Sat: 11-6pm
Sundays: 11-4pm

Extended Summer Hours Coming Soon!


164 Highway 4
Murphys, CA 95247
209-728-1164

mailing address:
po box 2052
Murphys, CA 95247


 
2014 BOX DELIVERIES CSA  
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 Kaedence to see about starting deliveries in your area!

Weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to:
  • Tuolumne County
  • Calaveras County
  • Alpine County  
 
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.
 
Greetings!

Quickly, a correction to last newsletter....we made a mistake and Chef Mitch did not apprentice directly under Bob Anderson. Did you know that there is a distinct hierarchy amongst chefs and earning the title of chef is just that - something you earn? This is intriguing to a "never before owned a restaurant gal" and I'm planning on reporting back to you in a future newsletter just how this "chef" thing is done.  We've got lots of news this week 
Mitch and Eric
 
Garden Update

Surprise! Zucchini season has begun... never before have we had them so early. The tunnel houses are amazing and a great investment that is paying off with early crops. So far, the basil and tomatoes are surviving the frigid early April temperatures and we feel pretty confident that they'll make it through.

The forecast is calling for 80 degree weather next week and we are gearing up our garden crew with this preparation: "Monday the checkered flag comes down so make sure yer oil's changed and yer gas tanks'r full"  It has been observed that the swapping out of the Winter birds (sparrows) for the new arrival Summer birds (Tanager) is a sure sign that we are about to experience some warm weather.

  

Surprisingly, the fava beans are 5 feet tall - amazing with the little rainfall we've had and no supplemental water. The fava is an ancient cultivated plant thought to have been present in the Mediterranean diet around 6000 BC or earlier. The whole plant is edible and fava greens make a delicious complement to any dish as an edible garnish. The flowers are extremely fragrant and can also be eaten. But the pods are what we are waiting for; Italians are so passionate about fava beans that they celebrate the arrival of the first protein of the season with  a national holiday ! Other benefits of legumes are discussed in an interesting article from one of our dedicated purveyors: Terra Firma Farm.

And guess what: salad greens are back! These tender young lettuces accompany those spring radishes, and crunchy fennel....we live for salads in our home and make sure that we get a good daily dose of rawness.
 

CSA Update
Are you interested in creating your own order from scratch? Have you been reluctant to join a CSA because you want to choose your veggies and don't want to get stuck with ones you don't like? 
 
Introducing: 
The Personal Shopper option to our CSA. 

You can now sign up for the Personal Shopper option and submit your requests to be fulfilled. This service will provide all of the benefits of planning your own seasonal menu, with the ease and convenience of a CSA delivery. Using this service, you will still always have access to adding on pre-made options such as our popular greens bag and seasonal fruit, in addition to eggs, meats and cheeses. 

We look forward to providing you with tantalizingly fresh local produce customized to your specifications! 

Personal Shopper Service $5.00 

Questions? please email Kaedence at outeraisle@gmail.com or call our CSA phone: 209/206-2558

 
 
A Peak Into This Week's Menumenu

 

 
Sonoma duck confit
(pictured above)
Served over truffled risotto, brown butter bernaise sauce topped with poached egg & micro salad 
 
Roasted Veggie Tart 
Cauliflower, caramelized fennel, onion and cheddar, topped with garden mache, herbs and port reduction. 

 

Housemade Meatloaf

Taylor Farm beef and Felton Acre pork with truffled smashed reds and borderlaise 

 

 

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"Green Drinks" Event

This is special evening with some really committed folks from the Sierra Business Council. We'd like to extend a special invitation for you to join us as we share our vision, get you inspired and hand out some kitchen treats. You'll get to meet other folks that are inspiring the green movement in our region and hear about what the SBC is doing for our community.

 

Join us April 8th,  6 to 7:30pm

with Christine & Eric Taylor

Upcoming Special Events

 

Sunday, April 20th (11-2:30pm)

Easter Buffet

Join us for Easter this year! We are creating a Easter buffet with seasonal flavors. Call us for details and make reservations: 209-728-9112.

 

Sunday, April 27th (12-4pm)

Taste of Calaveras

We are joining in on the tour in Taste of Calaveras by the Angels Camp Business Association this year! We'll be featuring a special line of d'oeuvres. Learn more and get your tour tickets here.

 

Sunday, May 11th (10-3pm) extended hours!

Mother's Day Brunch Buffet

Mother's Day is on its way! Come celebrate the powerful women in your life with a specialized buffet feast in honor of mom's everywhere. By reservation only! Call us to save your seats: 209-728-9112.

 

Coming Soon:

We plan to extend our Sunday hours and bring in Prix Fixe Sunday dinners!

 
Outer Aisle FARMERS KITCHEN, MARKET & PUB. "growing food, feeding community". 

Behind the scenes of Outer Aisle is Taylor Farms. Located on Main Street, 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! 

Outer Aisle also 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.
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE 

We invite you to be a member of our CSA. Community Supported Agriculture is more than a statement of support it's an amazing way to connect your palate with seasonal eating on a regular basis.
 
Where the food comes from?

People ask us all the time is our produce "organic" and while we are tempted to just say yes and let the organic definition tell the story we don't. We are not certified "organic" and to use the word as a casual expression would get us into trouble. We believe that our practice of stewardship goes beyond what is required under the "organic" label. We are committed to caring for the soil and the micro-organisms that so skillfully maintain fertility so that plants can thrive. And above all, we have a direct connection with our customers and invite you to come out to the fields on one of our farm tours. (Starting in May every 2nd and 4th Saturday.)

Thank you to those pioneering farmers who worked for years, at first alone and then together, to stand firm in ensuring the adoption of strict regulations for what was to become a multi-billion dollar industry. Over the years since "organic" moved to a national standard some of those regs have been "watered" down to allow the larger industrial farms to get a piece of the dollar pie.

We love it that the farmers who were the originators of organic are the predominant producers of the food that we eat, we sell and we cook. 

Those pioneering farmers are still doing what they have always done: adhering to their own high standards of organic and going beyond what is required. Full Belly Farm, Terra Firma, Coke Farms are three of the original pioneers that supply us with produce at times when our garden is not producing. They are advocates of a sustainable approach and even though they are certified organic their practices are what nurtures community: soil and people! 

Those pioneers are inspiring the younger generation and we are proud also to complement our produce with those from up and coming organic farms like Tomatero in Watsonville.


Enjoy seasonal produce and the insurance that what you eat comes from farms that practice diversity, stewardship and are pioneers of good health.