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Kitchen Hours

Lunch
Wednesdays - Sundays
11-3pm
 
Dinner
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
5-8:30pm (8pm Sundays)
 

Grocery Hours
Wed - Sunday: 
11-6pm
now open later on Sundays 


Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Thursdays: 4pm - 8pm
Dinner starts 4:30
till 8
Happy Hour:
$1 off all beers

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

Mailing address:
PO Box 2052
Murphys, CA 95247
 
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2014 CSA 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 CSA 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.
 
Recipe of the Week
  

 How to Grill Corn Perfectly Every Time

plus

7 Unique Flavorful Corn on the Cob Recipes

 

From blue cheese to molasses, these recipes will jog your creative spirit at the grill

 

  Find out more here

 

What do you think?
We'd love your feedback!  What do you think of our website, this newsletter, or our social media pages? Tell us what you think; we'd love your thoughts as we move into making our website the resource we want it to be, and build the newsletter as your connection to the community each week.

 
Community Support Request!

Our "Fill Our Sails" Campaign is the sustenance we need to grow into the community center we work towards.

 

Thank you Ray for coming up with a washer and dryer!! We were impressed with how many of you came forth with computers and unfortunately all of them were too old to run the more modern programs that we operate with. We are seeking a modern (2012 or later version) laptop or desktop and willing to do store/restaurant trade for one.

 


Email Christine at outeraislefoods@gmail.com if you have any leads. Thank you all for your support!

 
Greetings  
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Don't let the roadwork deter you from getting in on another week of BIG SPECIALS on Heirloom tomatoes this week.


We are excited to have guest chef Jimmy Sadegi join us at Farmers' tonight. What'll he be cooking?? Come find out. You'll also have a chance to see members of ZZ Top...they are staying at the hotel and we're going to invite them over for dinner.

Classic tomato flavor arrives with the famed Camalay tomato! Known also as "Ernies".

There's only a few of us farmers that have the seed for this unique variety of tomato that has it's roots right here in Calaveras County. In fact, the family that intentionally bred this fine red tomato were our neighbors. The three of them (Ernie, Josephine and Sharkie) all lived to be in their 90's and Ernie until the age of 104!

Every year, for the past 25 years, we've grown these beauties and when we reach the point of harvest we heartily thank the Vogliotti family. If you've ever dabbled in seed saving you will know that there is a science to saving seed that demands attention, patience and dedication. We are proud to continue to offer this variety to our community.

Clearly imprinted on my memory is a time when we visited Josephine (then the last one left of the three). We would go down to pay her a visit every now and again and hear her recount their life making a living from the land growing vegetables. We had just started growing their tomatoes and on this occasion brought one down for her to try. She recognized it immediately and took the tomato into her hands, brought it up to her nose for a long inhalation (just as a tomato connoisseur would) and declared it proudly to be "one of ours". The family had grown this tomato for so long that they didn't have a name for it; she thought for a while and came up with the name Camalay and so it is called.
 
Come to our dinner show this Friday evening with Faux Renwah.
Late night show on Saturday 23rd with Risky Biscuits in their "back in Murphys celebratory show". 

Take the time to come to the garden Saturday August 23rd. We are leading our second garden tour and appetizers this time with Chatom Vineyard. We promise a great time, just ask our previous guests!

Wine & Appetizers at Harmon Gardens after the tour.
Find lots of tomato recipes here. Check out our latest recipes online here.


Got canning jars in the garage you want to clear out? Save space and support your local food shed by donating them anytime. We'll take them off your hands! 

 

Upcoming Events

 

Every Thursday(4pm-dusk)

Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Guest chef
Jimmy Sadegi joins us this evening. Originally from Chicago, Jimmy has  trained in top restaurants throughout Spain and Italy as well as here in the States as well. We are excited to have Jimmy in the kitchen today. We also look forward to celebrating the harvest as the chef for our Farm to Table dinner under the stars next month.

We welcome you to our place to enjoy the evening, meet new and old friends, have a bite to eat, pick up some fresh veggies and other goodies. We'll see you down here.  

New this week at the market:   
  • Sampling Stephanie's house made deli items: heirloom salsa, three varieties of hummus
  • Cheese sampling: Aged Gouda pairs with fruit and cheddar blue that pairs with honey
  • Remember, it's Happy Hour! $1 off beers!
  • Last week we launched our all new Market Dinners! See below!

Know a producer looking for a great market? Join our farmers' market as a vendor: we have room to expand and this is only the beginning of something great.
 



Saturday, August 23rd (5:30-7pm)
Showcase Wine, Apps, & Garden Tours
Join us for a fun and educational tour of our beautiful garden. We'll stroll over to Harmon Gardens next door and enjoy appetizers and wine tastings in their unique garden setting. You'll enjoy seasonal foods prepared by our talented chefs, as well as tastings from a local winery. Experience a diversity of award winning heirloom varietals and observe techniques developed over our twenty years of growing food. Our productive garden supplies our farm market, restaurant and weekly food delivery and is a showcase in biodiversity. 
  
More dates:    
Sept 13th (featured winery: Tanner), 
Oct 11th (featured winery: Ayrael Vieux) 
  
RSVP: 209-728-1164  |  $18 per person
Includes tour, wine tasting & appetizers   

Share it with friends and tell us you're coming (not an official RSVP) on facebook  here.

Interested in a group Agritour (including an extensive farm tour and custom Farm To Table Dinner) for your family, large party or organization?  Contact Christine: 

 

 

Saturday, September 20th 6pm
Farm to Table Under the Stars 

Join us in welcoming guest Chef Jimmy Sadegi as he does his magic with the premier ingredients of the season transforming them into a night to savor.

Don't miss it! We have one opportunity at this incredible location just minutes from our farm.     

Call us 209/728-1164 and make a reservation today. RSVP your seat now by calling us!

 

SPECIAL OFFERING: first 10 seats 20% off! 

 

Join us for the event on facebook: click here 

 

  
It's been quite a delightful and fun experience to support this great event. Wow, what an awesome community and what sages the Mountain Sage folks are. Looking forward to next year and also the last concert of the year.   Click here for summer concert schedule and tickets. We look forward to eating well and making merry with ya!
 
Only one more concert to go: August 16 

 

MUSIC OFFERINGS

Saturday, August 16th (7-9:30pm) 

Old Time Music with Faux Renwah
Join us in welcoming the
Faux Renwah
trio. They combine a humorous, relaxed stage presence with an eclectic repertoire of Old Time and original tunes. "Wielding" the traditional instruments, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and bass violin. They reap their music from a fertile field, catchy songs harvested from early folk music, to the 1960's and beyond. The mix is seasoned with a sprinkling of Irish and American fiddle tunes, which blend harmoniously with their own compositions.
Friday, August 22nd (9:30pm-12:30am)
Mountain Music with Risky Biscuits
Music like you haven't heard - great local talent and eclectic style that'll have you getting up on the dance floor before you know it. We'll be serving small plates during the performance. 
 
 
 
Highlights from this Weekend's Dinner Menu

 

Chef Webster and his amazing team are busy creating this weekend's menu.  

 

 

The popular Beef Burger is back -- this time we have ground beef from Sierra All-Grass.

Other delicious highlights:    

 Sonoma Duck

with a peach pine nut relish, truffled risotto

 

Shrimp Scampi

with cherry tomatoes and micro salad of sunflower petals and basil

 

 

MarketDinnerDon't forget our 

Special Farmers' Market Dinners

 4:30-8pm on Thursdays:

 

              
  
And as always, don't forget Happy Hour 
($1 off beers)
 

 

We upload our menus online!

Click here 

 

 

At the market this Week: 
   
Click each of the items below and find recipes on our website! 

FRUIT from Tyson Hill: 
O'Henry peach, white peaches and nectarines, pluots and plums.


Cherry tomato specials  
From the Farm: Heirloom tomatoes, Sungolds, red potatoes, eggplant, sweet red onions, summer squashes, salad greens, corn, watermelon, cantaloupe, parsley, basil, chard, green beans, shishito, marchant, jalapeno, anaheim peppers, bell peppers (purple, yellow and red), cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, creole garlic and more.

FROM COKE AND TOMATERO FARMS...oranges, grapefruit, limes, lemons, avocado, artichokes, leeks, carrots, broccoli, fennel, cabbage, kale, ginger.
 

 Check out all of our latest recipes online here

  
Community Supported Agriculture:

Here's what one of our customer's told us the other week:

"I'm a super busy, working, single woman and LOVE fresh food but end up only getting to the grocery or farmers markets once a month.  Your service has brought back fresh eating into my world and I am so thankful."  
JoLynn

She gets a delivery on a regular basis - would you like to get one too?
For questions contact our CSA & Grocery Manger, Kaedence: outeraisle@gmail.com

 

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.