Cooking Day
Join us the first Friday of the month, beginning in June, for Cooking Day. We make an array of dishes from whatever is available at the Market. Learn how to cook fresh, local food. Samples are available and donations are appreciated.
Tag: Chef Jen
Cooking with Chef Jen-Squashtober
In addition to Cooking day, we also had a winter squash tasting. We cooked them very simply to let the flavor of the squash come out. The basic recipe is just to slice them in half, scoop out the seeds( save them for roasting!) and place them cut side down in a dish with about[…]
Cooking with Chef Jen THIS Friday!
Be sure to come out for the last cooking day with Chef Jen this season! Recipes from the last cooking day are here We are highlighting squash for Squashtober but she’ll be cooking whatever strikes her fancy at the Market. We’ll also have our first ever squash tasting at the Market. Here’s your chance to try[…]
September Events at the Market feature peppers.
The September edition of the Market’s cooking program, First Fridays with Chef Jen, features peppers. Peppers come in all shapes, sizes, flavors and heat levels. Wikipedia estimates there are 50,000 varieties of “Capsicum” (pepper) cultivars. Peppers add so much flavor and can be a main course as well as an ingredient in almost anything. Chef Jen will[…]
Recipes from our 1st Cooking day with Chef Jen
I hope you were able to sample the amazing array of tasty food Friday June 1st at the first in the series of our monthly First Fridays with Chef Jen. She and awesome sous chef Suzanne Capone created 3 fresh salads, a batch of grits and greens, a chicken, vegetable stir fry, a chicken stuffed jalapeno[…]
Join us for the Empty Bowls Fundraiser THIS Saturday!
Where else can you get a Farm to Table meal for a 10-15 dollar donation? (Of course if you are moved to donate more, we won’t say no.) The core purpose of Empty Bowls is to raise funds for local food charities and educate people around issues of poverty and hunger in their community. The[…]
September and October Events
Chef Jen will be cooking on Pepper Day September 9th. We’re thinking about a Chef Jen cookbook as a fund raiser for the Market. Stop by the manager tent and tell Michelle if you’d be interested. Enjoy our annual free pepper tasting. Did you know that ALL peppers change color? Taste green and ripe varieties side[…]
Tomato Festival Kicks off August at the Market
The 5th annual Tomato festival on August 5th is a great way to start the month of August at the Market. Enter the Salsa contest and win $25! No fruit salsas allowed this year, it’s the tomato festival after all! Bring a quart of salsa to the Market by 10 am. Tasting begins at 10:30[…]