Friday, 02 September 2011 12:40

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This Saturday at Fondy

Taste the Season: Roasted Eggplants
Taste the Season takes place Saturdays, 9am - noon
What to do with those large Italian and American eggplants? This week, learn to how to roast eggplants to make delicious dishes from India to the Middle East to Japan. Lean how simple it is to freeze this smoky summer treasure for quick and easy meals in the dead of winter.

Youth Booth: Don't Forget Your Veggies!
Youth Booth takes place Saturdays, 9am - noon
Kids, stop by the Youth Booth to test your memory with our Fruit & Veggie Memory Game. Try your best and win a prize! 

Music at the Market: Lucky Diop
Music at the Market is Saturdays, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Lucky Diop is back for an encore performance! Enjoy the rich Senegalese sounds of Lucky and his son from 10:30am - 12:30pm this Saturday at Fondy. Born in Ziguinchor, Senegal, Lucky belongs to the Diola (jola) tribe, one of the rare tribes where everybody is a musician! Lucky's specialties include the djembe (a percussion instrument) and the kora (a stringed instrument). He has extensive training in Senegalese music and dance, and has performed worldwide. Feel free to ask Lucky questions about the instruments he uses and music he plays.

Thank you to The Spice House, one of our generous Music at the Market sponsors, for making this performance possible.

News & Announcements

Take the Eat Local Challenge!

Milwaukee's Eat Local Challenge takes place the first two weeks of September. The Challenge encourages people to increase their consumption of local food. Eating locally helps the environment, the local economy and our community. Plus, local food just plain tastes better! For information on resources and events, including the annual culminating Haymarket Days Festival held at Fondy on Saturday, September 10th, visit the Eat Local Milwaukee website.

New Vendor Spotlight: Avia Cakes

Please help us welcome new vendor Telashay Swope-Farr, baker and owner of Avia Cakes. Ms. Swope-Farr has an outstanding selection of dessert cakes - 18 different flavors, to be exact! These include everything from the popular caramel and red velvet cakes to various rich, homemade frostings. Last Saturday was Avia Cakes' first appearance at market and customers loved the cakes so much that Ms. Swope-Farr sold out! Stop by early to make sure you get to try some of these delightful desserts for yourself. For more information, see Avia Cakes' vendor profile.

What's in Season?
What you can expect to find at market this week.

Plentiful (weather willing)

Veggies: cranberry shelling beans, purple hull peas, snap beans (green, Romano, wax, yardlong), beets (Chioggia, golden, red), bell peppers (green, orange, purple, red, yellow), cabbage, Napa cabbage, cabbage sprouts, carrots, celery, Chinese celery leaf, chili peppers (Anaheim, Banana, Cayenne, Habanero, Hungarian Wax, Jalapeno, Poblano, Serrano, Thai), sweet corn, Hmong corn, cucumbers (Hmong, pickling, slicing), Asian eggplant (Chinese, Japanese, Thai ball), bitter eggplant (Hmong red, Thai pea), Italian eggplant (green, purple), garlic, kohlrabi, leaf lettuce (green, red), okra, onions (red, white, yellow), scallions, sugar snap peas, baby potatoes (red, white, yellow), baking potatoes, fingerling potatoes, waxy yellow potatoes, radishes, Asian squash (bitter melon, winter melon, opo, pumpkin), summer squash (ball, blossoms, patty pan, yellow, zucchini), green tomatoes, plum/Roma tomaotes, red slicing tomatoes, small tomatoes (cherry, grape, teardrop), turnips (purple top, Japanese)

Greens: amaranth, beet greens, bitter melon greens, bok choy (several varieties), Chinese mustard, choy sum/yu choy, collards, kale, curly mustard, slick mustard, pumpkin leaf, Malabar/Vietnamese spinach, water spinach, sugar pea greens, summer squash leaf, sweet potato leaf, Swiss chard, turnip greens

Fruits: cantaloupe, watermelon

Herbs: basil (Italian, Thai), cilantro, dill, peppermint, sage,

Value-added: apple cider, honey, popping corn, goats' milk soap

Flowers/Plants: beautiful fresh-cut flower bouquets featuring cosmos, dahlias, dasies, gladiolas, lilies, poppies, sunflowers, sweet peas, zinnias, and more

Limited Supply (get to the market early!)

Veggies: lima/butter beans, broccoli, immature winter squash (acorn, butternut, hubbard), Roma tomatoes

Fruits: apples, peaches

Meat/Poultry: chicken, eggs

Prepared Food Vendors (Saturdays Only)
Avia Cakes, Checker Board Foods, Egg Roll Lady, Vi Nai Cafe, Yammies Pie Co.

Craft & Specialty Vendors (Saturdays Only)

Miss Rose’s Watkins & More, Serenity Soap Works