Friday, 20 August 2010 17:58

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This Saturday at Fondy

Taste the Season: Whole Grain Quick Breads
Taste the Season takes place Saturdays, 9am - noon
As an encore to the zucchini bread that was so popular on August 7th, Fondy's culinary instructors will be on hand with samples of other whole grain quick breads and muffins that incorporate produce found at Fondy. Stop by for a sweet treat, a recipe, and some culinary inspiration!

Youth Booth: Fondy Food Collage
Youth Booth takes place Saturdays, 9am - noon
Kids can contribute to the Fondy Food Collage, which will be installed on the market office door. The collage will be composed of clippings from colorful food magazines.

News & Announcements

Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation to Host Fondy Chess Festival on Saturday, August 28th

The Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation will be hosting a sanctioned tournament at Fondy on Saturday, August 28th from 7am – 3pm. If you’re serious about chess, this is the event for you! Children and adults are welcome to join. Awards include trophies and $100 scholarships to the top scholastic division players. For more information and to register, please visit the WSCF’s online tournament schedule or contact Bob Patterson-Sumwalt at or 262-573-5624. The WSCF may also be found under the blue tent most Saturdays at Fondy. Customers may take on one of the WSCF's skilled players, or rent a board for a match of their own. 

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 culminating "Haymarket Days" festival at Fondy on September 11th, visit the Eat Local Milwaukee website.

Popcorn Results: Stove Top vs. Microwave

On Saturday, August 7th, Fondy's Youth Booth taste testers determined that the choice is obvious: stove top popcorn is better tasting than microwave popcorn. Stove top proved to be the most popular by a vote of 38 to 18. Did you know you can make your own stove top popcorn with locally grown popping corn from Fondy's own Craigland Farms? Be sure to visit Fondy's Taste the Season webpage for Perfect Popcorn recipe and topping ideas.

What’s in Season?
What you can expect to find when you shop.

Plentiful (weather willing)
Veggies: pinto beans (shelled & unshelled), beets, bitter balls, cabbage, carrots, chili peppers (cayenne, habanero, jalapeno, serrano & Thai), sweet corn, cucumbers, Hmong cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, eggplants (American/Italian, Chinese, green Thai ball & white), garlic, okra, green onions (scallions), onions (white, yellow & red), purple hull peas, banana peppers, bell peppers (green, red & yellow), potatoes (new red, new yellow & Yukon Gold), pole beans, snap beans (green & yard-long), Asian squash (opo, bitter melon & winter melon), summer squash, tomatillos, tomatoes (green & red), cherry tomatoes (red & yellow), grape tomatoes, turnips, zucchini
Greens: collards, kale, curly mustard, slick mustard, okra leaf, pumpkin leaf, spinach, water spinach, sweet potato leaf, Swiss chard, turnip greens
Herbs: basil (Italian & Thai), dill
Fruits: cantaloupe, watermelon (red & yellow)
Value-Added: honey, jam, jelly, popping corn
Flowers: beautiful flower bouquets featuring gladiolas, sunflowers, zinnias and more

Limited Supply (get to the market early!)
Veggies: kidney beans, broccoli, cabbage sprouts, white carrots, Hmong corn, kohlrabi, leeks, sorghum cane, snow peas, sugar peas, daikon radish, Roma tomatoes, butternut squash, patty pan squash
Greens: bok choy, tossa jute, Chinese mustard, Malabar/Vietnamese spinach
Herbs: cilantro, fenugreek leaf, lemongrass, parsley
Fruits: apples, peaches
Meat/Poultry: chickens, eggs

Prepared Food Vendors
Amaranth Bakery, Corn Man, Egg Roll Lady, Gumbo Man, Vi Nai Cafe, Wade's Southern Cuisine

Craft & Specialty Vendors
Bead Unto You, Miss Rose’s Watkins & More