Food is love! Valentine’s Day Farmers’ Market

CarrotsIt’s not a coincidence that the Wintertime Farmers’ Market falls on Valentine’s Day Saturday 2/14. There is a lot of love that goes into food – from growing to cooking to breaking bread – and to celebrate that there will be some extra special Valentine’s Day goings on at the market.

RISD Executive Chef, Pierre St. Germain, will cook a tasting menu featuring local meat, seafood and cheese. Newport Vineyards will be sampling wines that pair perfectly with each dish. Chef Pierre’s decadent menu will include:

Make it a date:

  • Start off at New Harvest Coffee for lattes with hearts on top
  • Pick up OceanState Chocolates’ special edition Baby Greens truffle set, infused with winter rosemary
  • Sit by the café tables, sip and nibble, and enjoy the string band
  • Meander ’round the market with a cup of Kafe’ Lila spicy bittersweet chocolate ice cream

… or pick up a gift for your lovely:

  • Farmacy Herbs love box with rose massage oil, rose petals and lovers’ blend tea
  • Cook together: squash, turnips and potatoes for slicing, dicing and roasting as the base for a hearty dinner for two
  • Alpine strawberry basket garden from Allen Farms
  • Jack’s Snacks dog treats so no one in your family feels left out
  • Seven Stars heart butter cookies and Olga’s apple crumble tart
  • Spice it up with roasted chipotle salsa from Poblano Farm, hot pepper jelly from Marcia’s Chutneys and Hopkins Farm cayenne dilly beans
  • Honey, because, well, you’re sweet and from RI, too

It may be the dead of winter, but the Wintertime Farmers’ Market is nice, warm and delicious inside. Come nourish your Valentine, and celebrate all of the incredible love that the people who grow, prepare and share, knead into our daily bread. Oh, and this week is last call for honeybells!