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Somehow we fit in 30 farms and almost 20 other Rhode Island artisan food producers! It adds up to a delicious bounty of local food inside where it’s warm, all winter long. See you tomorrow and every Saturday 11-2 for the ever full-of-flavor Wintertime Farmers’ Market:
SATURDAY 11-2.
Wintertime Farmers’ Market. 47 local farmers and producers inside Hope Artiste Village, 1005 Main St., Pawtucket. Incredible flavors await… we’ve been waiting all summer for this. We’ll post a map of the market later today!
Come to opening day of the market to find:
Veggies: beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, fingerlings, garlic, lettuce, onions, pea greens, pumpkins, radishes, spinach, sweet potatoes, winter squash…
Apples, cider, applesauce, apple butter.Chicken, grass-fed beef, lamb, pork.
Clams, mussels, oysters, scallops.
Eggs, milk, cheese, yogurt.
Breads, cupcakes, pies, baked goods.
Salsas, sauces, jams, jellies, pesto.
Herbal tea, honey, salves, natural bath care.
Chocolates and ice cream and vegan sorbet.
Locally roasted coffee.
Lunch time! Curries, salads, grilled cheese, veggie patties and more.
SUNDAY.
Apple picking. We just found out from always-wonderful Heather at URI Cooperative Extension that there are many RI orchards still brimming with apples in the trees. It seems that the rainy October kept Pick Your Own crowds away. But since we’re in for a nice dose of sun this weekend — Sunday will be in the 60s! — sounds like a fun last chance for Pick Your Own apples (and the pies and crisps that are sure to follow). Here are the orchards that will be open:
IN THE EVENINGS.
It’s Restaurant Week in Newport (see who’s putting local food on the menu) and we’re also celebrating two re-openings of local-loving Providence restaurants: