11-6-2009

Wintertime Farmers Market kicks off a weekend of fall flavors

Band at Winter MktSATURDAY 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:

  • Congrats to Chefs Bruce and Beau and the New Rivers crew on their newly renovated venue. Slightly bigger but still intimate and with the same incredible ingredients straight from the farm.
  • Kudos to Chef Guy and the folks at AS220. We’re excited to taste what you cooked up with all the fresh stuff in your Market Mobile order. The menu looks great!