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Farm to Market Report: Weekend of June 23-24

posted by Erin Ahlfinger | June 21st, 2012 9:58am | filed under Cooking Classes, Farm to Market Report, Farmers Markets, Go local |

Celebration Farmers Market: Joy Farms will have all the same great organic produce this weekend including some great pickling cucumbers. Neighbor Kathleen’s Art Bakery will be there selling fresh-baked pastries and breads. Skip breakfast and try one of their gooey sticky buns. Holleman Farms regularly sells pastured beef, chicken, and eggs here, but this week, they’ll add pork to the lineup. Tip: don’t forget to stop in to the Celebration Market Store before you leave. If you have a favorite artisan food vendor that isn’t at the market, they keep many of their products just inside.

4515 W. Lovers Ln.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Coppell Farmers Market: It’s always sad when your favorite local produce goes out of season and you know you’ll have to wait until next year to enjoy the same fresh flavor. As spring rolls into summer, many of the local markets are helping you battle the seasonal produce blues with instruction on how you can preserve what you buy now for enjoying at a later date. This Saturday at The Coppell Farmers Market, Village Baking Co. Owner and Founder and Chef Clint Cooper will be giving demonstrations on canning tomatoes (you can use the process to can anything) and making preserves. His timing couldn’t be better, as the spring berries are moving over to make room for summer melons this weekend.

793 S. Coppell Rd.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Farm to Market Report: Weekend of June 16-17

posted by Erin Ahlfinger | June 14th, 2012 12:25pm | filed under Ethnic Food, Farm to Market Report, Farmers Markets, Father's Day, Go local |

Our Farmers Market gal, Erin Ahlfinger

Nearly anyone shopping farmers markets this weekend can prepare to be entertained. Chances are you won’t have to go far to find festivals, cooking classes and demonstrations, and foodie fun.

Celebration Farmers Market: Joy Farm is back with some unique organic produce including Armenian cucumbers, sweet orange paruche and yellow currant cherry tomatoes, goldenrod, and black zucchini. If you’re on the market for sweet treats, Stephanie’s Premium Bakery will be out this weekend. She makes amazing citrus shortbread, but what you really want to try are her Triple C cookies (cherry, chocolate chip and chili flake). The spice of the red chili makes a late entrance behind the velvety chocolate and tart cherry, right about the time you start to think “these aren’t spicy.” Gotcha.

4515 W. Lovers Ln.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Coppell Farmers Market: This Saturday is Vendor Appreciation Day. Vendors will be provided breakfast before the market and customers are invited to show their favorite vendors and producers some love. Melons of all kind will be taking Coppell by storm this weekend. Pick out a juicy one while you listen to live bluegrass tunes by the Horny Toad Rangers.

793 S. Coppell Rd.
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Farm to Market Report: Weekend of June 9-10

posted by Erin Ahlfinger | June 7th, 2012 10:30am | filed under Farm to Market Report, Farmers Markets, Go local | 1 Comment »

Celebration Farmers Market: Joy Farms is back this week. They’ll have some of the sweetest tomatoes around and their seedless cucumbers. I love the seedless variety for pickling because you can slice them as thin as you like (think mandolin) without worrying that you’ll end up with pickle rings instead of slices.

Hold on to your corn husks, tamale lovers. Mother Shucker’s Handmade Tamales will be there for the first time this week to see that all your lard, MSG, and gluten-free dreams come true. You won’t long for variety, either. They’ll have five different kinds of tamales and three types of salsa.

4515 W. Lovers Ln.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Coppell Farmers Market welcomes Paradise Specialty Cut Flowers this weekend. They’ll be selling gorgeous flower bouquets grown by Amanda Muller in Paradise, Texas. Look for all the usual locally grown produce including stone fruits and berries, which are currently in season.

The Coppell Farmers Market is the test market for my new favorite summer treat, and one of only a few places where it can be found (apart from my freezer).  I met Savoy Sorbet in the cold section at Central Market on Tuesday. The assortment of flavors that incorporated herbs sparked my curiosity. I settled on Rosemary Rose, a savory marrying of fresh rosemary, lemon and wine flavors in a simplistic carton that promised that the frills were inside. In the absence of adequate cold storage necessary to keep my sorbet from becoming punch, I shared with two eager friends. Before I could explain that we had to finish it, the carton was empty. This weekend, owner Linn Madsen will be at the Coppell market testing her new spearmint flavor and the dark chocolate concoction that is so new, it has yet to be named. Swing by and find a new summer love. Cinnamon Apple Brandy, here I come.

793 S. Coppell Rd.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Farm to Market Report: Weekend of May 26-27

posted by Carol Shih | May 24th, 2012 11:15am | filed under Farm to Market Report, Go local | 1 Comment »

Erin Ahlfinger posing like a tiger, under my direction. (photo by Matt Shelley)

We’re starting a new blog series to help you farmers market shoppers know exactly when and where to get the freshest produce around town. Erin Ahlfinger, a former D Custom intern, is now officially our slave, er, I mean.. contributor. She’s probably the nicest person you’ll ever meet, and she also happens to be a farmers market fanatic. Expect to see her market report every Thursday morning from now on. Here’s what she has to say about this weekend:

Celebration Farmers Market is one of the newer markets around town, but they’re off to a great start.  Their farmers offer red and green tomatoes for those who like to fry the green ones. Mozzarella Company will be selling a few of their cheeses made by hand right here in Deep Ellum. For the first time this week, Circle L Barbecue Sauce will be there to take care of all your Memorial Day grilling needs.

4515 W. Lovers Ln.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Coppell Farmers Market: Berries are in this week and their season is short. Get ‘em while they’re plump and juicy (I like to freeze a few extra pints and throw them into smoothies later). The wide variety of produce includes several types of radishes, tart green plums, and fresh herbs. Some produce is organic, some is conventional. The farmers are always happy to differentiate.  Tickets to the Farm to Table Dinner are now on sale at the main tent.

793 S. Coppell Rd.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Junius Heights Community Market Starts This Weekend

posted by Hayley Hamilton | May 22nd, 2012 1:59pm | filed under Farmers Markets, Go local | 1 Comment »

We have a new local market in town launching this Saturday in the garden of Garden Cafe in East Dallas, the Junius Heights Community Market. Starting at 2pm vendors will set up shop in the garden selling everything from honey to artworks to fresh produce to specialty drinks, with music provided by The County Fringe and a special screening of the documentary DFW Truck Farm at sunset.  Vendors include The Texas Honey Bee Guild, Comeback Creek Farm, Rae Lilly Farm, Holy Kombucha and Cita’s Salsa.

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What Do You Do With a Dead Gator From Trinity River? Make Nuggets.

posted by Carol Shih | May 16th, 2012 12:42pm | filed under Dog Friendly, elephants, Go local, Goats! | 1 Comment »

David Schechter (@DavidSchechter) via Twitter

Is it bad that when I first got a glimpse of David Schecter’s dead gator discovery on his Twitter yesterday, my brain processed the news in this exact progression?

1) There is no way I’m stepping foot in Trinity River. Ever. Not after that Mud Run participant died there, and especially not after this 11.5 gator swam in those waters.

2) How many pounds of gator nuggets can you make with this big ‘ole reptile?

Your guesses, please.

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Mark Bittman Promotes Food Consciousness, Thinks Soda Should be Taxed

posted by Carol Shih | May 11th, 2012 6:32pm | filed under Events, Go local, Health Food | 5 Comments »

Bittman, the Batman of Food Policy (photo by Carol Shih)

If you’ve read Mark Bittman’s book, Food Matters, and his column on The New York Times, you’re probably familiar with his effortless ability to weave in food policy, politics, and the way we eat within a single sentence. Last night, Bittman (aka the Batman of Food Policy) spoke to a large crowd at the Temple Emanu-El about the importance of eating right and being food conscious.

“The only aspect of food that you can discuss now without bringing in everything else is how much fun it is to eat. And even that is become tainted. You can barely talk about the garden or the supermarket or the food on your table without talking about the failure of government, the dominance of corporations, and the breakdown of food security. Food engages everything.”

Bittman used soda, his idea of the 21st century’s tobacco, as an example of how the government isn’t doing the best job to protect its people.

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What to Pack in Your Picnic Basket This Summer

posted by Carol Shih | May 11th, 2012 10:10am | filed under Dallas Foodie, Dallas Must-Do List, Dog Friendly, Go local, Health Food | 11 Comments »

D Home editor Joslyn Taylor had this brilliant idea of doing a cross post. Since the weather has been kind of wunderbar, we thought it’d be fun if I picked out my ideal picnic basket foods while Joslyn paired them with pretty basket accessories.

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