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Update for Saturday, June 15th- Father's Day Weekend

More locally grown items are coming in each week.  A number of new items are available this week.   Please see below for an update.

Sorry that I was not able to send out an update last week.  I was traveling in Italy and France with the family.  We had a great trip.  Although, the weather in Europe has been very cold and rainy all spring and into June, so their growing season is really behind schedule.  I brought back some cheese from France that I will be sharing at the PA Made Cheese stand on Saturday.  Stop by and try some.

David

Locally grown items available this week at the market

Sweet Cherries
Garlic scapes (tops)
Strawberries
Green Onions
Kale and collards
Zucchini
Salad Greens (several varieties)
Snow Peas
Asparagus
Garlic
Spinach
Mushrooms

Also,  lots of hanging baskets, potted flowers, vegetable and flower transplants for the garden.

Check out the details below for Kistaco, Zang and Greenawalt stands for these items.
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The Update....

J.L Kennedy Meat Stand- Special items for this week

 LAMB = BONE IN OR BONELESS LEG OF LAMB-WHOLE SHANKS-LOIN

 CHOPS-STEW MEAT-GROUND LAMB-   please call to order if you have been interested in local lamb...

 STEAKS OF ALL KINDS cut to order if we know what you need

 STEAKBURGER PATTIES

 **complimentary sampling of garlic bologna and smoked cheddar cheese to celebrate Father s Day

Please keep phone call orders and any messages to ring in during our business hours of 9-9 mon-thurs and 9-6 on friday...

The number at the farm is 724-898-2316.

PA Made Cheese-   As mentioned we will have several cheese samples from Franc to taste.  And of course a wide variiety of cheese local Pennsylvania made cheese for sale.  We just got in a new wheel of Pirate Blue from Clover Creek.

The Greek Gourmet- will have homemade spinach and meat pies at the market each week- in addition to 20+ flavors of hummus.  Stop by and talk to Jack at the booth.

BANDY Woodworks will have children's toys and games, and great items for the home and office using local reclaimed and salvaged wood and non-toxic finishes.  Cutting boards and wine racks make a great Valentine's gift for the foodie on your list!  Their booth is on the right when you walk in the front door from N. Sheridan, directly across from Greenawalt's.  Preview some of the items carried at the market by visiting  www.bandywoodworks.etsy.com.

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Visit the market's website for information on the market and all the vendors.  You can sign up for a weekly email update.

http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/

Also,  check out the video about the market produced by Ths folks at East Liberty Development (ELDI).  It was directed and produced by local film maker Michael Pisano. So a great big thanks Michael and ELDI's Margaret Graham  for producing the video. So please check out the video and share it with others.

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The Farmers' Market Cooperative of East Liberty is located at 344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot.  The market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 noon every Saturday of the year.

Update for Saturday, June 1st

Well its finally June and warm weather seems to be here, finally.  Let's hope the warm weather accelerates the growing season so that we get more locally grown items.   Please see below for an update.

Update on locally grown items

The locally grown items are starting to roll in.  Based on my conversations with the farmers today, I expect to see several locally grown items including:

• Green onions
• Specialty mushrooms
  
• Asparagus
• Rhubarb
• Swiss Chard
• Spring lettuce
• Spinach
• Micro arugula
• Strawberries
  

I also expect to see lots of hanging baskets, potted flowers, vegetable and flower transplants for the garden.

Check out Kistaco, Zang and Greenawalt stands for these items.

See you at the market- David Lagnese

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The Update....

J.L Kennedy Meat Stand

Special items for this week

- STEAK BURGER PATTIES sold in frozen stack of 8

- SIRLOIN TIP KABOBS

- ALL STEAKS CUT TO ORDER if called in by thurs eve

Please keep phone call orders and any messages to ring in during our business hours of 9-9 mon-thurs and 9-6 on friday...

The number at the farm is 724-898-2316.

PA Made Cheese-  

We also have a fresh shipment of cheese from Riverview Dairy- feta and Chevre.  We have been out of Chevre for a while as Sam and Susie Byler shut down the creamery for a few months while they were doing renovations.

We still have some of the inspiration cheese from cheese maker Laura Chenel in Sonoma County, California.  We have 4 wheels of a goat milk cheese called "Melodie."  It's an ash-rind semi-soft cheese.  It is mild but very tasty.  This cheese won first place in 2012 from the American Cheese Society.  That is quite an honor.  Stop by and taste it and lets see if we can get one of our local cheese makers to try making it here in Pennsylvania.

The Greek Gourmet- will have homemade spinach and meat pies at the market each week- in addition to 20+ flavors of hummus.  Stop by and talk to Jack at the booth.

BANDY Woodworks will have children's toys and games, and great items for the home and office using local reclaimed and salvaged wood and non-toxic finishes.  Cutting boards and wine racks make a great Valentine's gift for the foodie on your list!  Their booth is on the right when you walk in the front door from N. Sheridan, directly across from Greenawalt's.  Preview some of the items carried at the market by visiting  www.bandywoodworks.etsy.com.

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Visit the market's website for information on the market and all the vendors.  You can sign up for a weekly email update.

http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/

Also,  check out the video about the market produced by Ths folks at East Liberty Development (ELDI).  It was directed and produced by local film maker Michael Pisano. So a great big thanks Michael and ELDI's Margaret Graham  for producing the video. So please check out the video and share it with others.

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The Farmers' Market Cooperative of East Liberty is located at 344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot.  The market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 noon every Saturday of the year.

Update for Saturday, May 11th

Hi everyone, the market will be open this Saturday as usual.  Please see below for an update.

Update on locally grown items

The locally grown items are starting to roll in.  Based on my conversations with the farmers today, I expect to see several locally grown items including:

• Ramp (probably the last week)
• Asparagus
• Rhubarb
• Swiss Chard
• Morrell mushrooms
• Spring lettuce
• Spinach
• Micro greens
  

I also expect to see lots of hanging baskets, potted flowers, vegetable and flower transplants for the garden.

Check out Kistaco, Zang and Greenawalt stands for these items.

Speaking of rhubarb, I need to refresh my memory on how to cook rhubarb.  Mariam Rubin seems to always give us a timely recipe in the Post-Gazette.  Today she has a recipe for Rhubarb, strawberry and ricotta turnovers.  They look delicious.  Check it out.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/food/one-good-recipe-rhubarb-strawberry-and-ricotta-turnovers-with-cream-cheese-pastry-686835/

Finally, check out the really nice article that the P-G ran on Sunday on our very own Chris Bandy.  Chris crafts hand made products out of salvaged wood.  His work is just beautiful.  I am a big fan of his cutting boards, but he makes many different items and also does custom work.  He is at the market every Saturday.  Who knew he had so many other talents.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/theater-dance/career-twist-semi-retired-dancer-carves-out-a-new-career-in-woodworking-686339/

See you at the market- David Lagnese

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The Update....

J.L Kennedy Meat Stand

Special items for this Saturday

- LAMB...for MOTHER S DAY WEEKEND

- EXTRA-LEAN GROUND TURKEY

- GARLIC BOLOGNA RINGS

The number at the farm is 724-898-2316.

Kallari Chocolate Update-

Kallari chocolate bars are still available. More on Kallari...

Here is the website:
http://kallari.com/chocolate.html

A New York Times article on Kallari:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/dining/05choc.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

A really interesting UTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLKQBS07JN4

PA Made Cheese-  

We expect to have a fresh batch of Birchrun Blue Fat Cat.  We also have a fresh shipment of cheese from Riverview Dairy- feta and aged tome cheese.

We also have an inspiration cheese from cheese maker Laura Chenel in Sonoma County, California.  We have 4 wheels of a goat milk cheese called "Melodie."  It's an ash-rind semi-soft cheese.  It is mild but very tasty.  This cheese won first place in 2012 from the American Cheese Society.  That is quite an honor.  Stop by and taste it and lets see if we can get one of our local cheese makers to try making it here in Pennsylvania.

The Greek Gourmet- will have homemade spinach and meat pies at the market each week- in addition to 20+ flavors of hummus.  Stop by and talk to Jack at the booth.

BANDY Woodworks will have children's toys and games, and great items for the home and office using local reclaimed and salvaged wood and non-toxic finishes.  Cutting boards and wine racks make a great Valentine's gift for the foodie on your list!  Their booth is on the right when you walk in the front door from N. Sheridan, directly across from Greenawalt's.  Preview some of the items carried at the market by visiting  www.bandywoodworks.etsy.com.

*****************************************************
Visit the market's website for information on the market and all the vendors.  You can sign up for a weekly email update.

http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/

Also,  check out the video about the market produced by Ths folks at East Liberty Development (ELDI).  It was directed and produced by local film maker Michael Pisano. So a great big thanks Michael and ELDI's Margaret Graham  for producing the video. So please check out the video and share it with others.

*********************************************************

The Farmers' Market Cooperative of East Liberty is located at 344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot.  The market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 noon every Saturday of the year.

Update for Saturday, May 4th

Hi everyone, the market will be open this Saturday as usual.  Please see below for an update.  We will have some new locally grown items this week.

Update on Ramps
Ramp season is underway.  We had quite a lot of them at the market last week.  Between Rick Zang and Brian Greenawalt we had several bushels and they all sold.  I ran in to Chef Trevett Hooper from Legume and asked him how he was preparing them.  He is doing all sorts of things with them including pickling, making purees and grilling them.  He suggest taking the whole ramp, leaf and bulb, and drizzle with some olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and then cook them on the grill for a few minutes while you are grilling any kind of meat.  I did that and served it with some chciken from Kennedy's.

I also minced the ramps, leaf and bulb, and suteed them in olive oil.  Then served them on top of some steamed rice.  Very simple and very good. 

So please dont be afraid to try them.  Even 1/4 pound can add a lot of flavor to a dish.

Check out the article Bob Batz wrote about Ramps in the Post-Gazette last week:

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/food/a-sure-sign-and-smell-of-spring-here-ramps-684842/

See you at the market- David Lagnese

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The Update....

J.L Kennedy Meat Stand

Special items for this Saturday

- PORK SPARE RIBS

- PORK TENDERLOINS

- SIRLOIN TIP KABOBS FOR QUICK MARINADE AND GRILL/BROIL

The number at the farm is 724-898-2316.

Kallari Chocolate Update-

Kallari chocolate bars are still available. More on Kallari...

Here is the website:
http://kallari.com/chocolate.html

A New York Times article on Kallari:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/dining/05choc.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

A really interesting UTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLKQBS07JN4

PA Made Cheese-  

The Greek Gourmet- will have homemade spinach and meat pies at the market each week- in addition to 20+ flavors of hummus.  Stop by and talk to Jack at the booth.

BANDY Woodworks will have children's toys and games, and great items for the home and office using local reclaimed and salvaged wood and non-toxic finishes.  Cutting boards and wine racks make a great Valentine's gift for the foodie on your list!  Their booth is on the right when you walk in the front door from N. Sheridan, directly across from Greenawalt's.  Preview some of the items carried at the market by visiting  www.bandywoodworks.etsy.com.

*****************************************************
Visit the market's website for information on the market and all the vendors.  You can sign up for a weekly email update.

http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/

Also,  check out the video about the market produced by Ths folks at East Liberty Development (ELDI).  It was directed and produced by local film maker Michael Pisano. So a great big thanks Michael and ELDI's Margaret Graham  for producing the video. So please check out the video and share it with others.

*********************************************************

The Farmers' Market Cooperative of East Liberty is located at 344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot.  The market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 noon every Saturday of the year.