Collingswood SAT NOV 18
Not Freezing.
The lettuces won’t freeze on the tables as they did last week, but it won’t be warm. 30s during load-in and setup, warming to maybe 50 by breakdown, but . . . cloudier, windier, and maybe wetter during load-out. Tents will be essential if it starts to drizzle toward noon, and tent weights a must as the winds pick up.
Or the forecasters could be all wet. 🙂
Official forecast for SAT NOV 18
Site Plan for SAT NOV 18
HANDMADE HOLIDAYS FINAL WEEKEND
For the final week of the season we’ll be filling in the empty spaces with juried artists and crafters for the annual Handmade Holidays celebration of local artistic talent and the much-anticipated start of the holiday gift-buying season.
BID Vendors SAT NOV 18
BID Vendors. At the west end of the Market, members of the Collingswood Business Improvement District (BID) may sell food products not necessarily locally-sourced.
OLIVES AND OILS FROM VILLA BARONE
BID Vendors. At the west end of the Market, members of the Collingswood Business Improvement District (BID) may sell food products not necessarily locally-sourced.
Sara’s Produce is back to close out the season with us. By special arrangement with the Market, Sara brings ONLY NON-JERSEY PRODUCE. Get your bananas, pineapples, mangoes, persimmons, etc., here.
We’ve got your other favorite BID vendors this week: Dulce Artisanal Pastry, Villa Barone, Charlie’s Crepes, and Cheese Etc.
Also in the BID area: John & Kira’s Chocolates.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT NOV 18
INDOGROW BRINGS MICROGREENS
Start a shopping list!
Start your last shopping list of the 2017 Market Season! We’ve got a very full lineup of Guest Vendors and Special Products this week.
- Weckerly’s Ice Cream
You have or can make room in your freezer. This is your last chance to stock up on the area’s best, most organic, entirely locally-made premium ice cream. The only ice cream of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market. - Indogrow Microgreens
—The boys from Cherry Hill are back with their tiny little crop of hyperlocal, super-flavorful sprouts! - Our Souls Shine Applesauce
—This is new! Cindy is adding fresh local cranberries to the organic apples and personally-grown kale from her garden to make a special holiday jar! - Neil’s Sharpening Service
—If there’s one day of the year that DEMANDS a sharp knife, it’s Thanksgiving. Avoid the shame of last year’s fiasco, when the turkey went cold while you sawed through it for fifteen minutes with a dull blade. - Barn and Stone House Soap
— Not just soap but plenty of other cleansing and grooming products, all made by our vendor! - Inspired Brews Kombucha
—Sip a sample, buy a bottle, or bring a growler for a refill. In the BID section of the Market. - MECHA Artisan Chocolates
— Find them in our “chocolate space,” with pumpkin and other favorite holiday flavors. - Preservation Provisions
—Not sure there’s a difference in pickles? Test that theory by sampling from several varieties. - Woods Edge Wool Farm
—They raise alpaca for their wool and yak for their meat. They keep bees for honey and pollination. They make candles and soap. They knit that fabulous wool into awesome garments and the world’s best socks and gloves. Spend some time with them. - John & Kira’s Chocolates
—If you haven’t tried the ganache-stuffed figs you haven’t fully experienced ganache, or figs! - Green Aisle Grocery
—Nut butters! Cocktail mixers! Pestos, soups, salsas, and preserves! Know what’s best about them as we disappear into several months of NO MARKET? They keep! Stock up this week before it’s too late.
Official Market Bloggers
Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef)
Thanksgiving Leftovers
Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef). Thanksgiving Leftovers. Clever Denine is dishing up leftover recipes and cooking tips this week that utilize leftover foods from our Thanksgiving feasts, including three she presented on Talk Philly Live with Ukee Washington. Here’s the tantalizing list: Chicken and Pumpkin Enchiladas, Apple Cranberry and Cinnamon Sauce, Pumpkin Maple Syrup and the Pumpkin Pancakes, Curried Turkey Salad, Cranberry Walnut Cornbread Stuffing, Apple Cranberry Orange Compote, and Christmas Cheer Cranberry-Infused Vodka. You have just one more week to shop the Market for ingredients, but the recipes and blog posts from our Official Market Bloggers are available year-round. Please follow them and let them know you appreciate what they do. See Denine’s blog post for this week’s recipes and photos.
http://www.thebicycle-chef.com/2017/11/thanksgiving-leftovers-ideas.html
Handmade Holidays 2017
THE 3-WEEK MARKET EVENT THAT KICKS OFF THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON CONTINUES!
For the second week, we’ll open our tables to terrific juried artists and crafters (jewelers, potters, fiber artists, woodworkers, clothing designers, and so much more).
Joining us for week two are these Outstanding Vendors
- Aimee Eckert (Relics Revisited) Jewelry
- Jennifer Talarico (Jennifer’s Fiber Designs) Clothing
- Rose Pacey (Gypsy Art) Mixed Media
- Anneliese Kissling (Le Petit Fox) Knitted Goods
- Lorraine Delphey (L’Originals) Cotton Items
- Evelyn Taylor Designs Ceramics
- Maria Cartwright (222 Creations) Copper Fired Jewelry
- Jennifer Prasad (Canary Works) Pillow Covers
- Monique DuTill Platt (DuTill & Daughters) Ceramics
- Eric Wolff (Mud and Fire) Ceramics
- Michele Cole Designs Jewelry
- Katie Locke (Infinnity Kids) Children’s Items
- Hope Mead (Works of Hope) Ceramics
- Sweet Succulent Creations Succulent Arrangements
- Lindsay Varon (Hooked Up) Finger Puppets
- Steph Schultz (Mermaid Metal) Metal Jewelry
- Lauren Lopez (PHILA-CARTA) Collingswood Items
- Linen and Spoon Handcarved Wood (and Linens)
- Meredith Greimel (Beaucycled) Jewelry, Knits
- Heidi Barr (Kitchen Garden Series) Kitchen Textiles
- Joan Prato (Joan of Art) Metal Jewelry
- Steven Kressel Metal/Bone Work
- Aaron McCargo Ponchos, Backpacks, Clothing
Also participating with farm-produced crafts are these two Legacy Vendors:
- Woods Edge Wool Farm (at the Perkins end)
Alpaca wool socks, scarves, gloves, shawls, yarns, blankets and more! - Windy Farm Alpacas (at the west end)
Live alpacas, yarns, and wool garments.
For the Animal Lovers
Live Alpacas at the west end
Live Guests from Windy Farm Alpacas.
This will be your last chance this season to get close to the adorable alpacas from Windy Farm. Stay long enough to hear them “purr.”
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
Collingswood SAT NOV 11
Downright Cold.
Little cloudy, temps in the 20s to start, in the 30s to finish, light breezes. But Dry.
Official forecast for SAT NOV 11
Site Plan for SAT NOV 11
HANDMADE HOLIDAYS
For the final three weeks of the season we’ll be filling in the empty spaces with juried artists and crafters four the annual Handmade Holidays celebration of local artistic talent and the much-anticipated start of the holiday gift-buying season.
BID Vendors SAT NOV 11
BID Vendors. At the west end of the Market, members of the Collingswood Business Improvement District (BID) may sell food products not necessarily locally-sourced.
BAGUETTES BY DULCE ARTISAN PASTRIES
BID Vendors. At the west end of the Market, members of the Collingswood Business Improvement District (BID) may sell food products not necessarily locally-sourced.
Sara’s Produce returns this week after a 3-week absence. By special arrangement with the Market, Sara brings ONLY NON-JERSEY PRODUCE. Get your bananas, pineapples, mangoes, persimmons, etc., here.
We’ve got your other favorite BID vendors this week: Dulce Artisanal Pastry, Villa Barone, Charlie’s Crepes, and Cheese Etc.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT NOV 11
BARN AND STONE HOUSE SOAPS
Start a shopping list!
We’ve got a very full lineup of Guest Vendors and Special Products this week.
- Barn and Stone House Soap
— Not just soap but plenty of other cleansing and grooming products, all made by our vendor! - Inspired Brews Kombucha
—Sip a sample, buy a bottle, or bring a growler for a refill. In the BID section of the Market. - MECHA Artisan Chocolates
— Find them in our “chocolate space,” which Duker T has since departed, with pumpkin and other favorite holiday flavors. - Chloe’s Crème Puffs
— Chloe wrote to say the weather (30s, maybe 40 by noon) would pre-empt filling crème puffs this Saturday. I told her to bring them filled. No answer yet. Keep your frozen fingers crossed. - Indogrow Microgreens
—The boys from Cherry Hill are back with their tiny little crop of hyperlocal, super-flavorful sprouts! - John & Kira’s Chocolates
—If you haven’t tried the ganache-stuffed figs you haven’t fully experienced ganache, or figs! - Preservation Provisions
—Not sure there’s a difference in pickles? Test that theory by sampling from several varieties. - Woods Edge Wool Farm
—They raise alpaca for their wool and yak for their meat. They keep bees for honey and pollination. They make candles and soap. They knit that fabulous wool into awesome garments and the world’s best socks and gloves. Spend some time with them. - Knowhere Farm
—The kids are back! Get your selfies with the adorable young goats and pick a few bars of the Knowhere Farm-made goats milk soap. Down by Perkins.
Official Market Bloggers
Stef Perna (treatbelly)
Gruyere Green Bean Casserole
STEF PERNA’S GRUYERE GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE
Stef Perna (treatbelly). Gruyere Green Bean Casserole. Stef says, “Forgo that outdated can of condensed ‘cream of mushroom’ soup and make way for gruyere and sour cream this Thanksgiving holiday. Flaim Farms green beans and yellow onions, as well as Dulce Artisanal Pastry sourdough loaves are available from the Collingswood Farmers’ Market to recreate this non-traditional green bean casserole. Thank you to friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market for reading my posts this season. Have a wonderful holiday, and stay warm this winter!” For the instructions and glorious photos, get on over to Stef’s blog .
http://www.treatbelly.com/treatbelly/2017/11/7/gruyere-green-bean-casserole
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Easy Sides for Holiday Meals
IMMERSION BLENDER IN THE CRANBERRIES
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Easy Sides for Holiday Meals. Susan is all about helping. This week she has some handy tips for “onion hands,” for pouring “wide mouth funneling,” and—oh yes!—for preparing essential side dishes for you Thanksgiving and other holiday meals. You’ll need cole slaw, most likely, and your own cranberry sauce, of course, and what’s a meal without fried onions? Get easy recipes and quick tips at Susan’s blog. She did her shopping for cabbage, cranberries and onions at Formisano, Savoie Organic, Springdale, and Flaim Farms.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/easy-sides-for-a-holiday-meal/
Handmade Holidays 2017
THE 3-WEEK MARKET EVENT THAT KICKS OFF THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON CONTINUES!
For the second week, we’ll open our tables to terrific juried artists and crafters (jewelers, potters, fiber artists, woodworkers, clothing designers, and so much more).
Joining us for week two are these Outstanding Vendors
- Aimee Eckert (Relics Revisited) Jewelry
- Jennifer Talarico (Jennifer’s Fiber Designs) Clothing
- Rose Pacey (Gypsy Art) Mixed Media
- Anneliese Kissling (Le Petit Fox) Knitted Goods
- Lorraine Delphey (L’Originals) Cotton Items
- Maria Cartwright (222 Creations) Copper Fired Jewelry
- Ellen Rosenholtz (Sylvia Starlight) Toys
- Jennifer Prasad (Canary Works) Pillow Covers
- Lisa Confora (Nature’s Energy) Ceramics
- Katherin Cheetham (Select 10) Art Glass
- Eric Wolff (Mud and Fire) Ceramics
- Emily Cooper (Mithril Mailestrom) Chainmaille
- Katie Locke, Infinnity Kids (Children’s Items)
- Lindsay Varon (Hooked Up) Finger Puppets
- Fred Chase (Fred Chase Woodcraft) Woodcraft
- Barry Buck & Dixie Buck (Linen and Spoon) Wood
- Meredith Greimel (Beaucycled) Succulents, Jewelry, Knits
- Rachel E Del Rossi (Charming Notes) Paper
- Justin Tyner & Meghan Keary Stained Glass
- Joan Prato (Joan of Art) Metal Jewelry
- Aaron McCargo Ponchos, Backpacks, Clothing
- (possible late additions to fill new vacancies)
Also participating with farm-produced crafts is this Legacy Vendor:
- Woods Edge Wool Farm (at the Perkins end)
Alpaca wool socks, scarves, gloves, shawls, blankets and more!
For the Animal Lovers
Knowhere Farm Goat Petting Area
Knowhere Farm Goats in the Petting Area.
This will be your last chance this season to get into the pen with some adorable young goats and take your picture together with a kid. The goats milk soap is wonderful (and also photogenic), but the real attraction of a Knowhere Farm appearance is the chance to get up close and personal with one of these gentle animals. Down by Perkins Art Center. Look for the line.
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
Handmade Holidays 2017
Hello, Vendors, Artists, Crafters, Food Artisans, and Friends of the Market!
Handmade Holidays
Welcome Artists and Crafters. We’re delighted to host you for the 2017 Handmade Holidays event at the Collingswood Farmers’ Market.
Whether you’re a Market veteran or a Market rookie, these instructions will help insure a smooth arrival and setup during what can be a hectic hour. You’ll be moving into a Market that is already well established, joining dozens of vendors with their own customary locations, setup procedures, and traffic patterns. Do not assume that you can arrive when you like and drive into the Market to set up. Take it easy, stay aware, and remember you are a guest.
Study your location
- Study the plan for SAT NOV 18.
- We’ve done our best to avoid bouncing you around.
- Unless we couldn’t help it, you’re in the same general location as last week.
- The first farm vendors arrive at 6am. You are welcome to arrive with them.
- Arrive no later than 7am. You need to be ready to sell at 8am.
- David will be on site wearing red sweatshirt and/or jacket and a Market cap.
- Find David or text him to let him know you’ve arrived.
- Text, don’t call, (856) 979-6653
If you’re on the “Speedline side” of the Market (spaces 50-89)
- STOP
- Stop at the west entrance to the Market.
- DO NOT proceed directly to your space and put up a tent.
- David will guide you to your space when the traffic permits.
- You will have at most 15 minutes to unload your gear and remove your vehicle from the Market.
If you’re on the North side of the Market (spaces 1-49)
- DO NOT drive into the Market at all.
- You’ll park briefly alongside the parking meters on the north side to unload.
Don’t command a valuable parking space that shoppers can turn over a dozen times.
- David will have Vendor Parking Passes for you
- Park in the Lumberyard Garage for free
- Saving spaces for shoppers means more of them will visit your tent and table.
Have the latest plan with you
- This blog is easy to bring on your smartphone.
- The site plan is subject to change.
- The latest version is always live at the blog.
- If you bring a printed copy of your plan, it might not be current.
- Don’t be late, but text ahead if you’re going to be late.
- (856) 979-6653.
- If you must call instead of texting, please remember, when I answer, I will be busy with someone who’s on time.
- Remain patient.
Drive the right direction
- Traffic is ONE WAY, west to east.
- The top of the site plan is the entrance.
- Spaces 50-89 wait for David to escort your car.
- Spaces 1-49 do not drive into the Market.
- Spaces 1-49 load from the “parking meter” side of the space
Look for the chalk
- Market space numbers are marked with chalk on the pavement.
- Market spaces are parking space dimensions, 10 feet wide by 16 feet deep.
- Under the Speedline, we follow the diagonal parking space lines.
- On the north side, we “square off” the diagonals.
- The Market provides space only.
- Bring your own tables and tents.
- November can be windy; tents require weights for safety.
- Plan your displays so that your products don’t fall or blow away.
Unload quickly
- The “drive” down the middle gets very congested.
- At most, you have 15 minutes to unload.
- Stay to the side to permit others to pass.
- Don’t even think about parking your vehicle in your space.
- Get a free Vendor Parking Pass from David.
- If you take a prime parking spot for four hours, customers can’t use it.
Be a good neighbor
- The Market is a wonderful community of vendors who cooperate.
Forecast SAT NOV 18.
The lettuces won’t freeze on the tables as they did last week, but it won’t be warm. 30s during load-in and setup, warming to maybe 50 by breakdown, but . . . cloudier, windier, and maybe wetter during load-out. Tents will be essential if it starts to drizzle toward noon, and tent weights a must as the winds pick up.
Or the forecasters could be all wet. 🙂
Site Plan for SAT NOV 18
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
Location
The Market is not a permanent structure with a street address. It’s a section of pavement between Haddon Avenue and the High-Speed PATCO train to Philadelphia known as the Speedline. It sets up Saturday mornings from the first of May until the Saturday before Thanksgiving, from 8am until noon, and by 2pm the only way to identify the location is by the sponsor banners flying from the utility poles.
Using Google Maps?
For mapping purposes, use 713 North Atlantic Avenue, Collingswood as an address. That’s actually the Collingswood Police Station, but it’s the closest named building.
LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS
The market is located in Collingswood’s flourishing downtown business district, situated only 10 minutes from Center City Philadelphia by car and by PATCO Hi-Speedline.
The Towers. Once you get close, the Market can be found easily by looking up—for 2 water towers. The Market occupies the parking lot near the base of the two blue water towers in the center of town.
Near Directions
- If you enter town on Haddon Avenue, turn right onto Collings Avenue at the traffic light in the middle of town, then left into the entrance to the Community Center just before you reach the Speedline.
- If you enter town on Collings Avenue, make a right turn into the entrance to the Community Center, just after coming under the Speedline.
- If you enter town on PATCO, exit the turnstiles and head left, which is west, in the direction of Philadelphia. Walk along the PATCO tracks for about a block and a half and you will see the Market.
From the Ben Franklin Bridge
You will take Admiral Wilson Blvd. (30/676) to 30/130 south (the PUB is a landmark at the ramp)
Go thru the light at the Cooper River Golf driving range, past cemetery, and keep an eye to your right for a Dunkin Donuts.
Make the right at the Dunkin Donuts corner onto Haddon Ave, BUT keep right to jughandle around UNDER 130 and up onto Haddon Ave into Collingswood. (There is a sign “Welcome to Collingswood”)
Drive through first light (Browning Rd. intersection). At second light (Collings Avenue), turn right. You’re practically there.
Turn right onto Collings Avenue and turn left into the Community Center (past the fire hall). Stay to the right and follow the traffic or park immediately.
Look up. You’ll see two blue water towers. The Market is in the same lot.
This should be about 7 minutes drive from Ben Franklin in Saturday morning traffic.
Parking
- PATCO Collingswood Station parking along Atlantic Ave. extends right up to the Irvin Avenue entrance of the Market and is ample and free.
- Free street parking along the Market section of Atlantic Avenue and neighboring streets.
- Free parking in lots just north of the Market both west and east of the Police station.
- Kiosk and meter parking along Haddon Avenue.
- Kiosk parking in the Lumberyard Garage on Collings Avenue across from the Community Center.
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
Collingswood SAT NOV 04
Sweater weather.
Little cloudy, temps in the 40s to start, in the 50s to finish, light breezes. But Dry.
Official forecast for SAT NOV 04
Site Plan for SAT NOV 04
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE HANDMADE HOLIDAYS
For the final three weeks of the season we’ll be filling in the empty spaces with juried artists and crafters four the annual Handmade Holidays celebration of local artistic talent and the much-anticipated start of the holiday gift-buying season.
BID Vendors SAT NOV 04
BID Vendors. At the west end of the Market, members of the Collingswood Business Improvement District (BID) may sell food products not necessarily locally-sourced.
We’ve got your other favorite BID vendors this week:
Dulce Artisanal Pastry, Villa Barone, Charlie’s Crepes, and Cheese Etc.
Also in the BID area this week are:
Inspired Brews Kombucha and John & Kira’s Chocolates.
Sara’s Produce is off for a couple of weeks.
They’ll return for the final two Markets of the season, SAT NOV 11 and SAT NOV 18.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT NOV 04
JOHN AND KIRA’S CHOCOLATE-FILLED FIGS
Start a shopping list!
We’ve got a very full lineup of Guest Vendors and Special Products this week.
- Duker T’s Catering. Getcher Soup! This will be Duker’s final week at the Market for the season. He’s departing with a bang: Cream of Crab Last chance for this one!
- Barn and Stone House Soap
— Not just soap but plenty of other cleansing and grooming products, all made by our vendor! - Inspired Brews Kombucha
—Sip a sample, buy a bottle, or bring a growler for a refill. In the BID section of the Market. - MECHA Artisan Chocolates
— Find them in our “chocolate space” near Duker T’s, with pumpkin and other favorite holiday flavors. - Our Souls Shine Applesauce
— Yoga for the soul. Sunshine for the garden. Organic apples and kale. Cinnamon. Peace and Love. - Indogrow Microgreens
—The boys from Cherry Hill are back with their tiny little crop of hyperlocal, super-flavorful sprouts! - John & Kira’s Chocolates
—If you haven’t tried the ganache-stuffed figs you haven’t fully experienced ganache, or figs! - Weckerly’s Ice Cream
—Feel good about indulging. The cream’s organic. the milk and produce ingredients are local. - Green Aisle Grocery
—If there’s a way to turn local produce into a cocktail mixer, the wizards at Green Aisle are doing it. - Preservation Provisions
—Not sure there’s a difference in pickles? Test that theory by sampling from several varieties. - Flour + Oats Cookies
—A new Market favorite this year with her mouth-melting shortbreads and other wonders.
Official Market Bloggers
Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef)
White Pumpkin Chili
DENINE GORNIAK WHITE PUMPKIN CHILI
White Pumpkin Chili with or without Ground Turkey. Yes, you can eat them. Pumpkins aren’t just for Jack O Lanterns. (But you knew that; you’ve had the pie.) They’re a fine ingredient in beers and ales too, and this chili recipe calls for just such an ingredient. The rest of the produce is stuff you already have at home or could easily pick up at the Market on Saturday: green and yellow squash, onions and garlic, red and green bell peppers. Denine recommends a cilantro cooking base and, of course, your favorite chili herbs and spices. See the recipe and cooking instructions at her blog.
http://www.thebicycle-chef.com/2014/10/white-pumpkin-chili-2-ways.html
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Easy Prep Kid-Friendly Meals
SUSAN MAUER LYNCH QUICK CHEESE MELT
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Easy Prep Kid-Friendly Meals. Susan outdoes herself this week with a grab-bag of meal suggestions to make things easy in the kitchen. Check out her blog for advice on how to shop the Market for Mac-and-Cheese, Meatballs-and-Sauce, and Chipped-Beef-Steak-Sandwiches. She’s also got the skinny on the Hillacres Pride Winter Program, which you NEED to check out if you want easy access to this legacy Market vendor’s wide range of products throughout those dark “non-Market” months until May. Get it all at Susan’s blog.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/easy-meals/
Stef Perna (treatbelly)
Brioche Squash Mushroom Kale Stuffing
STEF PERNA STUFFING THAT WANTS TO BE DRESSING
Stef Perna (treatbelly). Stuffing That Wants to Be Called Dressing. Stef starts her “stuffing” recipe with brioche from Amber Grain Bakery, to which she adds butternut squash, and cremini mushrooms, and curly kale (and celery, onions, herbs, you know). The result is no more difficult to make than any other “from scratch” stuffing, but it’s such a grand presentation it begs to be called dressing. Vegetarian friends can make a meal of this (not vegans though: it does contain both butter and egg). For the instructions and glorious photos, get on over to Stef’s blog.
http://www.treatbelly.com/treatbelly/2017/10/30/brioche-dressing-with-squash-mushroom-kale
Handmade Holidays 2017
THE ANNUAL 3-WEEK MARKET EVENT
THAT KICKS OFF THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON!
We had a preview last week of what to expect when the Handmade Holidays celebration starts this SAT NOV 04. This week, and for the next three weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, we’ll open our tables to terrific juried artists and crafters (jewelers, potters, fiber artists, woodworkers, clothing designers, and so much more).
Joining us for the official First Week are these
Occasional Vendors
- Aimee Eckert, Relics Revisited, Jewelry
- Betsy Cook, National Picnic, Original Clothing
- Ellen Rosenholtz, Sylvia Starlight Toys
- Jennifer Prasad, Canary Works, Pillow Covers
- Blair Buchanan, Brace and Bit. Wooden Items
- Lisa Confora, Nature’s Energy. Ceramics
- Jennifer Talarico Fiber Designs
- Katherin Cheetham, Select 10, Art Glass
- Matthew Miner, Upcycled Paper Products
- Katie Locke, Infinnity Kids, Children’s Items
- Rose Pacey, Gypsy Art, Mixed Media
- Maria Cartwright, 222 Creations, Copper Fired Jewelry
- Lorraine Delphey, L’Originals, Cotton Items
- Anneliese Kissling, Le Petit Fox, Knitted Goods
- Stephanie Schultz, Mermaid Metal, Jewelry
- Matthew Miner Upcycled Paper Products
- Lindsay Varon, Hooked Up, Puppets
- Aaron McCargo Ponchos, Backpacks, Clothing
- (possible late additions to fill new vacancies)
Also participating with crafts are these Legacy Vendors:
- Woods Edge Wool Farm (Legacy Vendor, East end)
Alpaca wool socks, scarves, gloves, shawls, blankets - Windy Farm Alpacas (Legacy Vendor, West end)
Alpaca wool socks, gloves
For the Animal Lovers
Lilo’s Promise Animal Rescue
READY FOR THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL
Lilo’s Promise Animal Shelter in the Dog Tent.
The wonderful people of Lilo’s Promise will be staffing the Dog Tent for us this week, sharing remarkable stories of rescuing truly needy animals from the brink of disaster at extreme expense. They’ll distribute the essential Official Market leash to your 4-legged companions, and introduce you to adoption possibilities
Lilo’s Promise is always in need of Bully-Tough Toys to keep their special friends occupied. Bring one to donate, or click through to their Amazon Wish List.
Music SAT NOV 04
WEST STAGE UNDER PATCO. Our last musical act of the 2017 season will be Trio Nova Duo. Mike and Pete will “play us out” or “welcome in the new,” depending on your perspective. (Anyway, it’s getting too cold to finger pick.)
The East Stage Music Tent is giving way Woods Edge Wools with their beautiful alpaca garments.
Thank you to all the musicians who have made the Market “the place to be” on Saturday mornings in Collingswood.
For the Family
LIVE ALPACAS. Windy Farm will be bringing their alpacas to the Market this week. Look for them at the west end, where the corn truck usually sets up.
HENNA TATTOOS. We’ll also be visited by Nandini Sangmesh whose beautiful henna is pictured here. Find her in the “ATM Tent” at the Market’s Main Center Entrance.
Small Bills and a Bathroom Key
Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!
VENDOR PARKING PERMITS
It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.
Flexible Site Plan
Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.
THANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653
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