Collingswood SAT JUN 30
Partly Nothing.
NO AMBIGUITY in this forecast. It’s sunny all the way from setup to breakdown, with temps that start in the 70s and top out at 90. Low humidity too. Perfect outdoor shopping weather.
Official Forecast
Here’s the chart from Weather.com
Siteplan for SAT JUN 30
Collingswood Food Business Area: The color coding identifies new Market areas. At “the top” of the plan—the west end, on the Collings Avenue side of the Market—we’ve created space for Collingswood food businesses. Amber Grain Bakery has joined Sara’s Produce, Villa Barone Restaurant, and the new Revelation Cafe (a combination effort between Revolution Roasters and The Constellation Collective).
THE MEAT MARKET: At the “other end” of the plan—the east end at Perkins Art Center—we’ve collected farms that raise livestock, including heritage beef and pork, yak and alpacas, chickens for their meat and eggs, and bison.
Collingswood Foods SAT JUN 30
Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own new section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.
REVELATION CAFÉ!
REVELATION CAFÉ! Local food heroes Revolution Roasters and the Constellation Collective have teamed up to form a new food-and-beverage café at the west end of the Market. Pull up a chair in their seating area and enjoy locally-roasted coffee and breakfast treats from the Garden State Culinary Arts just-named “Rising Star Chef” Valentina Fortuna.
Amber Grain Bakery brings their now familiar crusty rye and sourdough breads, plus bagels, granola, and cookies. They try new varieties every week, so stop by or fall behind.
Villa Barone features their familiar favorite sauces, oils, and olives, tasty zeppolis, their brick oven bread favorites, and sometimes their own fresh mozzarella.
Sara’s Produce, by special arrangement, is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. They are mandated to bring us the “exotics” so our shoppers won’t need to go to the supermarket for an avocado to add to Tasty Temptations’ new quesadilla recipe.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 30
Catch them while they’re here!
- Inspired Brews Kombucha
—Nobody does a better job of patronizing local farms to flavor their fermented tea beverages than Inspired Brews. Bring your growler, or ask for a sample pour. - Charlie’s Crepes
—Charlie buys his sweet and savory ingredients (always a meat, always a fruit, always delicious) at the Market and whips up new concoctions every week. - Indogrow Microgreens
— They’re a farm! In a house! In Cherry Hill! Come experience the intense flavors of these tiny, nutrient-rich wonders (between sprouts and baby greens)! - Green Plate Cold-Pressed Juices
— They bring more Jersey Fresh juices every week and sell out every time. Ask for a sample and see why they’re gaining more fans every time they attend. - Neil’s Sharpening Service
— Bring your knives and your rapier wit to spar with Neil. He has a sharp tongue. - Brookeberry Farms Organic Berries
— Their season is short and impactful. Get to the stand early before their berries of many varieties sell out. - Cheese Etc
— Gina is forever working to incorporate more local ingredients in her cheese spreads. Expect new berry varieties this week. - Green Aisle Grocery
—Cocktail aficionados love them for their mixers. Foodies love the innovative take on local produce, pickling, preserving. If you haven’t checked out their table, you don’t know what you’re missing. - Knowhere Farm Goats Milk Soap
—We host one soap maker each week, compared to 24 farms every season. Some weeks, like SAT JUN 30, we’re lucky to host a farm that makes soap from the goats milk they collect from their own goats. Come out and meet the kids. Buy a soap and take a selfie.
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch
Summer Market Meal
SUSAN MAUER LYNCH’S SUMMER MARKET MEAL
Susan Mauer Lynch (YellowRoomUpstairs). This week Susan purchased ingredients from seven different farms to prepare a meal that highlights the bounty of our Garden State summer Market. Among her finds were the season’s first corn, eggplant, beans and peas, greens, spring cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, beets, and summer squash! Follow the link to her blog to see a meal that includes a salad of oak leaf lettuce, English cucumbers, and colorful grape tomatoes, a melange of summer squash, spring onion, sweet white corn, and tomatoes; and a bison petit tender cut into medallions with fried maitake mushrooms.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/a-taste-of-summer/
DENINE GORNIAK’S CUCUMBER WATERMELON FETA SALAD
Denine Gorniak (TheBicycle-Chef). When temperatures start to routinely reach the 90s, Denine thinks cool thoughts: like, cucumber-cool. There are several in the Market now, from Flaim Farms, Viereck, and Muth Organic. Pick up some mint at Springdale or Formisano, find some feta at Hillacres Pride, and keep an eye out for the first Jersey watermelons, and you can use Denine’s blog post to put together this refreshing and colorful salad in a snap.
http://www.thebicycle-chef.com/2010/07/beat-heat-non-cooking-cucumber-feta-and.html
TASTY TEMPTATIONS’ CHARD ONION PEPPER JACK QUESADILLA
Tasty Temptations. Our anonymous Market wanderer and advocate uses cookbooks to guide her shopping. This summer, she’s exploring recipes from Susie Middleton’s book, Fresh from the Farm. Follow the link to her facebook post where she presents “Swiss Chard and Caramelized Onions Quesadilla with Pepper Jack Cheese. Tasty says, “It’s a great way to sneak in veggies that your family might not otherwise try.” https://www.facebook.com/JSOcooks/posts/2244384772243830
For the Animal Lovers
The Animal Adoption Center
ADOPTABLE BEAGLE MIX BUSTER
IN THE DOG TENT
THE ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER
The wonderful people of the Animal Adoption Center will be staffing the Dog Tent for us this week, sharing stories of rescuing needy animals at extreme expense. They’ll distribute the essential Official Market leash to your 4-legged companions, and introduce you to adoption possibilities. Personally, we’re hoping to meet Buster, a 10-year-old beagle mix who’s good with grown kids and other dogs and who needs a new home now that his “mother” has passed away.
Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 30
TWO OUTSTANDING MARKET FAVORITES.
WEST STAGE UNDER PATCO. Trio Nova Duo. Familiar pop classics, plus tunes from many genres and epochs by guitar virtuosos. Smooth, catchy, always tuneful, they’re the duo that makes as much music as a trio.
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. Playing at the same time but not part of the trio is Market favorite Dave Kelly, coaxing music out of a wide variety of stringed things. Dave’s wide and intriguing repertoire covers everything from Nirvana and Leadbelly to the Mister Softee theme.
For the Art Lovers
FEATURED ARTIST. Selena Braunstein. (Creatively Obsessed). Selena says, “My jewelry collection is constructed from original photographs, vintage bits, metal, clothing and various found and reclaimed odds and ends. I take the original found item and alter it to give it a new life. My collection is a careful mix of collage art and metalwork using a variety of ideas that make each piece one of a kind.” We say, “Every piece tells a story. The story of the rooster is ‘Only One Left!’” See for yourself in Space 24.
www.etsy.com/shop/creativelyobsessed
Confirmed for SAT JUN 30
BROOKEBERRY FARMS. With their red-and-white berry cart, Brian and Elizabeth Beebe are recognizable fixtures of the Market every spring (but for only 4-5 weeks, during the brief Jersey Fresh berry harvest). By midnight Thursday, we knew not to expect their organic raspberries and blackberries (sometimes even late strawberries) on SAT JUN 23.
Brookeberry will join us on SAT JUN 30.
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 JUN 23
NO RAIN.
LOOKS LIKE WE DODGED ANOTHER STORM. According to the Weather Channel, the rain will have passed us by 7am.
Siteplan for SAT JUN 23
Collingswood Food Business Area: The color coding identifies new Market areas. At “the top” of the plan—the west end, on the Collings Avenue side of the Market—we’ve created space for Collingswood food businesses. Amber Grain Bakery has joined Sara’s Produce, Villa Barone Restaurant, and the new Revelation Cafe (a combination effort between Revolution Roasters and The Constellation Collective).
THE MEAT MARKET: At the “other end” of the plan—the east end at Perkins Art Center—we’ve collected farms that raise livestock, including heritage beef and pork, yak and alpacas, chickens for their meat and eggs, and bison.
Collingswood Foods SAT JUN 23
Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own new section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.
CITRUS FRUITS FROM SARA’S PRODUCE
REVELATION CAFÉ!
REVELATION CAFÉ! Local food heroes Revolution Roasters and the Constellation Collective have teamed up to form a new food-and-beverage café at the west end of the Market. Pull up a chair in their seating area and enjoy locally-roasted coffee and breakfast treats from the Garden State Culinary Arts just-named “Rising Star Chef” Valentina Fortuna.
Amber Grain Bakery brings their now familiar crusty rye and sourdough breads, plus bagels, granola, and cookies. They’ll be off SAT JUN 30, so be sure to stock up this week on their bread (which freezes beautifully).
Villa Barone features their familiar favorite sauces, oils, and olives, tasty zeppolis, their brick oven bread favorites, and sometimes their own fresh mozzarella.
Sara’s Produce by special arrangement with the Market, is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. In fact, that’s their mandate: bring us the “exotics” so our shoppers won’t need to go to the supermarket for lemons to make Sarah Licata’s Sugar Snap Pea and Ricotta Salad (see her story in the Market Bloggers section).
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 23
Catch them while they’re here!
- Inspired Brews Kombucha
—Back this week after one week off, Inspired Brews brings their fermented tea beverages featuring lots of local herbal and agricultural ingredients. - Charlie’s Crepes
—Charlie buys his sweet and savory ingredients (always a meat, always a fruit, always delicious) at the Market and whips up new concoctions every week. - Indogrow Microgreens
— They’re a farm! In a house! In Cherry Hill! Come experience the intense flavors of these tiny, nutrient-rich wonders (between sprouts and baby greens)! - Green Plate Cold-Pressed Juices
— They bring more Jersey Fresh juices every week and sell out every time. Ask for a sample and see why they’re gaining more fans every time they attend. - Woof and Whiskers
— Dogs love them and responsible dog owners are thrilled with ingredients and the production techniques. Bring your own “good boy” by for a sample.
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch
50 Ways to Cook Your Bison
SUGAR SNAP PEA AND RICOTTA SALAD
Sarah Licata (Salt Jar). Sugar Snap Pea and Ricotta Salad. Sarah picked up her crunchy, sweet, sugar snap peas from Viereck Farms with the specific plan to make this tasty salad. She got her lemons from Sara’s Produce (which brings to the Market only fruit and veggie favorites that cannot be grown in NJ—thereby eliminating the need to go to the grocery to make this salad). You can too! Prep time takes just 15 minutes! Follow the link to Sarah’s blog for step-by-step instructions and scrumptious photos.
http://saltjar.com/sugar-snap-pea-and-ricotta-salad/
KOHLRABI AND WHITE BEAN SALAD
Stef Perna (treatbelly). Kohlrabi with White Beans. Stef shares three ways to enjoy the late spring crop of kohlrabi she picked up from Savoie Organic Farm. Green or purple outside, the inside flesh is white and nutrient dense; the flavor reminds her of cabbage, but also Asian pear, surprisingly crisp and gently sweet when eaten raw. Follow the link to Stef’s blog for recipes using both the flesh and the greens, plus a kohlrabi snack for good measure. http://www.treatbelly.com/treatbelly/2018/6/18/kohlrabi
For the Animal Lovers
Almost Home Animal Shelter
IN THE DOG TENT
4 PAWS NEW JERSEY.
The wonderful people of 4 PAWS NEW JERSEY will be staffing the Dog Tent for us this week, distributing the Official Market leash to your 4-legged companion, and introducing you to adoption possibilities. 4 PAWS is an all-breed dog rescue committed to matching dogs in need with caring, devoted families. Personally, we’re hoping to meet Beckett, a neutered male terrier/American Pit Bull mix, just 13 months old. See if you can resist him
Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 16
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. There’s no telling whether Kevin Monko will appear solo (unlikely), or whether he’ll invite one or more of the members of Candy Volcano to play along. Either way, it’s his first appearance at ther Market this season, and that’s reason to celebrate. Come on out and entertain him!
WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO. The New Valentines. They delighted us last season when they made their Market debut, and Matt and Genevieve LaPalomento are certain to delight us again with their beautiful harmonies and popular playlist. ‘Cause, once you’re delightful, you don’t stop being delightful.
For the Art Lovers
FEATURED ARTIST. Carolyn Jones. (Sleepy Cat Jewelry). Carolyn crafts metal and wire jewelry into beautiful items inspired by nature with texture and strong attention to details. She makes jewelry that reflects “the joy and awe I experience observing nature and classic patterns around me. I’m inspired by trees changing with the seasons, the brilliant, varied colors of birds and butterflies, the energy of wind and ocean waves or the comforting curl of a cat’s tail.” See for yourself in Space 24.
If Nature Cooperates
BROOKEBERRY FARMS. With their red-and-white berry cart, Brian and Elizabeth Beebe are recognizable fixtures of the Market every spring (but for only 4-5 weeks, during the brief Jersey Fresh berry harvest). By midnight Thursday, we knew not to expect their organic raspberries and blackberries (sometimes even late strawberries) on SAT JUN 23.
Brookeberry will join us on SAT JUN 30.
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 JUN 16
Glorious.
VERY POSITIVE FORECAST. Sunny with a Zero Percent chance of precipitation? When’s the last time we’ve had a forecast like that for a Market Saturday morning? Makes me nervous. 🙂
Official forecast for SAT JUN 16
Siteplan for SAT JUN 16
Collingswood Food Business Area: The color coding identifies new Market areas. At “the top” of the plan—the west end, on the Collings Avenue side of the Market—we’ve created space for Collingswood food businesses. Amber Grain Bakery has joined Sara’s Produce, Villa Barone Restaurant, and the new Revelation Cafe (a combination effort between Revolution Roasters and The Constellation Collective).
THE MEAT MARKET: At the “other end” of the plan—the east end at Perkins Art Center—we’ve collected farms that raise livestock, including heritage beef and pork, yak and alpacas, chickens for their meat and eggs, and bison.
Collingswood Foods SAT JUN 16
Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own new section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.
AMBER GRAIN CIABATTA, GRILLED BY TASTY TEMPTATIONS
REVELATION CAFÉ!
Local food heroes Revolution Roasters and the Constellation Collective have teamed up to form a new food-and-beverage café at the west end of the Market (former location of the Treehouse Café). Expect all their familiar favorites, plus seating and tables to make it easy to enjoy their breakfast/brunch treats.
Amber Grain Bakery has taken up a new space here in the Collingswood section. They made their mark last year, creating long lines of faithful customers waiting for exquisite loaf breads, most of them featuring rye flour. Last week we saw cookies and granola, furthering our impression that they’ll be trying something new every week.
Villa Barone features their familiar favorite sauces, oils, and olives, usually ciabatta loaves, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella.
Sara’s Produce by special arrangement with the Market, is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. In fact, that’s their mandate: bring us the “exotics” so our shoppers won’t need to go to the supermarket for bananas and mangoes.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 16
Catch them while they’re here!
- Weckerly’s Ice Cream
—This company doesn’t just talk about local, they prove it every week. This week they’re using the last of the ephemeral honeysuckle to bring just a few pints of this VERY seasonal favorite. If you know how to reach them, you’ll need to pre-order. - Green Aisle Grocery
—Cocktail aficionados love them for their mixers. Foodies love the innovative take on local produce, pickling, preserving. If you haven’t checked out their table, you don’t know what you’re missing. - Barn and Stone House Soap
— Not just soap. Not just for cleansing. Stop by this attractive table and get yourself some aromatherapy by the bar.
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch
50 Ways to Cook Your Bison
BISON PATTY FROM BUCK WILD BISON
Susan Mauer Lynch (YellowRoomUpstairs). 50 Ways to Cook your Bison. “Grab some chili, Millie! Grill a steak Jake! With apologies to Paul Simon, Susan has been counting the many ways she’s used bison since Buck Wild Bison became a regular vendor at the east end of the Market. She’s got recipes and cooking advice for so many methods of serving this low-fat, luscious, low-calorie meat that we stopped counting. Hot dogs and beans, Dean? Make a poutine, Gene? Follow the link to Susan’s blog for more silly lyrics and some terrific photos to inspire your imagination. https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2018/06/09/50-ways-to-each-your-bison-well-not-50-but-a-lot/.
ROASTED BEET AND SOFT FETA STACKS
Susan Mauer Lynch (YellowRoomUpstairs). Roasted Beet Stacks. What to serve alongside all that bison? Susan has that covered too this week. She roasted a supply of several beet types (get yours from Flaim Farm, Formisano Farm, and Muth Organic Farm) and layered them with soft feta from Hillacres Pride to make these elegant stacks that taste as good as they look. Follow the link to Susan’s blog for basic advice on how to roast beets, plus step-by-step instructions on how to produce the stunning side dish seen in this picture. https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2018/06/06/elegant-beet-stacks/
For the Animal Lovers
Almost Home Animal Shelter
YELLOW LAB BEAU NEEDS LOVE
IN THE DOG TENT
Almost Home Animal Shelter
The wonderful people of Almost Home will be staffing the Dog Tent for us this week, distributing the Official Market leash to your 4-legged companion, and introducing you to adoption possibilities. In return, they need your help, please. 1. Weekend Adoption Outreach Volunteers. 2. Mini Vans for Animal Control and Medical Transport. 3. KMR kitten formula, Esbilac Puppy formula. 4. Kitten/puppy/small animal feeding bottles, and heating pads. 5. Liquid Laundry Detergent and Bleach. 6. Hand Sanitizer and Dish Soap.
Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 16
JOHN ROSSI / SAM CARUSO
MUSIC IS “WEATHER PERMITTING.”
TWO GOOD GUYS. TWO GUITARS. TWO STAGES.
TWO BEARDS. TWO BASEBALL CAPS.
They claim they’re not related, but it feels like family whenever they play the Market.
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. John Rossi. He seems to be at every Farmers’ Market in the area, but he sounds best here.
WEST STAGE UNDER PATCO. Sam Caruso. Pop classics and “sing-along” songs make every appearance by local favorite Sam Caruso an event worth catching.
For the Art Lovers
FEATURED ARTIST. Betsy Cook. (National Picnic). National Picnic women’s casual clothing is sewn locally right in Collingswood. Designer Betsy Cook seeks out sustainable attributes such as organic fabrics, textiles that are milled nearby, and industry surplus when creating her few-of-a-kind pieces. Market regulars will recognize Betsy from her term as Director of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market or from her appearances at the Collingswood version of the Clover Market.
For the Big-Hearted
LOURDES WELLNESS / OAKLYN PANTRY. Once again, it’s the Saturday before the 3rd Monday of the month. That means the generous folks of Lourdes Wellness are partnering with the Oaklyn Pantry to provide fresh produce for our food-vulnerable neighbors. Please be generous and grab an extra lettuce or spinach this week to for distribution on Monday while it’s still Jersey Fresh. In the years we’ve been hosting this program, Market patrons have donated well over 3000 pounds of food.
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 JUN 09
Cloudy and Humid
Forecasts have not been reliable, but this one calls for showers overnight Friday, clearing toward Market time, gathering again after Market close. Temps in the mid- to upper-70s in the meantime and mostly cloudy skies.
Official forecast for SAT JUN 09
Siteplan for SAT JUN 09
Collingswood Food Business Area: The color coding identifies new Market areas. At “the top” of the plan—the west end, on the Collings Avenue side of the Market—we’ve created space for Collingswood food businesses. Amber Grain Bakery has joined Sara’s Produce, Villa Barone Restaurant, and the new Revelation Cafe (a combination effort between Revolution Roasters and The Constellation Collective).
THE MEAT MARKET: At the “other end” of the plan—the east end at Perkins Art Center—we’ve collected farms that raise livestock, including heritage beef and pork, yak and alpacas, chickens for their meat and eggs, and bison.
Collingswood Foods SAT JUN 09
Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own new section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.
AMBER GRAIN CIABATTA, GRILLED BY TASTY TEMPTATIONS
REVELATION CAFÉ!
Local food heroes Revolution Roasters and the Constellation Collective have teamed up to form a new food-and-beverage café at the west end of the Market (former location of the Treehouse Café). Expect all their familiar favorites, plus seating and tables to make it easy to enjoy their breakfast/brunch treats.
Amber Grain Bakery has taken up a new space here in the Collingswood section. They made their mark last year, creating long lines of faithful customers waiting for exquisite loaf breads, most of them featuring rye flour. Last week we saw cookies and granola, furthering our impression that they’ll be trying something new every week.
Villa Barone features their familiar favorite sauces, oils, and olives, usually ciabatta loaves, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella.
Sara’s Produce by special arrangement with the Market, is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. In fact, that’s their mandate: bring us the “exotics” so our shoppers won’t need to go to the supermarket for bananas and mangoes.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 09
BERRY BEET BLEND FROM GREEN PLATE JUICES
Catch them while they’re here!
- MECHA Artisan Chocolate
—They make just a few appearances at the Market, so when they do, it’s a special event. Local herbs, honey, beers and wines, apple cider, and Revolution Roasters coffee are among the sustainable ingredients in this hyper-local product. Don’t miss them.
- Inspired Brews Kombucha
— We’ve seen the list of all the local farms supported by our favorite brewer of zesty kombuchas. They’ll be happy to share that list with anyone who values a vibrant local food economy. Sip a sample, buy a bottle, or bring a growler for a refill. - Green Plate Cold Pressed Juices
— Brand new vendor. They buy Jersey Fresh from this Market and other local farms, juice it in their kitchen, and bring the deliciousness back in bottles. - Knowhere Farm Goats Milk Soap
—LIVE GOATS! We host one soap maker each week, compared to 24 farms every season. Some weeks, like SAT JUN 09, we’re lucky to host a farm that makes soap from the goats milk they collect from their own goats. Come out and meet the kids. Buy a soap and take a selfie.
Official Market Bloggers
Tasty Temptations
My Market Shopping Bounty
OFFICIAL MARKET CREDENTIALS FOR TASTY TEMPTATIONS
Tasty Temptations (Tasty Temptations). Our newest Official Market Blogger has been posting luscious photos of her weekly Market purchases to Facebook as “Tasty Temptations.” This week is no exception, except that now she’s doing so with official credentials. You won’t find recipes, just good advice on what to buy at the Market and how to use it. Follow the links for posts about Cobb Salad with Derby Dressing, or Crème Brulee French Toast, or Ranch Fried Chicken Thighs. Each suggestion lists the Market vendors whose tables provided the primary ingredients.
Stef Perna (treatbelly)
Garlic Escape
GARLIC SCAPE PESTO BY TREATBELLY
Stef Perna (treatbelly). Garlic Escape. Stef says, “Hardneck garlic has gifted us with its green flower stems this week at the Collingswood Farmers’ Market. The stems, or ‘garlic scapes’ are a spring delicacy available from Savoie Organic Farm. The scapes are removed so that all the resources may go towards growing the garlic bulb. Scapes have a mild aroma and flavor that will not ward off vampires.” Follow the link to Stef’s blog for advice and photos to help you prepare scape dipping oil, homemade mayonnaise, focaccia dough, and pesto. http://www.treatbelly.com/treatbelly/2018/6/3/garlic-escape
For the Animal Lovers
The Animal Adoption Center
ADOPTABLE BUSTER, FROM THE ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER
IN THE DOG TENT
The Animal Adoption Center
The wonderful people of the Animal Adoption Center will be staffing the Dog Tent for us this week, sharing stories of rescuing needy animals at extreme expense. They’ll distribute the essential Official Market leash to your 4-legged companions, and introduce you to adoption possibilities. Personally, we’re hoping to meet Buster, a 10-year-old beagle mix who’s good with grown kids and other dogs and who needs a new home now that his “mother” has passed away.
Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 09
MUSIC IS “WEATHER PERMITTING.”
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. Camille Peruto.
Bittersweet songs of heartbreak and hope from a beautiful young vocalist, guitar player, and songwriter who can cover Beyonce and Taylor Swift or tug at your heart with her own original songs.
WEST STAGE UNDER PATCO. Barry Hollander.
Last week he was a late replacement player covering Marc Sengin’s date; this week he’s back in his own slot with funky, bluesy, altogether wicked guitar licks (and perhaps a bass player) that cover a wide repertoire of old and new favorites.
For the Art Lovers
FEATURED ARTIST. Jennifer Prasad. (Canary Works). Jennifer makes a variety of hand-made cushion covers for the most popular throw pillow size: 18×18 inches. Her designs cover the gamut from sports to pets to designs for kids, to elegant embroidered and non-embroidered selections. An easy way to dress up your living space using pillows that you already have! She’s also been know to accept commissions, as she did for our family who needed eight “Home is where your mom is” pillows. Preview her work at www.shopcanaryworks.com
For the Family
REFUGEE TEENS MAKING ART WITH CLAY
SAY IT WITH CLAY. Abbie Kasoff and her team at Say It With Clay believe in the expressive, even the healing power of working with clay. It’s gritty and a little bit messy, and expressive in largely unpredictable ways. Bring the kids to the Clay table and let them mess around. Stick around and do it yourself. There’s no age limit on having a good time … or getting a little bit messy.
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 JUN 02
Thunderstorms?
The forecast is quite threatening. As we know all too well, the forecasts a often completely wrong, but it does seem likely we’ll be getting some weather on Saturday. We’ll cancel only if the Governor declares a weather state of emergency for Camden County, but be your own judge of what’s safe. We don’t want anybody taking unnecessary risks.
Official forecast for SAT JUN 02
Siteplan for SAT JUN 02
Collingswood Food Business Area: The color coding identifies new Market areas. At “the top” of the plan—the west end, on the Collings Avenue side of the Market—we’ve created space for Collingswood food businesses. Amber Grain Bakery has joined Sara’s Produce, Villa Barone Restaurant, and the new Revelation Cafe (a combination effort between Revolution Roasters and The Constellation Collective).
THE MEAT MARKET: At the “other end” of the plan—the east end at Perkins Art Center—we’ve collected farms that raise livestock, including heritage beef and pork, yak and alpacas, chickens for their meat and eggs, and bison.
Collingswood Foods SAT JUN 02
Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own new section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.
REVELATION CAFÉ!
Local food heroes Revolution Roasters and the Constellation Collective have teamed up to form a new food-and-beverage café at the west end of the Market (former location of the Treehouse Café). Expect all their familiar favorites, plus seating and tables to make it easy to enjoy their breakfast/brunch treats.
Amber Grain Bakery has taken up a new space here in the Collingswood section. They made their mark last year, creating long lines of faithful customers waiting for exquisite loaf breads, most of them featuring rye flour. Last week we saw cookies and granola, furthering our impression that they’ll be trying something new every week.
Villa Barone features their familiar favorite sauces, oils, and olives, usually ciabatta loaves, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella.
Sara’s Produce by special arrangement with the Market, is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. In fact, that’s their mandate: bring us the “exotics” so our shoppers won’t need to go to the supermarket for bananas and mangoes.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 02
INDOGROW BRINGS MICROGREENS
Catch them while they’re here!
- Weckerly’s Ice Cream
—They do it all: buy fresh local organic cream and milk, blend it with local produce, roll their own cones, bake their own cookies and shortbread for sandwiches, truck it to the Market, and let you sample! Come get yours. - Green Aisle Grocery
—Cocktail aficionados love them for their mixers. Foodies love the innovative take on local produce, pickling, preserving. If you haven’t checked out their table, you don’t know what you’re missing. - Inspired Brews Kombucha
— We’ve seen the list of all the local farms supported by our favorite brewer of zesty kombuchas. They’ll be happy to share that list with anyone who values a vibrant local food economy. Sip a sample, buy a bottle, or bring a growler for a refill. - Green Plate Cold Pressed Juices
— Brand new vendor. They buy Jersey Fresh from this Market and other local farms, juice it in their kitchen, and bring the deliciousness back in bottles.
Brand New Vendor!
SAT JUN 02
GREEN PLATE’S BEET BERRY BLEND
GREEN PLATE. Ryan Stein and Joe Chairmonte call themselves Green Plate for good reason. They buy local Jersey Fresh produce and treat it ever so gently before serving it to customers at their Cinnaminson restaurant. (If you call pulverizing it in a blender gentle treatment.) For us, they’ll be buying produce from our own local farms, juicing it in their kitchen, and bringing it back to the Market for sale as cold-pressed juices. This week they’ll debut their products to our customers before joining the roster of weekly vendors. Give them a big Collingswood welcome.
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Refrigerator Strawberry Jam (No Pectin)
Susan Mauer Lynch (yellowroomupstairs). Refrigerator Jam (Strawberry. No Pectin.) She did it again. Susan bought “too many” strawberries at the Market. How could she resist? They were everywhere: Buzby! Muth! Fruitwood! Springdale! What to do? “Cook them down until they thicken, put them in jars, and refrigerate for up to two weeks.” You’ll have to go to Susan’s blog for the rest of the details and the terrific photos. https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2018/05/29/refrigerator-strawberry-jam-without-pectin/
Sarah Licata (The Salt Jar)
Strawberry Brie Pasta Salad
Sarah Licata (Salt Jar). Strawberry Brie Pasta Salad. Sarah bought her strawberries from the Muth Family Organic table and ate half of them before she got home to produce this recipe and the beautiful photos that chronicle the preparation. You’ll need some creamy cheese that can melt into the warm pasta to create a sauce. Check out Hillacres Pride or Cheese Etc this week and see what you can find. Follow the link to Sarah’s blog for the rest of the details and photos. http://saltjar.com/strawberry-brie-pasta-salad/
For the Animal Lovers
Kiss a Frenchie at the Dog Tent
IN THE DOG TENT
Lilo’s Promise Rescue
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.
Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 02
MUSIC IS “WEATHER PERMITTING.”
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. Trio Nova Duo. Familiar pop classics, plus tunes from many genres and epochs by guitar virtuosos. Smooth, catchy, always tuneful, they’re the duo that makes as much music as a trio.
WEST STAGE UNDER PATCO. Mystery Guest. We’ve hosted a lot of terrific musicians on the West Stage, including Marc Sengin’s folk and pop songs of the 60s and 70s. Sadly, Marc’s back won’t let him play this week, so we’re calling out one of our favorite acts to take his place. Who? You’ll have to come out to see.
For the Art Lovers
FEATURED ARTIST. JILL HAWES (Farmhouse Art Studio). Jill creates custom wearable art that will change the way you think about tie dye! Each piece is creatively unique and made with love. You may remember that last year she produced tie-dye dog bandanas for a special rescue fundraiser (and encouraged our guests to make their own right on the spot). We love Jill’s big heart and her beautiful stuff. At the Featured Artist spot in the middle of the Market.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/farmhouseartstudio
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
Farm Marketeer 