NEW: Something for every sweetheart at the Chappaqua Farmers Market

No Market on Saturday, February 19—so come stock up tomorrow, 9am -1pm at St. Mary’s!

February 11, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

Valentines Day is Monday!! Come by the market Saturday and pick up something for the sweethearts in your house. If you need the traditional chocolate-y something, see Marjan at Dutch Desserts.  She is bringing her decadent chocolate tarts in the shape of a heart.  A tip, get there early - these always sell out before Valentines Day.

Big Girl Bakery will also have the perfect sweets for your sweetheart - who can resist those delicate French sable cookies in their pretty, gift-ready packaging.  Or how about pie for your loved ones?  Food pundits say that 2011 is the year of the PIE. Who are we to disagree? 

This week we are have new baker, the Pie Lady of Nyak (& son)!  I met Deborah Tyler 10 years ago, long before I was running farmers markets, when I was researching my book, “American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) from America’s Back Roads” (Harper Collins).  Deborah didn’t have a storefront back then, but baked pies from scratch to order for friends and a small coterie of dedicated pie lovers, who, like me, had tracked Tyler and her blue-ribbon crust, down. She was a struggling single mom and her son Will was not much taller than a rolling pin. I’ve often wondered whatever happened to Tyler and her fledgling pie business. So when I heard recently that she and her son had gone into business together and were looking for venues to sell her creations, it felt like kismet. Make sure you stop and welcome Will, who now works with his mom, to the market tomorrow and check out their variations on apple pie and blueberry pies as well.

Think your Valentine would prefer something heartier?  Cowberry Crossing has a great supply of pork this week. A steak dinner might be just the thing for your sweetheart. Stop by Roaming Angus and check out their gorgeous cuts of beef - maybe a delicious pepper-crusted filet mignon for Valentine’s Day. And, fish can be romantic, too. Really. Check out our classically French skate wing recipe in this newsletter.

Simply Valley cheese will be there this Saturday with their eclectic assortment of artisanal cheeses, smoked trout, lamb spring rolls and those divine pretzels.

Remember: the knife sharpener won’t be back until March 5th. (So many of you have told me that you haven’t had your knives sharpened since you received them as a wedding gift 20 plus years ago. Surely you can wait another couple of weeks?

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Madura Farms: Goshen, NY
Fresh produce and a wide range of culinary mushrooms to accent any dish.

Dutch Desserts: Kinderhook, NY
Impossible to resist European-style tarts made with seasonal fruit…and a decadent chocolate tart sure to satisfy every chocolate craving.

Orchards of Concklin: Pomona, NY
Many varieties of local apples and other fruits… fresh cider donuts! 

Bread Alone: Boiceville, NY
Organic breads baked every day using fresh grains and local produce. You’ll find a variety of their hugely popular panoply of breads from rustic miche loaves to San Francisco-style sourdough as well as their signature Morning Glory Muffins. 

Roaming Angus, Cobleskill, NY
Grass-fed beef, farm-raised chicken, naturally fed pork, farm fresh eggs. Click to view a complete price list for this week’s market! Place your order by 8am Friday morning and have it ready for you at the market

Simply Valley Cheese, Beacon, NY
Distributing an array of artisanal cheeses from the Hudson Valley and the Adirondacks and smoked trout from the Catskills.

Big Girl Baking, Yonkers, NY
Irresistible cheesecake, biscotti, cookies, granola and flatbreads. 

Hudson Milk Company, Shrub Oak, NY: 
Milk from Hudson Valley cows, Amish butter, Maple Hill yogurt and eggs and delicate cheeses.They also can deliver to your home. You can whip their cream, but you cannot beat their milk.

Fork and Glass, Cold Spring, NY: 
Specializing in local, fresh foods made from ingredients found at the Chappaqua Farmers Market. Homemade soups for sale, and samplings of new recipe ideas using market ingredients. 

Clearwater Aqua Farms, Wassaic, NY:
Combining both traditional and advanced methods in farming, this farm provides herbs and heirloom greens all year around as well as fresh local trout in the spring.

True Food of Nyack: Nyack, NY  
Prepared salads and entrees made with local ingredients, burritos and some baked goods as well

Cowberry Crossing, Hudson, NY:
Lamb, chicken, beef and eggs from a Bio-Dynamic farm (Demeter certified). 

Lasagna Preziosa: Hastings, NY:
Home-style recipes made in the Italian culinary tradition. Fresh lasagna, mozzarella, specialty “arancini di riso” (rice balls), and much more!

Picklelicious: Teaneck, NJ  
An amazing array of pickles (including their famous “pickle-on-a-stick”!) olives, and tapenade. 

Pura Vida Fishery, Long Island, NY:   
Fresh fish and shellfish from the Hampton Bays, best scallops ever! 

Mountain Smokehouse, La Grangeville, NY:   
Smoked meats and cheeses, chipotle-laced bacon. 

Tierra Nut Farm: Valatie, NY  
Organic locally roasted and prepared nuts (ginger cashew, tamari almond, Thai-spiced cashews etc…) as well as nut butters and coffee made from fair-trade beans roasted in the Hudson Valley.

Taiim Falafel: Hastings, NY  
Humos, Israeli salad, Tabouli, babaghanoush and more.