This week’s recipe: Mixed greens galette with onions and chickpeas

Open Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. indoors at St. Mary’s
March 8, 2013
by Pascale LeDraoulec

I am writing this week form Ithaca, NY where I am attending a conference for farmers market managers from around the state as well as from Georgia, Chicago, Rhode Island and points beyond. It’s been so interesting to talk to other market managers about what their markets are like. What I am discovering is that not all farmers markets are created equal.

Open Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. INDOORS @ St. Mary’s, next to Bell
February 1, 2013
by Pascale LeDraoulec

So none of the teams in the big game this Sunday are “local.”  But that doesn’t mean your game-watching fare can’t be. We have all the food you need (and local beer, too) for your Superbowl spread this week.

Open Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. @ St. Mary’s, next to Bell
January 25, 2013
by Rose Ellis

• Rotating Vendors: Bombay Emerald Chutney, King Roaming Angus, Kontoulis Olive Oil
• Guest Vendor:  Basics Fuirst – Sue Fuirst demos her Artisanal Spice Blends

You’ve probably noticed me around the Saturday market by now as this season’s new manager. I’m a farmers market customer from way back and food is my passion, so please come introduce yourself and bring me your questions, suggestions and anything else you have to offer!

January 19, 2013
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Rotating Vendors: Clean Ridge Soap Company, Gaia’s Breath Farm, Honey Locust Farmhouse

• New Vendor: Obercreek Farm (delicate and organic greenhouse greens!)

• The Knife Sharpener is in this Saturday!

Last week Honey Locust Farmhouse sold out of her Elderberry Elixir jars at the Hastings Farmers Market before I had a chance to buy one. (You’d think I’d have learned by now not to let myself run out and to be the first in line during snow and sniffle season).  “It’s this flu epidemic,” said farmer Nancy McNamara. “People have figured out elderberry’s magical powers.”

Open Saturdays, 8:30am to 1:00pm @ St. Mary’s, next to Bell
January 4, 2013
by Pascale LeDraoulec

Every year I promise myself I will drink more water (I swear I was a camel in a past life), crank up the cardio, and curb my cursing behind the wheel.  This year, rather than make promises I know I won’t/can’t keep…I’m making a resolution that feels right and is definitely more manageable.

Rotating Vendors • Hudson Valley Duck • Knife Sharpener • Honey Locust Farmhouse • Gaia’s Breath • No brownies this week, but back next week

New Vendor • Obercreek Farm—delicate and organic greenhouse greens!

Open 8:30 am to 1:00 pm, indoors at St. Mary’s next to Bell
December 21, 2012
by Pascale LeDraoulec

•  Rotating Vendors: Spice Revolution, King Roaming Angus
•  Guest Vendor: Cowberry Crossing Farm
•  New Vendor: Winding Drive Artisan Jams & Jellies
•  To order fish in advance, call Captain Rick—see below.

Happy Holidays to everyone!  Please note that there will be NO market on December 29th.

When I lived in France in my 20′s we used to celebrate Christmas at a dear friend’s uncle’s house in the countryside in the Loire Valley. He had a very large family and the meal was nothing less than monumental.

Indoors now at St. Mary’s, next to Bell, open 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
December 14, 2012
by Pascale LeDraoulec

Rotating Vendors:
• Gaia’s Breath
• Clean Ridge
• Honey Locust
• Flourish Baking Co.
• Savor Cookies
• Hudson Valley Duck
• Knife Sharpening this week

I’ve been reading “Elizabeth David’s Christmas”–  the book that was written posthumously by David’s friend and executor, from notes and recipes David left behind in a box she’d labeled, simply, “Christmas.”

Saturdays at St. Mary’s, next to Bell, from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm
October 5, 2012
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Rotating Vendors: Spice Revolution
• Music: Acoustic Riverrun
• Kids Yoga 9:30 – Breathe Pilates and Yoga
• Cooking Demo – Your Secret Ingredient
• Knife sharpening here
• Halloween Costume Swap
• Next week: As part of the October 13 Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival, a pie-baking contest. For entry form, click HERE

There is a woman I know who is a farmers market “junkie.” She hits two or three of my markets a week and always leaves looking like a sherpa with two bags FULL of vegetables, usually a bouquet of flowers or a Bread Alone baguette tucked under her arm.

The costume swap-shop is coming Saturdays in October, starting October 6 .
September 28, 2012
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Costume swap: Green Your Halloween
• Rotating Vendors: Bombay Emerald Chutney
• Music: Fred Gillen Jr
• Kids Yoga 9:30 – Breathe Pilates and Yoga
• Katonah Museum of Art – Kids Activities
[• Knife sharpening back on October 6]

I’m always looking for something to do with the bounty of mushrooms we have at the market. Yesterday, I was thumbing through one of my favorite, tried and true, farm to table cookbooks, Waldy Malouf’s “The Hudson Valley River Cookbook” and stumbled on this recipe that seems just about perfect for this time of year.

Open Saturdays 8:30 am to 1:00 pm @ St. Mary’s, next to Bell
September 14, 2012
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Rotating Vendors: Renee’s Jams
• Cooking Demo: Maria Reina
• Music:  Fred Gillen Jr.
• Kids Yoga 9:30 – Breathe Pilates and Yoga
• Knife sharpening is back on 9/22

On this Community Day in Chappaqua we’d like to thank all of you who come and support your local farmers week after week.  Since moving our market to the grassy “meadow” you have made the weekly trek in greater numbers to see what gorgeous greens and other interesting edibles our vendors have put on display.

Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the Great Lawn of St. Mary’s, next to Bell
See photos of last week’s market in “Read more…”
August 31, 2012
by Pascale LeDraoulec

Market Closing Early: This Sat we will close at 12 noon instead of 1:00 p.m.

Rotating Vendors:
Renee’s Jams
Bombay Emerald Chutney
Kontoulis Olive Oil

I’m writing this week from Stonington, Maine, where I’m visiting a different sweet farmer’s market every day and eating SO local that I’m afraid I’m going to sprout pincer claws.

The market is open every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., on the Great Lawn of St. Mary’s
August 17, 2012
by Pascale LeDraoulec

Rotating Vendors:
• Clean Ridge Soap Company
• Flour City Pasta
• Honey Locust Farmhouse
• Music: Fred Gillen, Jr.
• Knife Sharpener is back August 25th.

Sending your offspring off to college in the next couple of weeks? Why not pack a little goodie bag from the market as a reminder of home?

August 10, 2012
by Pascale LeDraoulec

Rotating Vendors:
Flourish Baking Company
Honey Locust Farmhouse
Spice Revolution

Music - Fred Gillen, Jr.
Knife Sharpener is here this Saturday!

Have you ever seen anything so inherently ugly that tastes so delicious? The same goes for sea urchin, artichokes and kohlrabi. Sometimes you just have to look – far – beyond the physical appearance of certain foods to experience something truly sublime.

August 3, 2012
by Pascale LeDraoulec

Rotating Vendors:
Big Girl Baking Co
Bombay Emerald Chutney
Flour City Pasta
Renee’s Jams

Music by David Leonard
Knife Sharpener is back August 11th

July 27, 2012
by Pascale LeDraoulec

Rotating Vendors

• Flourish Baking Company
• Kontoulis Olive Oil
• Spice Revolution
• Honey Locust Farmhouse

Music: Jason Waters

Knife Sharpener will be at the market.

I’ve had the same thing for lunch every day this week: a slice of Bread Alone’s peasant bread toasted, and topped with two or three thick slices of tomatoes.