This Saturday, November 19, find all things Thanksgiving, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Chappaqua Farmers Market!

November 18, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

This week: • Guest Chef Tony Scarpati creates a fabulous meal from market offerings • Music by Jason Waters

It’s hard to believe the end of the season has come. Thanks to all of you who made a stop at the train station part of your weekly routine.
We are hoping you will do the same when we move across the street to the Church of St. Mary starting December 3rd. 

Come taste squash soups and a fish-inspired pasta dish at the Chappaqua Farmers Market

November 18, 2011
by Christine Yeres

Chef Tony Scarpati’s neighbors wrote in to report that during the Hallowsnowstorm of a few weeks ago, the Scarpati house was a center of fun, chicken soup and artistry.  His Ridgewood Terrace neighbors sent in photos of his artist’s response to the premature snowfall that blanketed Halloween.  See what he created in “Read more…”

The Chappaqua Farmers Market at the train station from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
November 11, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

Usually when I come across a recipe that really catches my eye, the ingredient list is often too long or rife with hard to find items.  Not so with David Tanis’ recipe for “cream of mushroom soup from scratch” in this week’s Dining section of the New York Times.

Three more outdoor markets before we go indoors to St. Mary’s!
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Music by Jason Waters

First, I want to thank all of you who braved the elements last week to shop at the market.  A couple of our farmers got stuck getting home and probably spent 10 hours on the road that day. So each and every one of your purchases really meant something to the vendors.

Cauliflowers in color
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Last Yoga this Season by Breathe    8:30 – 9:30
• Music by Matt Turk                     10:30 – 1:00
• Halloween Face Painting             10:30-1:30

Brrrr! This is the time of year when I start thinking about proteins and roasted vegetables. The smell of a simmering stew or an herb and garlic-studded rib-roast in the oven does wonders for my morale as the days get shorter and my ConEd bills get bigger.

See photos of last week’s market in Photo Gallery
October 21, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• 8:30a – 9:30a Yoga, courtesy of Breathe Pilates & Yoga.
• 8:30a – 1:30p Halloween Crafts for Kids and Costume Swap—both sponsored by Chappaqua Girl Scouts
• 10:30a -1:00p Music by TJay
• 10:30a -1:30p Bodywise Connection Food Tasting

It’s easy for things to get lost in the fray of great food and friends at the market. Plus, we’re all a bit like trail horses, aren’t we — loping toward the familiar.

The market is open from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Chappaqua Train Station
October 7, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Yoga by Breathe 8:30 – 9:30
• Cooking Demo Maria Reina 10:45-12:45
• Music Daniel Hallford from Amadeus 10:30-1:00
• Halloween Costume Swap 8:30 – 1:30
• Cornell Cooperative Extension 8:30-1:30

Last week, the sight of cauliflower at the markets made me giddy. Farmers market cauliflower always looks more interesting than store-bought. I love its wrap-around leaves revealing only a smidgen of the cabbage flower’s pockmarked, lunar-like surface.

October 14, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Yoga by Breathe 8:30-9:30
• Halloween Costume Swap 8:30-1:30
• Cooking Demo Pat Cohen of Nutritional Spirit 10:45-12:45
• Potting Project for Kids 10:30-12:30 (Girl Scout Troop 2757)
• Cornell Cooperative Extension 8:30-1:30
• Music by TJay 10:30-12:30

How did I work as a restaurant critic in NYC for five years and not gain 400 pounds???

See photos of the market’s costume swap in “Read more” and in Photo Gallery
September 30, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Yoga by Breathe 8:30-9:90
• Duck returns this week
• Music by Jason Waters
• Costume exchange

Fall is my favorite season at the farmers market. The burnished colors, the sweater temperatures, the produce and fruit—they all speak to me.

The market is open from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., this week, tucked behind Citibank
September 16, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Cooking demo by Maria Reina,10am-2pm, rising to the Slow Food USA $5 Meal Challenge

• Breathe Yoga moves to the front lawn of Town Hall this week, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

This Saturday is Community Day in Chappaqua and I’m so happy that the Chappaqua Farmers Market will be at the heart of the fanfare at the train station. Yes, the market’s primary mission is to preserve farmland and give shoppers the chance to buy food directly from the people who grow or produce it.

September 9, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Use us as drop-off for FD relief effort
• Yoga with Breathe 8:30-9:30
• Music by Chris Fox’s Fox Force Five 10:30 to 1:00

In this very difficult time for farmers throughout the Hudson Valley region we ask for your patience and understanding: our market will temporarily look a little less flush in the “greens” department.  Morgiewicz Produce remains under water thanks to Irene who didn’t spare any punches in parts of Black Dirt country.  Thousands of acres of onions, which the area is known for, have been decimated.

September 9, 2011
by Christine Yeres

Looks like a double shot of Chris Fox music this weekend.  On Friday, September 9, the Chappaqua resident will be performing with his band, Mojo Monde, at the Yorktown Grange Fair from 7:30 – 9:30 pm.  Then, on Saturday morning, September 10, Fox’s other band, Fox Force Five, will be featured at the Chappaqua Farmer’s Market, playing from 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Amazing flowers this week from 103-year old Kitchawan Farms, Yorktown
September 2, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

• Cooking demonstration by Mark Z, The Dinner Guy
• Flowers from Kitchawan Farms
• Yoga from Breathe Pilates & Yoga 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
• Music by Greeley musicians Alex Greenzeig, Jake Cheriff, Dan Krakaur and Ben Factor

Cashew and mustard green pesto; see recipe in “Read more…”
“Ready, Set, Sharp” returns tomorrow, so bring your knives and garden tools for sharpening!
August 26, 2011
by Priscilla Sorensen and Nancy Lyman

It seems like only a few weeks ago that we were just opening the market for the summer, looking over tables of lovely greens, radishes and spring garlic. Now, in this the last week of August, those tables are spilling over with the bounty – tomatoes, squash, potatoes, corn, eggplant, peaches, plums, the first new apples, and much more.

August 19, 2011
by Pascale LeDraoulec

Last week one of our shoppers bought an amazing assortment of eggplant. She was beaming when she stopped by the market tent to show me what was in her market basket.  Some of the eggplant were pendulous and white and looked like the eggs a Dr. Seuss creature might hatch.  Others were striated purple, skinny and long. Some were pear-shaped and glossy, others shaped like a pin-cushion, creases and all.