Weekly Market Report – I’ll Carve you like a Pumpkin Edition

If the Market had to have a favorite holiday, and why limit ourselves to one, it would be Halloween. At 9am our pumpkin carving contest commences (Until 12 or while supplies last). Simple carving tools provided. Prize baskets for adult and child (15 and under) awarded at 12:30. All-ages children’s costume parade around the market [...]

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10/23/2010 Chef in the Market demo: David Barber, 3 Square Grill

October 23, 2010 Chef in the Market demonstration by: David Barber, 3 Square Grill Autumn Apple Pie  Makes 1- 10” Pie Ingredients- Crust  Much is made of the difficulty of making good pie crust. Don’t overwork it; keep your butter cold, work quickly. Don’t panic. 2 C AP flour 4 t sugar 1/8 t salt [...]

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Solace of Soup

Soup soothes. Jewish and non-Jewish mothers alike swear by soup’s power to heal. Soup can feed an army with little more effort than feeding one person. Soup making is a mystery to some—the whole of a finished soup rarely betrays the parts that went into it, making improvisation seem risky. But soup begs for creativity [...]

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10/16/10 Chef in the Market demo: Debra Daniels-Zeller, Northwest Vegetarian Cookbook

October 16, 2010 Chef in the Market demonstration by Debra Daniels-Zeller, Northwest Vegetarian Cookbook  Garlicky Broccoli Raab and Spicy Seasonal Green Dip The garlic in this recipe becomes sweeter and caramelizes as it cooks and compliments the raab.  If you can’t find raab, look for another seasonal green and try it.  The bitter tones in [...]

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Weekly Market Report – Big Cheese Edition

Lisa Jacobs is an award-winning cheese maker, her crème fraiche is much talked about and much admired and much tasty. Now the Jacobs Empire is expanding with her introduction aged cheddar and Gouda. Tried, tested and retested these new cheeses are the culmination of years of training, practice and planning. Kudos to Lisa for her [...]

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Portland Fall

    This weekend, I finally harvested the summer bounty I have been waiting for. In October. A few pounds of garden tomatoes, the last of the giant, bottle-size zucchinis, and a handful of lonely, lemon cukes, ready for the picking. Not too bad for such a strange summer. I’ve been in Portland long enough [...]

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10/9/2010 Chef in the Market demo: Katherine Deumling, Cook with What You Have

October 9, 2010 Chef in the Market demonstration by Katherine Deumling, Cook with What You Have Salsa Verde and Broccoli and Arugula Soup  This is a versatile, zippy sauce. I often just make it with parsley garlic, lemon juice, oil and salt but the addition of capers, onions and egg make it even better. I [...]

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Trailhead Coffee Roasters: On a Roll

When Charlie Wicker of Trailhead Coffee Roasters declared that he was going to ride this year’s Cycle Oregon on his rolling café bike, there was some skepticism. More than 400 hundred miles and 26,000 feet of altitude gain on a 110-pound bike? Even if he could…why would he? Fast forward to the beginning of October. [...]

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Around the Community–October Events

Food and Farm ForumWednesday, 10/6  6–8:30pmLucky Lab Brewing Co. 915 SE Hawthorne, Portland A free and public event sponsored by Friends of Family Farmers and OSALT, designed to give you an opportunity to talk directly to House District candidates about what you think they need to know about food and agriculture. There will be a [...]

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The Mysterious Cranberry

Cranberries are a necessity on the Thanksgiving table, yet somehow they remain a bit mysterious. Perhaps it’s because they are rarely seen in their natural state – 95% of the crop is processed into juice or canned cranberry relish; the rest is sold “fresh”. And the quotation marks aren’t there because of some modern trickery [...]

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