Market Report – Week before Thanksgiving Edition

Of all the shopping that needs to get done between now and Thanksgiving Day dinner, the trip to the Market is the best experience you’ll have buying groceries this week – no checkout gridlock, the false glow of fluorescent lights replaced with the low natural light and fresh air and anxious shoppers darting around with [...]

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T-Day Faves

What is your Thanksgiving day favorite? We asked the growers, ranchers, staff and volunteers at Portland Farmers Market that question. What we discovered…Fresh, Seasonal & Local are good for 364 days a year, tradition trumps all else. Enjoy the video & keep checking back. Our twitter feed (to your right) is featuring 140 character Thanksgiving [...]

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Market Report – Pies and Tart Edition

Portland Farmers Market sends a big hearty Whoo-hoo to Monica, AKA The Tart Lady, who is moving on up to a deluxe bricks and mortar store (In Hood River, but there will really be a piece of pie). Monica joins the 50 or so business who got their start with PFM before moving into to [...]

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For Your Consideration

OMG. Do you get Oscars for you tube videos. Well you should

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Artichokes For All – DeNoble’s Vendor Spotlight

There are some people in the world who know a whole lot about things most people don’t. Patreece DeNoble talks about artichokes the way Dead Heads talk about Jerry: with excitement and unwavering passion. Which is a lot to say about the frequently misunderstood, edible member of the thistle family. As a child, I remember [...]

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Around the Community–November Events

The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) and Dreyer’s/Edy’s Fruit Bars are planting orchards across the country in a collaborative program called Communities Take Root (CTR). Through this exciting program, communities compete in a nation-wide vote to win a complete community orchard. FTPF orchards are a wonderful way for communities to grow fresh fruit for the [...]

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Seasonal Recipe: Kohlrabi and Mache Salad

Kohlrabi and Mache Salad Recipe by: Cameron Rolka, Culinary Management Student, The International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Portland Leaving summer behind, kohlrabi and parsley root makes a crisp and refreshing salad for the fall. Kohlrabi grows similar to a cabbage and its flesh is crisp, juicy and with a mild radish and [...]

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A Complete Nut

If you’re a child of the sixties or seventies, you might recall the requisite bowl of nuts on the dining room sideboard. Though I enjoyed excavating the meat out of a walnut’s cavities, I preferred the filberts for their sweet, deep, buttery flavor. As luck would have it, you can’t go far without bumping into [...]

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