Summer Is At Peak

If you’re in town this weekend stop by the Pleasantville Farmers Market. Marvel at the diversity of foods present from our regional farms at this high water mark of the summer harvest. With berries, peaches and apples; with melons, corn, peppers, eggplants, new potatoes, squash and tomatoes; with cut flowers, preserves, meats, cheeses, wines, breads and baked goods; with so many healthy, fresh, beautiful foods - the Market is as good a celebration of regional agriculture as you’re likely to find. While shopping the Market please seek out the growers and food artisans around you and give them a compliment or a pat on the back. By now they’ve been working at full tilt for many months. All the foods we appreciate so much in the Market are due to their talent and dedication.

What Vendors Are In This Saturday?
To review vendors attending this Saturday, and where they’re located in the marketplace, view our interactive Map of the Market.

Where To Park?
Get to know the “hidden parking lots of Pville”. There are 7 parking lots within a few blocks of the Market. Review them all by clicking here to view a parking map.

This week’s Phelps Health Tip:
Daily Dose of Delicious Fruits & Veggies
“The USDA recommends two and a half cups of non-starchy vegetables and two cups of fruit per day.”
Good for us that the Market has many types of beautiful peppers, tomatoes, apples, pears, and peaches this week.

Need Recipe Ideas?
Check out the Market’s Recipes Page, loaded with over 40 recipes submitted by our farmers, vendors and visiting food artisans. You’ll find recipes for the perfect burger, grilled cheese, roast chicken, and this super simple recipe from Little Seed Gardens for Smashed Potatoes. We hope you enjoy finding new ways to prepare your favorite ingredients.

Peppers Are In
Sweet or hot; huge or petite; frying or bell, purple, orange, yellow, or red-- peppers are at peak this week!

Orchards Report
This week Mead Orchards will add to their substantial harvest just picked Honeycrisp and Gala apples. They will also have delicious yellow peaches and butternut squash. Wright’s Farm will have a special treat: Concord grapes! Wright’s will highlight two new jams, (Peach Habanero Jam and Peach Cilantro Jam) and they’ll have Honeydew melons, watermelons and cantaloupes.

Shawangunk Growers Are Back
This Saturday Shawangunk Growers returns with their exotic, collectible, and deer resistant plants. This is a great time to plant perennials - they will take root and thrive in your garden next year.

Accolades For Pickle Licious
We know their pickles are delicious, but note that readers of Bergen Health & Life Magazine voted Pickle Licious #1 for olives and #2 for hummus too. This week Pickle Licious is highlighting their garlic stuffed olives. These are green olives that have been pitted and then stuffed with whole cloves of garlic, to provide enough garlic in every bite to satisfy every garlic lover’s craving. Enjoy $1.00 OFF all containers of garlic stuffed olives this weekend at the Market.

Whitecliff Vineyard Is In Saturday
Whitecliff will highlight great summer wines for the last weekend of August: their 2013 crisp, bright steel-fermented Chardonnay, their 2013 Traminette, and their 2014 Dry Rose -- wines which have one Gold, Double Gold, and Silver medals, respectively, in major commercial competitions. World class wines, produced from farm to bottle here in the Hudson Valley. Note to stock up: Whitecliff Vineyards will not be in next month.

PROGRAMMING FOR
THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 29:

Culinary Event: 9:00am - 12:15pm
Sharpen Your Knife Skills Saturday
(Workshops Nearly Full; Reply ASAP If Interested)
Remaining spots will be filled by those who email back soonest! This Saturday Market Supporter Zwilling J.A. Henckles will again offer 45 minute instructional workshops. We have some spaces available for the 9:00am and 10:15am workshops, and the most space free in the 11:30am workshop. To PRE-REGISTER email your name and phone number to
info@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org ...asap!

Kids: 9:30am - 11:00am
Play With Your Food!
Using fresh ingredients from the Market, and assistance from local Chef Suzy Scherr, kids can create their own edible magic wand this Saturday!

Music @ The Market: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Blue Duo Barebones
Welcome back blues duo Barebones, featuring singer/guitarist Gene Caprioglio and singer/harmonica master Dr. 88. Barebones brings a raw, bluesy style to original songs and traditional favorites, for a mesmerizing sound you won’t want to miss. You might want to plan your morning around it!