Welcome Jams By Kim

This Sunday, July 31, we are adding a new vendor.

• Jams By Kim - Kim offers a variety of artisanal jams and jellies. She provides an assortment of sweet and savory tastes that can be used for your toast as well as to flavor a dinner. Her jams are handmade from local harvests of both fruits and vegetables.

Working with Helping Hand Food Pantry

While we're enjoying our farmers market this summer and the ability to buy directly from local farmers and vendors we wanted to extend a hand to those facing difficulties. Thank you to Von Thun's Country Farm, Melick's Town Farm and Baker's Bounty for all their donated products. These donations have been distributed through Helping Hand Food Pantry in Hillsdale, Park Ridge Food Center, and Hillsdale House senior residence to our neighbors who are in need.

We can be proud of the fact that our market was the first to extend a hand to donate to them.

We had a record breaking week in attendance this past Sunday and we were able to get our sponsors together for a photo. So another thank you to the Washington Township Knights of Columbus and Oritani Bank for their support.

L - R: Bob Catherman, K of C; Kevin Lynch, Oritani Bank; Steve Timpanaro, K of C.

Coming on 7/24 and our new Recipe Corner.....

This Sunday we welcome back these three vendors to our group:

• Just Buns - with their unique varieties of sweet and savory swirly buns. They will also introduce two types of quiches.
• The Whole Cookie - with homemade dog treats. They also have people cookies, so be sure to stop by if you have a sweet tooth.
• Hudson Valley Pantry - with a variety of freshly made jams, salsas, and hummus. Jonathon will be offering tastes.

Check out our new Recipe Corner. A few recipes have been shared that have been prepared using products purchased at our market, such as our creation: Grilled "Ratatouille".

We'd love to hear from you if you try a recipe. We'd also like you to pass on recipes that you made using things from the market. Let us know using the "Contact Us" link below, so we can post it and others can share it too.

Tastes of Kielbasy and Pierogies....

Krakus Polish Deli joined us Sunday offering tasty samples of:

• Miniature Kielbasy ... a perfect hors d'oeuvres.
• Cabbage stew ... a tasty blend of cabbage and kielbasy with herbs.
• 2 types of pierogies ... one meat and one veggie.

They also had fresh stuffed cabbage and smoked and double smoked kielbasy available, too. Krakus will be back, so please stop by to sample their wares.

Mmmm - That tastes good!

New Vendor Joining Us on 7/17

Krakus, who sells Polish foods, will be offering Pierogies, Kielbasy, Stuffed Cabbage, Cabbage Stew, Babkas, Chruscikis and Poppy Seed Rolls this week.

Please join us in welcoming them to our market on Sunday.

Peaches and Melons and Plums, Oh My........

Summer has truly arrived. Baskets of yellow and white peaches welcomed customers as they arrived this week and tubs of cantaloupes and of Sugar Baby melons were snapped up quickly.

All sorts of little new discoveries were unearthed...did you know:

• You can place an order to be picked up at the next market with Bettinger's Bluff and that they carry hot dogs, homemade precooked meatballs, and pastrami in addition to their steaks?

• Hudson Valley Pantry created a stir with tasty hummus and a white bean dip in addition to their salsas?

• grounded. coffee was helping customers beat the heat with custom blended iced teas including Chai?

• Pickle Licious has several products besides pickles? Try their artichoke hearts...mmm.
  

The Whole Cookie, this week's new vendor, made several new friends of the furry variety, one of whom we've pictured below. Be sure to stop in to see Sharon in two weeks so your favorite pup can try a taste test. While you're there, check out her human cookies too.

Melick's Town Farm

Shelby: 5 Wags for the Whole Cookie!

Von Thun's Country Farm

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Coming Next Week...

July 10 we will be welcoming a new vendor:

• The Whole Cookie with home made dog treats and home made cookies for you also

We will also welcome back:

• Hudson Valley Pantry with Salsas and Jams

• grounded. coffee catering, who will have specialty iced teas in addition to her coffees

• Dutch Desserts with three sizes of fruit tarts as well as chocolate tarts.

• Plus all of our weekly vendors

If you've never tasted any of their samples, be sure to do so.

Market is on Rain or Shine...

Farmers and vendors set up a host of goodies in the rain. Customers were able to stand under the tents which helped them to stay out of the rain while shopping. Farmers added Jersey Fresh peas, sweet corn and the first crop of peaches to all their produce.

Supporters willing to brave the weather were warmly greeted by vendors, friends and some rainy day specials. grounded.coffee's Guatemalan Roast was a hit. Sapore Ravioli fans were treated to tastings of their meat ravioli made with ground roast beef. Rain or shine their fresh mozzarella sold out.

We'd all like to extend an extra thank you to those who joined us despite the weather and an invitation for next week's market to all.