...dance a Jig on your Taste Buds! March heralds the return of some special seasonal goodies with treats to celebrate St. Paticks' Day. We've brought back the Irish Oat Scone for the month. If you haven't tried them before, Irish Oat Scones are a hearty treat that stick to your ribs and taste great! Oatmeal, currants, and brown sugar are mixed together to create a pastry that really satisfies! Grab some Irish Shortbread Cookies before they're gone, too. Delicious shortbread cookies with a tasty jam filling. Another seasonal favorite is Irish Soda bread. Within our hand-shaped loaves, you'll find three kinds of dried fruit and even a touch of sugar. Good and wholesome, we've made a few changes to this year's recipe. More

Friday Night Wine Tastings Samplings Bread Bakery Open House Animal Adoption Day

Walkable Hillsborough

German Beer Dinner Greek Wine Dinner

Weekly Produce Specials Local Producer: Giacomo's Italian Market

The Simple Croissant Alison's Family Farms

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...dance a Jig on your Taste Buds continued

This year our Irish Soda Bread is made with organic sugar, organic and unsulfured dried figs, apricots and currants, and rich and creamy Maple View Farm buttermilk. Pick up some Irish Dubliner cheese (on sale this month!) with your loaf. Toast a slice of the bread, and butter lightly before topping with a generous slice of Irish Dubliner cheese. Chase it with a swig of Guinness. Even if there ain't an ounce of Irish in thee, we promise this combination will dance a jig on your taste buds.

Weekly Produce Specials
	Organic Braeburn Apples	$1.29 lb.	super low price
	New crop organic Red or Green Bartlett Pears	$1.29 lb.	super low price
	Organic Minneola Tangelos	$1.29 lb.
Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials.

Local Producer

Giacomo's Italian Market Hand-made Deli Meats Giacomo's family began making sausage and salami in Brooklyn, New York as a way to make ends meet, but their meats and recipes proved so popular that his father eventually opened a restaurant. Giacomo was raised to join his father's restaurant business. Instead, he moved to North Carolina to be a fireman - a brief act of rebellion. After a few years, he realized he couldn't escape his roots and opened his own sausage and salami business in Greensboro, North Carolina. Giacomo produces premium-quality, hormone- and antibiotic- free salami and sausage just down the road in Greensboro. He began his business with five or six sausage and salami recipes from his dad, and expanded with ideas that he developed through his restaurant experience in Brooklyn. True robust Italian flavors from homemade sausages, salamis, and cheeses, plus fresh-cooked meats are what Giacomo's Italian Market is all about. Everything Giacomo's makes uses the finest and freshest ingredients. Since all of his salamis are made on his premises, he can guarantee the quality of his products. But you don't have to drive to Greensboro to find these great tasting, quality, hand-crafted deli meats. Weaver Street Market carries Giacomo's Milano salami, pepperoni, hot and sweet sopressata, ostrich salami, beef pastrami, and bologna in the Specialty Department. Both the Carrboro and Southern Village locations offer Giacomo's products. Even better, you'll have a chance to sample these fine quality products this month at both WSM locations. We're sampling in Southern Village Fridays, 4 -7 pm and in Carrboro on Saturdays, 11 am - 2 pm.

Read more about Giacomo here.

The Simple Croissant

Every morning the rack of croissants comes out of the Weaver Street Bakery oven around 5:45 AM. It's a tough decision—do I want a piping hot feta cheese croissant, or a sweet almond one? It doesn't matter if I had one the previous day—you can always use another croissant. What I often overlook is the simple goodness of the butter croissant, a.k.a. the "plain" croissant. Yes, plain—no fillings, no toppings, just plain dough. But therein lies its beauty. With no rich fillings to distract me, I notice the flakiness and texture of the dough: from the gentle points to the fat center, the dough runs the gamut from crispy crunch to chewy soft. It's the full spectrum of laminated dough, all presented in one simple elegant curve. If you look at the lunar calendar for March, you'll see that the full moon occurs around the middle of the month. The new moon squeezes in at the very end of the month. And March 2, 27, and 31 are crescent moon nights - the perfect time to eat a Weaver Street Market butter croissant! If you haven't tried one yet, now's your chance. After all, they were modeled after the crescent moon, centuries ago in Europe. Look for them in the pastry case, baked fresh every morning.

Alison's Family Farms: New Products!

Sliced Turkey and Turkey Bacon We are pleased to introduce Alison's Family Farms' turkey breasts for slicing at our specialty cheese counter! You enjoyed their fresh local turkeys at Thanksgiving, now you can take it home and have it for lunch! We have honey-smoked and honey-roasted, both $8.99/lb., as well as a smaller 2 lb breast perfect for quick weeknight meals or picnics. This is the same turkey used in the great sandwiches made daily for our Grab 'n Go case. Look for Alison's Family Farms' Sliced Turkey at the Specialty Cheese Counter. Love bacon and eggs? BLTs? Hate the extra fat? Now you don't have to worry. Weaver Street Market is offering turkey bacon from Alison's Family Farms. With half the calories and less than half the fat, turkey bacon allows you to indulge without guilt. As an added bonus, you can feel even better about how the turkeys are raised. Look for Alison's Family Farms' Turkey Bacon in the Meat Department. You'll get the best results if you cook it slowly and gently over low heat. Alison's Family Farms raise turkeys in an all-natural old-fashioned way. These birds are humanely housed, with open areas for them to range in nice weather, with no artificial feed ingredients, hormones or antibiotics to spoil the truly natural growth and flavor of these all-vegetable-fed birds. All birds are processed in a Certified Humane Raised and Handled plant under stringent USDA inspection. Quality standards are high. Only the perfect bird is allowed to be sold under the Alison's label. After twenty-five years in the conventional turkey-farming world, Bruce Cuddy became a convert to the all-natural way of producing and enjoying turkey after traveling and tasting traditional food in Europe.

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Friday Night Wine Tastings

Carrboro: 4:30-6:30pm Southern Village: 5:00-7:00pm Every Friday night, Weaver Street Market offers a selection of wines for you to taste in our Carrboro and Southern Village Wine Departments. Knowledgeable wine representatives are on hand to talk about the wine and where it comes from. This is a great opportunity to expand your wine palate, stock your cellar, or buy a gift for that upcoming dinner. Wines for Friday March 10: Taste Greek Wines at Southern Village and pick up some great wine values from around the world in Carrboro.

Read about Weaver Street Market events.

Samplings!

Alison's Family Farms' Honey Roasted Turkey, Honey Smoked Turkey and Turkey Bacon: Friday, March 10, 4-7 pm at Southern Village Saturday, March 11, 11-2 pm in Carrboro Giacomo's Italian Market Salamis Friday, March 17, 4-7 pm at Southern Village Saturday, March 18, 11-2 pm in Carrboro

Bread Bakery Open House

Come see the WSM bread bakers shape Carrboro's longest baguette! The four-foot baguette has been done—can they beat their own record? Grab your tape measure and come out to our next open bakery to see. Sunday March 12, 6-8 PM in the WSM bread bakery It's free. Stop by anytime. Sample WSM breads and learn about the bread making process. Bring your own dough to bake in our oven. Dough will be available for kids to play with. Door prizes! Schedule of events: 6:00PM Shaping the giant baguettes 6:30PM Hand-mixing lessons (materials provided) 7:30PM Baking the giant baguettes 7:55PM Drawing for door prizes

Animal Awareness & Adoption Day

Sunday, March 12, 2-4 pm on the lawn in Carrboro Weaver Street Market will host several local adoption agencies with dogs and cats looking for their forever homes. Stop by and visit with these wonderful pets. Maybe you'll find a new addition to your family.

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Walkable Hillsborough

Hillsborough Public Forum Transportation - What are the choices? Saturday March 18, 2006 9:00am - 12:00pm St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Fellowship Hall 210 St. Mary's Rd., Hillsborough The forum will explore transportation options now and for the future to reduce traffic. Targeted areas of interest to be discussed and break-out sessions will be available for those wanting to know more. Information, presentations and discussions about: Transit services (TTA, OPT, Park and Ride) Roads (E. Brady bypass, Churton St. corridor) Sidewalks, bike lanes and Greenways (Park and Rec Greenway plan) Business incentives (shuttle services, car pooling) School transportation (Orange County school buses) Call 919/ 732-5999 or 967-6705 for more information. Sponsored by the Walkable Hillsborough Coalition.

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German Beer Dinner Monday, March 27th, 7pm at Panzanella If one were to envision the quintessential beer drinking experience, one might invoke the following images: grandiose beer fountains amidst a rustic German hillside, overlooking the Rhine river, with countrymen laughing and singing jovially next to their steins, overrunning with beer. Sadly, I doubt most of us will get to experience such an ambiance in beer euphoria, but we can always try to recreate our own. That said, I bid all who would like to celebrate and learn in the spirit of camaraderie about beer, its preservation and tradition, to join us at the German beer dinner! As it was in Babylonia, the authorities legislatively regulate the quality of German beer, and beer is still an important source of tax revenue. The first regulation appeared in the town of Augsburg, where establishments that served bad beer or dishonest amounts would be fined and their beer destroyed. Imagine, a beer law that would actually be worthwhile! The most famous brewing law in Germany is the Reinheitsgebot, or for us Deutsch-challenged, the "Purity Law". This law was ordered by Duke Wilhem IV of Bavaria in 1516, and states that beer should only be brewed from barley, hops and water. Back then, the effects of yeast in the air were unknown, so the use of yeast eventually became accepted as the fourth and final ingredient allowed to make beer. Since the Reinheitsgebot, after witnessing Bavarian beers rise to top-knotch status, other lands of Germany followed suit in enforcing this regulation and have continued to make it the most important law affecting German beer brewing today. This strict control over ingredients and dedication to tradition in brewing has led to a variety of beer styles in Germany that have been perfected over the centuries. In Germany, different regions specialize in different styles of beer. For instance, Hamburg and northern Germany are known for their dry Pilsners; Berlin specializes in Berliner Weisse (a white beer with a shot of syrup); Dortmund and the Ruhr Valley are famous for their Lagers; Cologne for its light and refreshing Koelsch beers; neighboring Dusseldorf for its stronger and darkers ales; while Bavaria's Helle Lagers (light lagers) and Weizen (wheat) beers are also known all over the world. These are just a few of the delicious beer styles Germany has to offer, so get your place reserved now so that you can savor the nuances of German beer while feasting on some tasty fare! Tickets are $35 and may be purchased at our Carrboro Customer Service Desk or at Panzanella. Seating is limited so reserve early. Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch). Traditional Greek Easter Wine Dinner Monday, April 10th, 7pm at Panzanella Just in time for Greek Easter, we have chosen wines that are both celebratory and traditional. Wine has been an important part of Greek culture for over 4000 years as the numerous archeological discoveries throughout Greece have revealed. The ancient Greeks knew well the nutritional value of wine, as it became an inseparable part of their daily regimen. Greek Easter, the country's most important religious festival, arrives accompanied by the smells of spring, the rebirth of nature and the flower-carpeted ground. Join us on a historic and flavorful tour of Greece and the Easter Spirit. Many of the traditions that bond the generations together occur during the Easter feast. Easter is the most sacred and celebrated of all of the Greek holidays. We welcome Isabelle Sofras Edwards of CHL International to guide us through this enjoyable, and tasty evening. Plenty of delicious dishes will be prepared by Panzanella chef, Peter McCloskey. Don't miss this exciting evening; space is limited, so get your tickets early! Tickets are $35 and may be purchased at our Carrboro Customer Service Desk or at Panzanella. Seating is limited so reserve early.