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Time to Get in the Kitchen . . . !
By Wendy Hayes, WSM Produce Manager
It’s definitely time to get into the kitchen, especially if you’ve been reluctant to turn
on the heat.  Why not make something that will warm you up from the inside and out?
We have your traditional selection of root vegetables here in the produce department, and I don’t want y’all to be afraid of them! Celery root may LOOK like an alien, but it is quite delicious. Root veggies have a downward, grounding energy that actually warms you when you eat them. They're the right thing to do in the winter. You probably won’t crave much salad, cukes, or melons in the cold season; and I'm definitely not saying don’t eat salad all winter, just have the warming stuff for balance.
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Recipe: Roasted Root Vegetables
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Time to Get in the Kitchen continued
rootsBesides celery root, with its creamy saltiness, I adore the often misunderstood rutabaga.  Some think it’s a turnip, but it ain’t.  Rudys are a bit more elongated than a turnip, and they are tan with purple tops, whereas turnips are white/purple or solid white, and round. Turnips are good, and good for you, but they’re just not as sweet as the rutabaga. You can roast them all by themselves, or combine with your favorite roots for a customized mix.  Just make sure you cut the veggies into similarly sized pieces.  I like to cut them on their “meridians”, then lay the halves flat and slice into discs. Toss your veggies in olive oil to coat, and add salt and pepper to taste.  Bake at 350, covered with tin-foil for 20 minutes, depending on how big your uniformly cut pieces are, then uncover, toss, and bake for another 20 minutes or so. This will let them caramelize a bit. YUM!! Here are my favorite choices for a roast: celery root, rutabaga, carrots cut in half lengthwise, and giant slices of red onion. You can also throw in whole cloves of garlic if you like.  Don’t forget about the others, though, parsnips (which look like a cream -colored carrot) and all sorts of beets, and turnips are also delicious.

Be sure to ask us for help if you’re not that root-savvy yet, that’s why we’re here! Now get in there and start chopping…ahem, uniformly, of course…love, wendy
Weekly Produce Specials
oranges
New Crop
Florida Oranges
4 lb bags, 2/$6.00
Organic Gala Apples$1.99 lb Last of the season!
Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials
food North Carolina Farm Raised
Catfish Fillets
$6.99 lb Save $2.00 lb
Alison's Farms All Natural
Chicken Wings
$1.99 lb Save $.50 lb
Hans All Natural
Chicken Sausage
$4.99 lb Save $1.00 lb
Recipe
recipe Local chef and cooking instructor, Caroleena, resided in the center of Florence and in the province of Tuscany for ten years where she learned regional cooking from the masters: restaurant owners, farmers, family and friends. She owned Ristorante Vien under the Volta dei Peruzzi in Florence for four years. Caroleena cracks the mysterious code of Tuscan cooking and translates her very special language into easy, delicious and healthy recipes. Caroleena is available to cook for you in your home. Call her at 960-8875.


Roasted Root Vegetables

Buon Giorno and Welcome to Tips and Recipes from Caroleena’s Tuscan Kitchen
This goes nicely with a holiday dish because there are so many vegetables involved that in the end, you wind up with a lot of food!

First of all, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. If you cut all of these vegetables up into pieces that are about 2 inches, you will come up with a nice consistency.

Ingredients:
Onions
Sweet potatoes
White potatoes
Pumpkin or other winter squash
Fennel bulbs
Carrots
Extra virgin olive oil
SPIKE all-purpose seasoning

Put all of the cut vegetables in a bowl with some extra virgin olive oil and the SPIKE. Coat everything by rolling the vegetables around. Pour them into a large baking tray and cook for about an hour. Then turn the vegetables so they come out crispy but cooked. We don’t want them mushy, so don’t handle them a whole lot, just cook them as long as you have to (about an hour and a half). I have a gas oven, so I put them directly on the oven floor – right on the heat. This way I can cook other things on other shelves. Comfort food that is good for you. It doesn’t get any better.

Buon Appetito!
Don’t forget – Always cook with love and don’t be cheap!
recipeWeaver Street Market is offering fresh, all-natural turkeys locally grown by Alison’s Family Farms in Marshville, NC.

Our turkeys are:

free-range
fed an all-vegetable diet
antibiotic and hormone-free
certified humane raised and handled
only $1.99/lb!

Reserve yours today!
Click here for the all-natural Thanksgiving turkey order form
Click here for other delicious Thanksgiving goodies available by special order


on the lawn
3rd Annual Fall Wine Sale Continues through Sunday only!
saleWine Sale October 6-22
Featuring a selection of favorite and fine wines from around the world at discounts up to 48% off regular price! 10% regular case discount applies on top of sale price!
Jazz Brunch
jazzJazz & More! Brunch is where you want to be as the weather turns cool! At Weaver Street Market in Carrboro you'll find fresh coffee, sweet pastries, eggs, pancakes, grits, home fries, and great local music to make Sunday mornings relaxing and fun. What could be better?

October 22 - Son Libre - a new 5-piece Latin Band featuring danceable cumbias, warm Cuban quajiras, happy calypsos, and hot salsas!
October 29 - The Tim Stambaugh Band - Bluegrass, Celtic, folk & traditional
Ghost Stories & Trick or Treat
ghost storiesWEAVER STREET MARKET'S ANNUAL GHOST STORIES
jack-o-lanterns...spooky seasonal music...hot cider...cookies...a costume contest!

Friday October 27
Plan on spending the night under the oaks in your Halloween Costume listening to Willa Brigham tell great seasonal tales. Tim Stambaugh and Donovan Zimmerman will set the stage with spooky music and scary puppets at 5:30. Willa will thrill us all with her tales of adventure at 6:30. The winners of the costume contest will be announced at 7:15. Free Cookies and Cider! This event is co-sponsored by the Town of Carrboro and Weaver Street Market.

Costume Contest Rules:
Enter in one category only: 0-5 year-olds or 6-10 year-olds. Costumes will be judged on MOST ORIGINAL, FUNNIEST, AND SCARIEST. All participants must register by 6:30 pm. Winners will be announced at 7:00.

Trick or Treat at Weaver Street Market Southern Village

Saturday October 28

Catch The Paperhand Puppet Intervention on the green at 3:30 then parade in costume to Weaver Street Market for music and goodies and trick or treating from 4:00-6:30 pm.

The flaming Hula Hooper performs at 5:30pm!
Global Health Fundraiser
globalA non-profit called Global Health Inequalities Reform (GHIR) is doing a fundraiser for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India (for school fees, uniforms, shelters and food) and for a clinic to be built for health care in India for HIV/AIDS patients.

On the lawn at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro
Sunday, October 22, 2006, 2-5 pm


They seek to reduce health disparities on a global scale by working with communities and local organizations and their infrastructures. They believe healthcare is a fundamental right and seek to equalize access to services as well as improve quality of life for all people who struggle.

Enjoy Shannon O'Connor, the Midtown Dickens, and a silent auction.

On the Street
It's Owners' Month!
owners1Every October, in conjunction with National Cooperative Month, Weaver Street Market holds elections for our Board of Directors and celebrates our cooperative structure with specials and events in the stores, and our Annual Meeting on Sunday, November 5.

Cooperatives generate over $229 billion in revenues annually, employ more than half a million Americans, and because they are owned locally, what's spent there stays there, benefiting communities again and again.

The Annual Meeting will include free lunch for all owners of the co-op, a meet and greet with the candidates for the Board of Directors, a state of the co-op address from the General Manager, and the awards for the first annual Cooperative Community Fund grants.

Shopping at local stores keeps money in the community. Why not join the co-op now and take advantage of extra special deals and events this month?
Owners' Specials
ownersThe following owners-only specials will run from October 11 - November 7, 2006:
WSM's famous cookies for $.65, regularly $.95
Pistachios $4.99/lb, $1.00 off!
Olivella extra virgin olive oil $9.99/liter, regularly $12.49
WSM's large Rustic Bread $.50 off! Regularly $2.00
Salad Bar $1.00 off/lb Hot Bar, too!
Fair Trade, organic Bananas $.69, regularly $.89
10% off at Panzanella! Sun-Thursday - alcohol not included
Wild Herb Walk
herbguy Local herbalist and wildcrafter, Will Endres, leads informal walks to learn about the incredible healing herbs and plants located right here in the heart of Hillsborough. Wills next Hillsborough Wild Herb Walk is Monday, October 23 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm.

Will Endres is a local Hillsborough resident who is recognized nationally as an expert and pioneer in the healing properties of herbs. He also has developed a line of herbal tinctures and dry herbs, many of which grow right here in Hillsborough.

Bring your questions, and your desire to learn and meet on the sidewalk outside Cup A Joe, 120 W. King Street. Cost $10. No pre-registration is required. Just show up. Will can be reached at 919.732.9785.
Elodie Farm Dinner
elodieElodie Farms in Rougemont, NC, is hosting a Farm Dinner
Sunday October 21.

Their ex-goat herder/chef Conner Tucker is returning to the farm to prepare a 5 course meal. Tickets are $35. Don't miss this opportunity for fun on the farm and a fabulous dinner featuring the fresh goat cheeses of Elodie Farms. Call 919-479-4606 or visit them on line to make a reservation.

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Heritage Turkey Dinner

turkey Panzanella & Slow Food invite you to the
4th Annual Heritage Turkey Dinner
Thursday, November 2, 2006
5:30 - 9:00 pm

This is our annual event featuring heritage breed "Bourbon Red" Turkeys grown by Alex & Betsy Hitt. 10% of restaurant sales from this event will benefit the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.

The Red Bourbon Turkeys have their origins in Bourbon County, Kentucky, from around the 1900's. They are a beautiful red turkey that produces a very rich taste, with slightly darker color meat. Dark meat lovers will delight in their flavor. They are free-roaming, fed an all-natural diet and, of course, are antibiotic and hormone free.

New Art in Panzanella

art "Living Culture" Oil Paintings by David Sovero October 23 - December 24, 2006

David Sovero was born in 1971 in Lima, Peru. He graduated from the the Peruvian National Arts College where he attended from 1990 - 1996. During his career as an artist in Peru, Sovero participated in many solo and in group exhibitions, and won numerous honors and awards. Since his arrival to the United States in December 2001, his work has been shown in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and other areas of North Carolina.

David's Incan ancestral roots were saturated with Andean stylized figures. His everyday existence and relationships are intimately tied to his work. Shadowy semi-abstract specters emerge from the darkness of the canvas. His surreal compositions and simplistic geometric forms are based in lines, texture and dimension, giving freedom to his talent and creativity.

November Wine Dinner

france Around the World with Pinot Noir
November 6, 2006
7pm – 9:30pm

Join us for our first-ever Pinot Noir Wine Dinner. We will explore a variety of different styles of Pinot Noir including Sparkling and Rose. What’s so special about Pinot Noir? Well, It is one of the oldest grape varieties to be cultivated for the purpose of making wine. It was vinified as early as the first century AD. Pinot Noir’s reputation as one of the world’s most elegant and profound wines is owed to the wines of Burgundy, France. For most of wine history this 60 square mile area of France, called the Cote d’Or (“slope of gold”), is the only region to achieve consistent success from the pinot noir vine. 

Great Pinot Noir can create lasting impressions on the palate and in the memory.  When Pinot Noir is well made it is both elegant and powerful; the perfect wine paradox. SO, join us Monday, November 6, 2006 for a tasting tour of some of the tastiest Pinot Noirs from around the world. Taste for yourself the diversity and amazing grace this ancient grape has to offer. You will enjoy a sparkling wine aperitif, and six wonderful courses prepared by Panzanella Chef, Chris Capron.

The cost of this event is $40 per person; space is limited, so reserve early. Please pay in advance and pick up a ticket for this tasting at either Panzanella or the customer service desk at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro.

 
December Wine Dinner

sparkling wine Sparkling Wine Dinner
Monday, December 11
7 – 9:30 pm


Join us Monday, December 11, and explore the amazing world of sparkling wines.  What is sparkling wine? Well according to the Oxford companion to wine it is “a wine which bubbles when poured into a glass”.  To so many people it seems like so much more than just that simple explanation. Sparkling wine, and more specifically, Champagne, has always been associated with a certain class or elegance and almost always associated with the occasion of celebration. The mystery of Sparkling wine carries on with the amazing amount of different styles it can come in. Just the tiniest hint of effervescence can change a simple white wine into something fun and exciting to drink. Sparkling wine can vary as much as still wine; it can be white pink and even red.  It can be made in a sweet style like Italy’s Moscato d’Asti, or bone dry like most French Champagnes.  Other aspects of sparkling wines can vary immensely, like the alcoholic levels and the character and strength of the bubbles themselves. Join us for this exciting dinner and enjoy a vast array of sparkling wines and see just how well these wines match with elegant, delicious dishes prepared by Panzanella Chef, Chris Capron.

The cost of this event is $40 per person; space is limited, so reserve early. Please pay in advance and pick up a ticket for this tasting at either Panzanella or the customer service desk at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro.