Hope for the Holidays Results!: The Beet, Weaver Street's E-Newsletter

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Hope for the Holidays
Surpasses All Expectations!
The totals for our Hope for the Holidays Fundraiser are in. Each year since we began Weaver Street Market's Hope for the Holidays, the total contribution has grown, and this year was no exception. The fund grew to an amazing $6,539, a 17% increase over last year! Shoppers purchased an unbelievable amount of Hope for the Holidays items: 813 pounds of Peacestachios, 618 stollen, 259 cranberry apple breads, 289 orange pound cakes, 625 boxes of Clementines, 295 pounds of shrimp, 402 bottles of Casa Bianca, 802 bottles of Luna Argenta Prosecco, 262 bottles of Rip Snorter Shiraz-Cab and smaller quantities of many other items. More

Bread Science:
Book Signing
Community Non-Profit Day

Culture Shock

February Wine Dinner
Artist's Reception

Weekly Produce Specials
Weekly Meat Specials

Zsweet!



Hope for the Holidays Results continued
An additional $722 was collected from the Donations jars and employees contributions. As a result, Weaver Street Market is proud to present $1500 to both the Child Care Services Association and the Inter-Faith Council. Child Care Services will use the contribution to initiate their Child Care Workers Scholarship Program in Orange County, enabling child care workers to receive assistance in paying for child care so they can return to work. This year, the Inter-Faith Council was eligible for an All-Or-Nothing Challenge Grant provided by The Stewards Fund, which matches a minimum fund-raising effort of $1,500. Your Hope for the Holidays Fund contributions enabled us to help IFC "earn" this Challenge Grant. The funds will support the IFC Crisis Intervention Program Expansion with expanded staff hours for direct support and programming, an increased Crisis Fund, and additional Food Pantry supplies. $3539 will also be added to the Weaver Street Market Cooperative Community Fund, where it will continue to grow through earned interest. The proceeds from the CCF are disbursed annually to local community groups working on issues relating to sustainable agriculture and organic food, cooperatives, hunger and malnutrition, and environmental protection. Thank you to everyone who shopped at Weaver Street Market and chose Hope for the Holiday items. Together we make a difference in our community!

Weekly Produce Specials


	Organic Haas Avocados	5/$4.00	super low price
	Organic Braeburn Apples	$1.59 lb
	Organic Colorado Russet Potatoes	5 lb bag 2/$6.00

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials

	Meyer All-Natural Ground Chuck	$3.79 lb	save 50¢ lb
	Meyer All-Natural Ground Sirloin	$4.99 lb	save 50¢ lb
	Meyer All-Natural Sirloin Tip Roast	$4.99 lb	save 50¢ lb
Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials.


Zsweet!

Zsweet is a new all natural zero calorie sweetner (for sale in Weaver Street Market's Wellness Department). Zsweet is made from a natural sweetner that occurs naturally at low levels in many fruits and vegetables. It's suitable for diabetics, is Kosher, and as we found out, great for baking! Here's a recipe for Peanut Espresso Cookies that we found in Didi Emmons "Vegetarian Planet" (also for sale in Weaver Street Market's Wellness Department). We substituted Zsweet for the white sugar and brought home expresso from the WSM Coffee Bar. 1 cup butter 3/4 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup white sugar or Zsweet! 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1/4 cup brewed espresso (I've substituted strong coffee, and decaf) 1/2 cup peanut butter, at room temperature 1 3/4 cup flour (if batter is too wet add a little more flour) 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 cup roasted, unsalted peanuts Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugars, add salt, eggs, and espresso and mix well, then add peanut butter and mix just until smooth. Seperately, mix flour and baking soda. Then add flour mixture into the batter in parts, stopping several times to mix. Add peanuts and mix. Drop by teaspoonful on ungreased sheets, spacing cookies about 3 inches apart. Bake for 5-7 minutes, they will still be soft on top. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before removing.
Read more about Zsweet here.



"Bread Science" Book Signing

Emily Buehler, a Weaver Street Market bread baker for almost five years, has written and published the complete how-to guide to bread baking. Bread Science: the Chemistry and Craft of Making Bread, covers both the practical aspects of making bread, such as shaping a baguette and scoring loaves as they enter the oven, and the science behind the dough. Emily will be giving a talk on bread, signing her new book and sampling WSM Breads - Country and Rustic at Market Street Books in Southern Village on Thursday, January 25 at 7 pm.
Learn more about Emily and her book here.

Community Non-Profit Day

Every first Sunday of the month, March through November, from 10 am - 2 pm, Weaver Street Market will host nonprofit groups from our community. Space is limited and assigned on a first come basis so we ask that you sign up at least a week in advance and limit the number of times you sign up to three (3) per year. Also, your group must be a 501(c)(3). To apply, please email Kris Brannan at kris.b@weaverstreetmarket.coop or call 919-929-0010 ext 132. Your request will be confirmend by email or phone. Come out and let everyone know what your group is doing in the community!

With an eye to our mission of creating a "vibrant, sustainable commercial center" we are happy to share news from our community neighbors.

Culture Shock!

"Culture Shock" is a collaborative effort between the business, arts and civic communities to promote the area as a cultural destination by cultivating the arts. This will help promote economic growth in the arts community and the greater community as a whole. About 110 community members met on Tuesday, January 9 at The ArtsCenter to brainstorm this idea. Below is some of what came out of the discussions. The next step is to invite the public to form a steering committee to further the project.
13 Key Issues were:
1. Develop cooperation and collaboration between business, government, university, and artist communities
2. Promote arts education both in the schools and throughout the community
3. Develop branding and marketing strategy
4. Implement technology-assisted centralized promotional process for the arts in the area
5. Create and/or expand arts venues/spaces
6. Government and university officials get involved and are supportive
7. Develop effective approaches to funding integrative business/arts efforts
8. Establish an ongoing, diverse steering committee to provide leadership
9. Increase affordable space for artists to live and work
10. Identify and implement steps to recruit, retain and develop working artists
11. Encourage the creation of art events
12. Link the arts to the environment through urban/rural and logistics planning
13. Make the case for linking art with economic growth and development


February Wine Dinner

Wines of South Africa Monday, February 19 7pm - 9:30 pm Join us for our first ever South African wine dinner. Don't know much about this interesting wine growing region? Then now is your chance. South Africa ranks as the world's seventh largest wine producer. In 1652 wine was pressed for the first time from grapes grown on South Africa's cape. Its wine history dates back over 300 years but its reputation for making good, solid wines is fairly new. During the 1980s anti-apartheid sanctions excluded Cape wines from most foreign markets. South African wine paid a dear price, but as sanctions were lifted in the early 1990s the industry found itself more competitive at the bottom end of the market than at the top. Denied the rigors and rewards of international competition for so long, the Cape wine industry is now springing to catch up with "new world" excellence, innovation and aggressive marketing. You can expect an interesting mix of old-world AND new world styles in these unique wines from South Africa's famous Cape. We welcome Olivier Lotterie from Vineyard Brands Imports to guide us on a tasting tour of this exciting wine producing region. 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.
Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch).
Sign up for Panzanella's Enewsletter here.

Artist's Reception

Monday, January 29, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at Panzanella Please join us for a perfect opportunity to meet the artist, and enjoy the work while our dining room is closed. It is free and open to the public. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served and the bar will be open. New works by Jenifer Padilla January 9 - March 12 Padilla draws from her dynamic surroundings and steadied observations to elicit, at once, movement and delicacy in her still-life paintings. Padilla's paintings are informed by her craftsmanship in a variety of other media: "I use my photography, sketches, Xerox, and 8mm film for reference in the making of my paintings," says Padilla. With this approach, Padilla's paintings transcend the still-life medium. Recently, Padilla moved her studio to Archer Graphics in Carrboro, North Carolina where she shares space with four other artists. The large glass bay doors of the old auto repair shop allow light to flood her studio. Padilla stands at her easel centered on the oil-stained concrete once inhabited by craftsmen of a different sort. The previous life of the space, the abundance of natural light and vintage character of the Mid-Century Modern building have all inspired Padilla to employ new color and line in her work. A native of Chapel Hill, Padilla is a graduate of North Carolina State University College of Design and has studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts in San Francisco, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy and La Llotja Escola d'Art in Barcelona, Spain.
View more of Jenifer's work here.