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...healthy pastries...?
An Apple a Day!
By Keith Rogers, WSM Pastry Manager
If you're done laughing, staring blindly, or just feeling a little confused at the title of this article, please read on. Many people don't think a dessert can be healthy. Some folks think desserts are simply an indulgence, a treat, a reward for a long hard day, week, month or even year. I think it is great that we can reward ourselves for all the terrific things that we do every day. If you believe that a pastry can't be healthy, look at the apple and blueberry tarts made at Weaver Street Market. More

Jazz Brunch
Chapel Hill's Biggest Cookie
Carrboro's Biggest Cookie
Family Fun Day
2nd Friday Art Walk
Carrboro Music Festival
Republic of Tea

CCF Award Recipients
Voter Registration
The Public Market House

September Farm Dinner

Weekly Produce Specials
Weekly Meat Specials

Round Challah
Recipe: Apple Squares




An Apple a Day! continued
Apples are packed full of essential nutrients that are not just good for your health, they're also good for your soul. So the next time you see someone buying a blueberry or apple tart from the Weaver Street Market pastry case, give them a thumbs up, tell them how good they look, comment on their healthy eating. And grab one for yourself. Someone may even give you a thumbs up for your healthy pastry selection! Look for apple tarts, vegan apple muffins, and apple pie in our pastry case at both locations.

Weekly Produce Specials


	Last week! Organic Black Angelino Plums	$1.19 lb	super low price
	Organic, Seedless White Grapes	$2.49 lb	end of the season
	Organic Butternut Squash	$1.00 lb	super low price

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials

	Fresh North Carolina Large Peel-on Shrimp	$7.99 lb	super low price
	Niman Ranch, USDA Choice Ground Chuck	$3.89 lb	All Natural save 50¢ lb
	Niman Ranch, USDA Choice Chuck Roasts	$3.99 lb	All Natural save 60¢ lb
Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials.


Round Challah

Available Today Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on Wednesday. Traditionally, round challah loaves are made for this time, to symbolize the cycle of the year. Round challah loaves both with and without golden raisins will be available mid-day on Tuesday at both of our stores.

Recipe: Apple Squares

Cheap! Easy! This recipe is from Mrs. Buehler, Emily's mom! Emily Buehler works in the marketing department at Weaver Street Market. Mix 3 cups flour, 3/4 cups sugar, and 1 cup butter/margarine (softened). This works best if you have a pastry cutter. If you don't, use a fork! You want the butter to be in small bits, dispersed in the dry ingredients. The mixture should not be smooth—don't melt the butter! Put half the mixture into the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan. Press it flat with a fork. Peel and slice 10 apples and layer the slices in the pan on top of the dry mixture. Sprinkle 3/4 cup sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon on the apples. Pour the rest of the crumbly dry mixture on top and spread it out. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Cut in squares and serve warm with ice cream or cold the next day!
Find more recipes here.



Jazz Brunch

Sundays 11 am - 1 pm On the lawn in Carrboro Weaver Street Market's Jazz & More! Brunch continues through October! This family friendly event is a great way to start your Sunday. Inside, we'll have fresh scones, muffins and sweet pastries in our bake case; fresh, hot coffee and a barista to make that special coffee drink; and an array of eggs, grits, pancakes or French Toast to fill you up! Outside, under the oaks, you'll hear a range of local bands playing Jazz, Americana, Blues, and Bluegrass; keeping everybody happy and dancing. Children and well-behaved dogs are welcome. Please keep the children out of the trees and fountain and dogs on leashes. Band schedule: September 16 -Squeeze Play - Accordian Nuevo September 23 - Tristeza Trio - Bossa Nova September 30 - Doug and Telisha Williams - Fuel injected Folk October 7 - Jon Shain - Americana and Blues October 14 - Gravvy Boys - American acoustic October 21 - Project Mastana - the world music band next door October 28 - Jeff Brown Quartet - original Jazz - Last Jazz Brunch!
Read more about other Weaver Street Market events here.

Chapel Hill's Biggest Cookie And Carrboro's Biggest Cookie!

In keeping with Immaculate Baking's tradition of combining tasty treats, social activism, and community celebration, Weaver Street Market will roll out the new Better Bakes line of cookie dough by hosting a Giant Cookie Bake-off to raise money for the ArtsCenter that brings art education to underprivileged kids. This event truly puts the fun in fundraising! Join us Saturday September 15 at Southern Village and Sunday September 16 on the lawn in Carrboro as a team of bakers craft a monster 10 foot cookie. From the oversize oven to the colossal cookie, this will be quite a spectacle to behold! Looking forward to seeing you there! Saturday, September 15 at Southern Village, 12-2 pm Sunday, September 16 in Carrboro, 12-2 pm The Immaculate Baking Company will be visiting Weaver Street Market to bake a giant cookie to raise funds for the ArtsCenter. Enjoy Irish and Traditional American violin music by the Walker Street Fiddlers. Get your face painted or a Henna tattoo with folk art figures! Buy a raffle ticket for a painting by Clyde Jones. Proceeds from the IBC cookie event will go to benefit underserved children in The ArtsCenter's community through scholarships to children's art classes, AfterSchool Arts Immersion, Summer Camp, and School show programs. The ArtsCenter's mission - to nourish the arts, creativity, and community through education, performance, and exhibition - is at the core of all that they do. To that end, they strive to make all of their artistic endeavors accessible to all in their community. Last year alone, they provided over $30,000 in scholarships to children and adults who would not otherwise have been able to participate in their programs.

Family Fun Day

Saturday, September 15 3 - 6 pm on the lawn at Southern Village. Enjoy old fashioned family fun with a bouncy house, air maze, live music by the Guilty Pleasures, BBQ by the Allen & Son, face painting, spin art, cotton candy from the Lumina, hot dogs by Squeaky and the Scrap Exchange! This event is sponsored by Cindy Gudeman, and Rhonda Stults of Tony Hall & Associates and Weaver Street Market.
Learn more about Tony Hall & Associates here.

2nd Friday Art Walk

Friday, September 14 6:00 - 9:00pm This is a perfect opportunity for those of you who enjoy art, entertainment and live music! This community gathering event will be taking place in Carrboro and Chapel Hill on Friday evening. Kick off your night at Weaver Street Market in Southern Village with a wine tasting and live music by Saludos Compay from 5:00 - 7:00 pm Admission is free to everyone.
Additional information may be viewed here.

Carrboro Music Festival

10th Anniversary, Sunday, September 30! This is a town-wide event with multiple venues. Weaver Street Market will have music starting at 11 am with our Jazz & More! Brunch and continuing all afternoon. Kick-Off Celebration At the Cat's Cradle, Saturday, September 29 Great Big Gone - 8:00 pm Two Dollar Pistols - 9:00 pm Tres Chicas - 10:00 pm Suggested donation $5.00
Read more about the Carrboro Music Festival here.

Republic of Tea

Tasty Tea Tastings! Sample Republic of Tea's Luna Iced Teas, Pomegranate-Green Tea and Pomegrante-Acai Tea! Southern Village - Friday, September 14, 4:30 - 7:00pm Carrboro - Saturday, September 15, 11:00 - 2:00 pm

CCF Award Recipients

Weaver Street Market is proud to announce the recipients of our 2007 Cooperative Community Award:

NC Rural Communities Assistance Project, Inc.
NC Rural Communities Assistance Project, Inc. is a nonprofit that provides assistance to low-income, rural communities on issues of public health and environmental quality, more specifically issues related to water, wastewater, and housing needs. In Chatham County, their outreach and education program works with the Latino population on lead poisoning prevention, safe drinking water, wastewater system maintenance, chemical hazard reduction, and identification of asthma triggers and indoor allergens. They perform in-home visits as well as participating in community events.

To reach more people, the Project has developed an educational "comic-novella," a common media form in Latin America. The small format comic book educates about groundwater, water conservation, and well water maintenance and protection through the story of Rosalia Sanchez, a homemaker whose enchanted encounter with a talking frog leads her to learn about improving water quality in her rural area. Funding will support the printing costs of the comic-novella.

Haw River Assembly
The Haw River Assembly is a nonprofit grassroots group founded to restore and protect the Haw River and Jordan Lake and to build a community of stewardship for the river's large watershed, which covers six counties including Orange. Each year the Assembly hosts the Haw River Festival Learning Celebration along the banks of the river. Fourth graders from schools in the watershed take a field trip to the river, where they rotate through stations to learn about stream monitoring, cultural history, science-based river ecology, and plant and animal identification, as well as having time for quiet observation.

In the three weeks of the celebration, 1500 children visit the river. There are also 150 adult visitors (teachers and chaperones) and 150 volunteers who facilitate the program. By reaching out to all people in the watershed, and educating young people to be future stewards of the river, the Assembly hopes to create lasting solutions to water quality problems and environmental degradation. Currently, schools make a $2 donation per child (not required if it is a hardship for any child). Funding will keep this fee at a minimum and assist in the sustainability of the successful programming.

Chestnut Ridge Camp
Chestnut Ridge Camp and Retreat Center is a nonprofit facility that hosts more than 9,000 people every year, from summer campers and students in grade school to college students, scout groups, and adults from other nonprofit and educational institutions. The Center is a place of hospitality, responsible care for the environment, and community fellowship. One aspect of this identity is gardening, composting, local food consumption, and energy conservation at the Center.

Chestnut Ridge seeks to add vermiposting to its activities. This will be a model practice, visibly placed in the garden and cared for by community volunteers, campers, and students. It is a tangible activity that offers hope for a sustainable future. It also has the practical implication of making good use of the food scraps from 27,000 meals a year and enhancing the garden's soil. Chestnut Ridge will pay for installation and operation costs and for educational materials. Funding will buy 5000 red worms, worm bedding, and an outdoor worm composting bin with a spigot for "worm tea."

Northside Community Garden
Northside Community Garden is an organic garden open to residents of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. It is located in the Northside area of Chapel Hill, a low-income, predominantly African-American neighborhood. It currently has 20 plots, edged and filled with many recycled materials. Plans are underway for rainwater collection and a solar-powered irrigation pump.

The Community Garden rents small plots to individuals or groups. It hosts potlucks as a community building activity for the gardeners. Master Gardener Volunteers have workdays to teach organic vegetable growing. There are also workshops offered. The volunteers who coordinate the garden contribute a significant amount of time, a situation that is not sustainable in the long-term. Funds will help pay a part time Garden Coordinator to further develop and run the community garden.



Voter Registration

Need to register to vote? Stop by Weaver Street Market in Carrboro! Thursdays - 6:00 - 8:00 pm Saturdays - 11:00 - 1:00 PM Sponsored by the League of Women Voters and Weaver Street Market.

The Public Market House

Future home of the Farmers' Market in Hillsborough! The Orange County Board of Commissioners cordially invites you to attend the Dedication Ceremony for the Public Market House. Congressman David Price is scheduled to attend and will be honored. Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:00 am Behind the Sheriff's office, 144 East Margaret Lane, Hillsborough.
Learn more about the Hillsborough Farmers' Market here.


September Farm Dinner!

Tuesday, September 18, 5:30 - 9 pm Featuring dishes created with cheese from the Chapel Hill Creamery, owned and operated by Flo Hawley and Portia McKnight. Since the very beginning six years ago, big and small decisions at Chapel Hill Creamery have been driven by an underlying philosophy of raising "cows that are healthy and happy, and improving the quality of the land". Their Jersey cows spend their time on pasture. An intensive rotational grazing system ensures that the herd feeds on different seasonal grasses, providing different nutritional benefits. Chapel Hill Creamery produces ten different cheeses, and sometimes a bit of pork. The herd currently numbers around 35, with 15 being milked while the other cows take their turn to rest up or to have babies. And, there are always adorable and happy calves on this lovely Hillsborough farm. Reservations accepted for parties of 6 or more. Patio dining available.
Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch).
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