Have a Happy New Year!: The Beet, Weaver Street's E-Newsletter

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Have a Happy New Year!
Get your bubbly at WSM
True champagne hails from the Champagne region of France and is traditionally made with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, or Pinot Meunier grapes. But an ideas as great as tiny bubbles tickling your nose could not be kept to a single region and a handful of varietals. Sparkling wine production has spread around the world and now you can choose from sparkling whites, rosés, and yes, even sparkling reds. More

Holiday Hours
Wine Special & Raffle

MLK 5% Donation

January Wine Dinner
New Art Show

Weekly Produce Specials
Weekly Meat Specials

Recipe:
Sweet Potatoes & Collard Greens



Happy New Year! continued
Light, crisp, soft sweet, dry, spicy: all of these tastes you can find in a sparkling variety. Zip into Weaver Street Market in Carrboro or Southern Village and our knowledgeable wine staff will help you find the perfect wine to add the 'taste of stars' to your New Year's celebration.

Weekly Produce Specials - Good from January 1 - January 7


	Organic Fuji Apples	5 lb bags $3.99 each	super low price
	Fresh Imported Cherries	$3.99 lb
	Florida Seedless Red Grapefruit	5 lb bags $3.99 each	save $1.00 bag

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials - Good from January 1 - January 7

	Locally produced, All Natural Slab Bacon	$5.49 lb	save $1.00 lb.
	Niman Ranch, All Natural Beef Chuck Roasts	$3.99 lb	USDA Choice
	Local, Farm-raised Catfish fillets	$7.99 lb	All Natural save $2.00 lb
Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials.


Recipe: Sweet Potatoes & Collard Greens

Happy New Year everyone! This recipe is local, organic, and delicious, and I HIGHLY recommend this for your New Year's Day dinner. This is a recipe from such a sweet book: Three Bowls, by Seppo Ed Farrey with Myochi Nancy O'Hara. The key to this recipe is that you gotta have Stanley's Sweet Potatoes and collard greens. You'll need: 4-5 lbs sweet potatoes 1 teaspoon corn or canola oil (I use olive oil) 1 cup packed collard greens (just do two bunches and serve the remainder on the side), large stems removed, torn in half, and sliced into 1/2 inch strips. 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg (or some ground that hasn't lived in your pantry for 6 months) 1/4 teaspoon sea salt, plus more to taste 2 pinches (or MORE!) cayenne pepper 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake sweet potatoes for about 1 1/2 hours, or until they indent when you poke them. Remove from oven, but don't turn it off (unless you are preparing this in advance.) Let cool for about 10 minutes or until you can handle the sweet potatoes. To peel, work around the potato, not down its length. 2. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add the collards and sauté until they begin to wilt, turn darker green, and become slightly tender to the bite, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to another bowl to stop them from cooking further. 3. Whip the potatoes with an electric mixer, scraping down the sides of the bowl, until smooth and fluffy. Fold in the nutmeg, salt, and cayenne, then whip 'em again to fully incorporate the spices. Add more salt or cayenne to taste. (Don't worry—this is not a spicy dish unless you make it so—the cayenne just brings out the flavor of the sweet potatoes. Don't be afraid!) Fold in collard greens. 4. Place in a 9x13 baking dish, cover with foil, and bake for 20 minutes or until heated through. Serve immediately. This dish just goes so well with black-eyed peas, it's silly. Remember, it doesn't have to be January 1st for you to enjoy collard greens or peas. Some homemade cornbread would round out the plate nicely, and if you're doing the extra greens on the side, add a little brown rice vinegar to finish them off. Enjoy! Luck and prosperity to you all. ˜love, wendy (p.s. Another flavor that goes quite well with the sweet pots is chipotle. Try Salpica's garlic chipotle salsa or the Salsa Muy Rica when you are serving them with the black-eyed peas-Mayan style. Yummy!)



Holiday Hours

For Weaver Street Market in Carrboro and Southern Village New Year's Hours: Monday, December 31, REGULAR HOURS TODAY Tuesday, January 1, LATE OPEN, EARLY CLOSE, 10 am - 8 pm. Monday, January 7, 2008, Weaver Street Market in Carrboro and Southern Village will CLOSE EARLY at 7:30 pm for our annual employee holiday party. REGULAR HOURS: Southern Village 7:00 am - 9:00 pm, open 7 days Carrboro Open 7 days, Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 9:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 am - 9:00 pm

Wine Special & Raffle

Beaulieu Vineyards Tapestry This is a classic Bordeaux-style blend from one of the most well-known Napa Valley wineries, Beaulieu Vineyards. It is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, blended with Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc. It is elegant, with pretty cherry flavors and layers of high tone spice, subtle cedar notes and a touch of smoke. This wine will age well, or let it breathe for about an hour. This will match well with filet mignon or simple mushroom dishes. On Sale - $35.99, regularly $61.99. $5.00 Hope for the Holidays Donation! Extra Special Hope for the Holidays Offer! Weaver Street Market has donated a bottle of Beaulieu Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve "George de Latour" to raffle off at each store. Tickets for the raffle are $1.00 each, with all proceeds to benefit our Hope for the Holidays fund. (You must be at least 21 years of age to purchase a ticket.) YOU could win this amazing bottle of wine! Beaulieu Vineyards George de Latour, Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, regular retail value $120! This bottling from Beaulieu Vineyards showcases their best fruit, harvested mostly from the original BV vineyards planted in Napa Valley. This Cabernet is one of the US's most collected, and can easily be aged up to 20 years, just waiting for that special event. It has complex flavors of dark cherry, black currant, licorice, black pepper and a touch of vanilla. It is full-bodied and dry, with a well- balanced texture and acidity. A classic Napa Valley Cabernet. One of the US's most collected wines! You have until January 2, 2008 to enter the raffle. The winner will be drawn on Janaury 3, 2008.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 5% Donation

Monday, January 21
Weaver Street Market will be donating 5% of store sales at both locations

Each year Weaver Street Market donates 5% of store sales to the MLK Scholarship Fund which awards scholarships to deserving Chapel Hill-Carrboro high school students. Since 1993, they have awarded over 50 scholarships to students from a variety of racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds who exhibit community leadership.

Our goal is 5 scholarhips this year, which should translate into a $2,500 donation. So shop at WSM on MLK, JR. Day, and help us contribute scholarships!


January Wine Dinner

Wines of France's Languedoc Region January 14, 2008, 7:00 pm-9:30 pm The history of viticulture in the wilderness of France's Languedoc dates back to the 5th century B.C. The early Greeks were the first to plant vines here, making the vineyard land in this region some of the oldest in France. This southern region of France and its temperate climate make it a fantastic environment in which to grow grapes. This region produces more wine than any other region in France. Indeed quantity does not always coincide with quality and for the early years of the last century this region was well know for its cheap, innocuous wines. With that said, the last thirty years has brought a new generation of winemakers to the region and they have seized upon the potential of this land for great wines made from old vineyards in ancient riverbeds, and have redoubled their efforts to produce artisanal wines that clearly express a sense of place. So join us for a tasting tour of one of France's least known, but very exciting regions. Enjoy delicious dishes created to complement these wines prepared by Panzanella Chef, Chris Capron. The cost of this event is $45 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.

New Art Show

"The Conversation" New Paintings by Steven Silverleaf Now - February 4, 2008 Public Reception: January 21, 2008, 5:30 - 7:30 pm Steven Silverleaf was born in 1954 and grew up between New York City, Athens, Greece and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He attended the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee during the 1970s, where he studied painting and drawing. He was active in the local art, poetry and experimental theater scene in Milwaukee. In the mid-1980s he returned to North Carolina, living in the mountains and on the coast before becoming a leading figure in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill art community. He has taught privately and led intensive workshops on life drawing and painting at the Durham Arts Council, Durham Technical Community College, and the Carrboro ArtsCenter, among others. Silverleaf now maintains a studio in Chapel Hill, NC.
View more of Steven's work here.