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Whitted Bowers Melons:
seducing your senses!
by Elizabeth Friend, Contributing Writer
Rob Bowers is on a mission to change the way you think about melons. "I've been a melon fancier for a very long time," he explains. "There are so many amazing melons out there but they're hard to find." The types of cantaloupes, honeydews, and watermelons usually available in grocery stores are chosen by growers because they ship well and last a long time. Flavor is often an afterthought. Not so for the melons from Whitted Bowers Farms. Rob and his wife Cheri specialize in heirloom varieties that seduce the senses with beautiful colors and a bounty of flavor. He notes, "People try these and feel like they've never tasted melon before." More

NC Wine Tour
After Hours!
Jazz & More Brunch
SV Summer Music Series
Call for HB Bands

Foods that Heal
Free T'ai Chi at SV
Community Non-Profit Day

August Farm Dinner
Wine Special
Drink Special

Weekly Produce Specials
Weekly Meat Specials

Latta Egg Special!
Recipe: Best Fried Green Tomatoes



Whitted Bowers Melons continued
One of the first to ripen is the Blacktail Mountain watermelons. These dark diminutive melons are very sweet and juicy, and their smaller size makes them perfect for private picnics. Later in the season the Moon and Stars watermelons make their appearance. Named for the smattering of yellow 'stars' against a verdant sky, these heirloom beauties nearly disappeared from seed catalogs after the 1920's, and have only recently begun to make a comeback. Another forgotten favorite is the Mountain Sweet Yellow Watermelon. The succulent amber-hued flesh makes quite a splash in fruit salads! Chances are the cantaloupes from Whitted Bowers Farm are unlike any you've tasted before. Both the Noir de Carmes and Charantais varieties are classic French dessert melons. Named for the Carmelite monks who preserved the melon, the rind of the Noir de Carmes ripens from an inky black to a bright orange. The combination of heady fragrance and complex flavor makes this an unusual delight. It's rare to find Charantais melons in grocery stores as the thin skin and high sugar content make them especially fragile and hard to ship. Intensely sweet with a heavenly aroma, the flavor has been described as 'divine.' Another European delicacy brought to you by the Bowers is the Amarillo Oro, a yellow Spanish melon similar to honeydew. This golden oblong melon boasts sweet, pale, creamy flesh, and is traditionally served with ginger, thin-sliced cured ham, and a glass of sherry. When it comes to picking a good melon, Rob suggests tossing aside your assumptions. "Sometimes the uglier a melon is the better it will taste, especially with cantaloupes." Because they don't have to be shipped long distances, all the Bowers' melons are picked ripe and arrive at Weaver Street ready to enjoy. In addition to being certified organic, Whitted Bowers Farm is operated according to biodynamic principals, which emphasize a holistic approach to agriculture. "We pay attention to intent. There's positive energy going into the food," Rob explains. "We're trying to help people become aware that the nourishing power of food goes beyond the vitamins and minerals—there's an aspect of food that nourishes the spirit as well." Look for Whitted Bowers Farm melons at all of our locations.

Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, July 22 through Monday, July 28.


	Driscoll, Organic Strawberries	1 lb. pkg $3.99 each	save $1.00
	Organic, California Nectarines	$1.99 lb	save $1.00 lb
	South Carolina Freestone Peaches	99¢ lb	super low price

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials

	Mississippi Wild-caught Gulf Shrimp	$7.99 lb	save $3.00 lb
	Niman Ranch Boneless Pork chops	$5.99 lb	All Natural save $2.00 lb
	Niman Ranch Boneless Pork Roast	$5.99 lb	All Natural save $1.50 lb
	USDA Choice Fillet Mignon	$16.99 lb	All Natural save $3.00 lb
Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials.


Latta Egg Special!

Celebration of Local Food & Wine Month Featuring a special on Latta Eggs through Thursday, July 24! Latta Egg Ranch - One Dozen Medium Eggs on special for $1.99, regularly $2.29 Free-Roaming! Locally Grown in Hillsborough!
View all the specials for July here.

Recipe: Best Fried Green Tomatoes

This Saturday, July 26 is Tomato Day at the Carrboro Farmers' Market! INGREDIENTS: • 4 large green tomatoes • 2 eggs • 1/2 cup milk • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour • 1/2 cup cornmeal • 1/2 cup bread crumbs • 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper • 1 quart vegetable oil for frying DIRECTIONS: 1. Slice tomatoes 1/2 inch thick. Discard the ends. 2. Whisk eggs and milk together in a medium-size bowl. Scoop flour onto a plate. Mix cornmeal, bread crumbs and salt and pepper on another plate. Dip tomatoes into flour to coat. Then dip the tomatoes into milk and egg mixture. Dredge in breadcrumbs to completely coat. 3. In a large skillet, pour vegetable oil (enough so that there is 1/2 inch of oil in the pan) and heat over a medium heat. Place tomatoes into the frying pan in batches of 4 or 5, depending on the size of your skillet. Do not crowd the tomatoes, they should not touch each other. When the tomatoes are browned, flip and fry them on the other side. Drain them on paper towels. From Allrecipes
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View a comprehensive list of local Farmers' Markets here.



NC Wine Tour

There are still a few tickes left! Get on the bus! Friday July 25 Wineries: Black Wolf Vineyards, Shelton Vineyards, McRitchie Winery Tickets $75 Includes: Chartered bus, breakfast, lunch, snacks, all winery fees and souvenir tasting glasses. Have you ever been to a vineyard and winery? Have you driven down a winding country road until row after row of grape vines appeared before your eyes? I have, and it is truly inspiring! Now, have you ever done this in North Carolina? No? Well, now's your chance! Walking through a vineyard in the spring and seeing the season's first buds, or later in the summer and beholding bright, plump bunches of almost ripe grapes, is a sight I'll not soon forget. It reminds me where that amazing wine I had last night came from: the earth, sky, air and some dedicated farmers. Yes. Farmers. Although I wish it did, wine doesn't magically appear in front of us whenever we get thirsty. It is the product of someone's hard work and dedication that makes it possible for us to enjoy a delicious glass of wine whenever we so choose. Working a vineyard is a year round job. Days and days of pruning, trellising, planting, and harvesting go into each bottle of wine that sits upon our shelves. It's an awesome process. If you'd like to know more, see beautiful vines, and tour wineries, you can do it all right here in your home state. If you want to hear someone wax poetic about wine other than your friendly neighborhood wine merchant, than get on this bus. This month, we'll take you to three great NC wineries to see beautiful vineyards nestled into the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, tour wineries big and small, and taste hand-made, hand-crafted wines made right here in our home state. Join us on a chartered bus, and enjoy a day packed with winery tours, beautiful vistas, great people, and best of all, terrific North Carolina wines. Peg Todloski, our wine merchandiser, has handpicked each winery and will personally guide you through our daylong tour. For tickets and complete details, check with our service desk in our Carrboro store. Tickets are $75.00 each and include a continental breakfast, lunch, all tasting and tour fees, souvenir glasses and door prizes!
View more Weaver Street Market events here.

After Hours!

Start your weekend early with music on the Weaver Street Market lawn on Thursday nights! Pack up your blanket and get ready to hit the lawn! July 24- Girls Rock NC - Come listen to a complete show of young singer/songwriters performing original songs put together at this year's Girls Rock NC camp at the Arts Center in Carrboro. Girls Rock NC is a nonprofit organization that runs programs that encourage girls to be confident, creative members of their communities. Girls make bands, have workshops in teamwork, body confidence, zine-making, DIY clothing, recording, Tech Talk, songwriting and more, and are supported as they speak up and share their experiences as girls. July 31- Gravy Boys - American acoustic Aug 7- Milagro Saints - Sweet Rugged Folk Aug 14- Bearfoot - deeply American Bluegrass music Aug 21- The Tim Stambaugh Band - Bluegrass, Celtic, Folk, & Traditional Aug 28- Equinox- Jazz and Pop Standards

Jazz & More Brunch

Every Sunday 11 am - 1 pm Jazz & More Brunch at Weaver Street Market is here! Hot food, with cool tunes 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. July 27 - Bo Lozoff and Friends - acoustic original folk/rock/country at its best August 3- The Donnybrook Lads - jigs, reels, and hornpipes August 10- Shadze - Collectic jazz August 17- Joe Woodson & Bill Hicks: The Bean Trees - Americana music August 24- Club Boheme - String Jazz with Swinging Vocals August 31- Magnolia Klezmer Band - an anti-depressive Romanian, Ukrainian, American Dixieland, Klezmer Big Band

SV Summer Music Series

Every Sunday at 7 pm Now - September 7 on the green at Southern Village Enjoy great, local music in a relaxed outdoor venue at Southern Village. Bring a blank or low chair to sit on. Stop by Weaver Street Market for delicious picnic food! July 27 - Laura Ridgeway - oldies/popular/blues Aug 3 - Susan Reeves - jazz vocalist
View the entire schedule here.

Call for HB Bands

Do you know what Hillsborough sounds like? Weaver Street Market is preparing to kick off a Sunday Brunch music series at our Hillsborough store next month, and we're looking for bands who have that special sound. If you're familiar with the Hillsborough music scene and know of a group with a connection to town, please let us know! Email Jason Baker with your suggestions and ideas.

Foods that Heal

Tuesday, August 5th
7:00pm-9:00pm
Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center

Our popular presenter from the annual "Healthier Eating" session, Terri McClernon, the Food Fairy, returns with a new program. She will be joined by Emily Ellis, a chef extraordinaire who has recently returned from the Heartwood Institute, a holistic healing school in California, where she lived, studied and experienced on a daily basis Asian healing traditions and modern nutrition along with a variety of body work and movement styles.

They will present "Foods That Heal" and show how to prepare different foods for different types of healing issues. Emily uses traditional Chinese Medicine for assessment with her clients. In this class, they will use several fictional people as examples. Each of the 3 or 4 'types' will be a compilation of symptoms, personality type, and health history. Emily will talk about the foods best suited for these types and together they will prepare and describe how to make these simple and whole foods. Call 401-9333 to reserve a space.

Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, Overlook Bldg., Ste 220, 111 Cloister Court, Chapel Hill (west of 15-501/I-40 interchange in the Eastowne Office Complex across from Blue Cross Blue Shield), see directions at www.cornucopiahouse.org. Call 919-401-9333 for information.

Cornucopia House services are free of charge to all cancer patients, their family, friends, and caregivers.

Free T'ai Chi

Saturday Mornings with Lewis Tisher
7:30 am - 9:00 am
on the green across from the Lumina in Southern Village
T'ai Chi, a 2000 year old martial art, is a sequence of choreographed movements that release the energy known as Chi and moves it through the body to allow healing affects. The many benefits of T'ai Chi include development of coordination and balance, regulation of blood pressure, strengthening of joints, and improved mental focus and calm. Call 929-7048 for more information.

Community Non-Profit Day

Sunday, August 2, 11 am - 1 pm
on the lawn in Carrboro

Every first Sunday of the month, May through October, from 11 am - 1 pm, Weaver Street Market will host nonprofit groups from our community. Local, non-profit groups will have informational tables where you can find out about the good works of our local charitable groups. Come prepared to learn, to donate, and maybe find a group you'd like to volunteer with!

If your organization would like to attend: 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 Jason Baker or call 919-241-1794. Your request will be confirmed by email or phone. Come out and let everyone know what your group is doing in the community!!


August Farm Dinner

Enjoy the gift of local farm bounty at our Farm Dinners. The August dinner will feature a special menu with exciting dishes created with ingredients grown by Alex and Betsy Hitt of Peregrine Farm. Monday, August 18, 5:30 - 9:00 pm Mark your calendar!
Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch).
Sign up for Panzanella's Enewsletter here.

Wine Special

While our supply lasts, we'll continue to feature Chateau de Campuget Rosé 2007, made from Grenache Noir (30%) and Syrah (70%). Chateau de Campuget in Costieres de Nimes is a beautiful wine property dating back to 1640, located between Nimes and Arles. Try it with salads or anything you please—a delicious, refreshing, versatile food wine. "Chateau de Campuget is one of the stars of the up and coming appellation of Costieres de Nimes." - Robert Parker Jr. Wine Advocate #117 When the lovely French rosé is gone, we'll be featuring 2006 Monmousseau Vouvray. With a light hay color and aromas of honey and ripe apples, this Chenin Blanc from France's Loire Valley is pleasing and delicate—mildly sweet, mildly acidic—very easy to drink with or without food. The '06 Monmousseau has the characteristic off-dry style, with a silky mouth-feel and flavors of pear, citrus, and sweet apple. A perfect wine for sweeter wine lovers to enjoy that will also please those who generally choose drier whites. Try it with foods that won't overpower it, like the Potato and Fennel Lasagna or the NC Rainbow Trout. $5.50 by glass $27 by bottle

Drink Special

Recover from the heat and humidity with our July Bar Special! Our Pina Colada Martini, made with Absolut vodka, Malibu rum, and a splash of pineapple juice will remind you of chilling on a tropical beach.