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Bubblies for New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is the day to sparkle and we've got Sparklers for all tastes and budgets. Sparkling wine is, simply put, wine that bubbles when you pour it into a glass. This is a pretty boring description for a wine that is anything but. Effervescent, lively, frothy, explosive, elegant, I could go on and on, but there's only one day left until 2009, so I'll spare you the rest of my musings.
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Classifieds Due
Wild Plant Class

Help Buy a Tractor
Envirobits

New Year's Eve Dinner & Holiday Hours
Art Show & Reception

Weekly Produce Specials
Weekly Meat Specials

Hope for Holidays - last week
-donate by shopping!



Bubblies for New Year's Eve continued
What's important now is finding the right Sparkling wine for you AND your budget, and don't worry we've got recommendations for you and if you don't see what you want here, we've got terrific knowledgeable staff in all our stores to help you with your selection. This New Year's Eve WSM recommends: Segura Viuda Cava Brut Reserva - $9.99 One of our most popular bubblies this season. Fresh and lively with persistent bubbles and fresh clean finish. Plus, for every bottle you buy, WSM donates $1.50 to the Hope for the Holidays program, through January 6th. Mionetto Prosecco - sale $13.99 , reg. price $14.99 If it's a touch of sweetness you're looking for, try this tasty Italian sparkling. Small, delicate bubbles, fresh fruit flavors and a soft, juicy finish. Albrecht Cremant d'Alsace Brut Rosé - sale $17.99 , reg. price $24.99 This is a lovely, elegant Sparkler from France's Alsace region. 100% Pinot Noir, this wine has delicate strawberry and plum flavors and creamy mousse and a long luscious finish. This is a great value. Grongnet Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut - $29.99 True Champagne for under $30? It's true, AND it's delicious. Characteristic flavors of baked bread, apples and pears and rich zesty mouth feel. This splurge will make you feel like the royalty you wish you were.

Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, December 30 through Monday, January 5.


	Organic Sweet Potatoes from Pine Knot Farm	$1.00/lb	- save 29¢/lb
	Organic Collard Greens from Pine Knot Farm	2 bunches/$3.00	- save 29¢/bunch
	Avocadoes Organic	5/$5.00	- save 33¢/ea

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials

	Catfish Nuggets NC farm raised	$4.99/2 lb bag	new item! - save $1.00 per bag
	Sirloin Steaks USDA Choice	$7.99 lb	all natural - save $2.00 per lb
	Petite Sirloin Steaks USDA Choice	$8.99 lb	all natural - save $2.00 per lb
Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials.


Hope for Holidays - until Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - donate by shopping!

Each year Weaver Street Market works with local charities to raise money. When you purchase any of our designated Hope For the Holidays products, we donate to several worthy causes. By including the various products you need, we make it easy for you to give to those who need. Co-ops are about cooperation. By shopping at Weaver Street Market and supporting vital projects like the Hope For the Holidays promotion, you are participating with a community of people who believe that small good deeds can be transformed into great works through the power of collective action. There may not be easy solutions to the world's problems, but when we work together, we can certainly make a difference! Please come, help us support others in need - now until Tuesday, January 6, 2009.

Holiday Hours

All locations will be open regular hours
on Wednesday, December 31 and
will be open from 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
on Thursday, January 1, 2009.

Get your Black Eyed Peas and Greens - recipe

Black-eyed peas and greens are a must for southern New Year's Day celebrations. Thought to bring luck, this meal is steeped in tradition. Some theorize the peas represent coins and the greens (traditionally collards) represent green money, or dollars.

Preparation for these legumes can be as simple as covering with stock or water, salt and pepper, and boiling for an hour. However, we have added a new twist on this year's peas!

Adding pork to the recipe is traditional, though not necessary.

Ingredients:
- 4 cups Black-Eyed Peas
- 1\4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Medium Sweet Onion - coarsely chopped
- 2 slices of Streaky Bacon, Bacon, Turkey Bacon (optional)
- 1 can of Beer or Ale
- 2 + cups Water or Chicken or Vegetable Stock
- Salt
- Pepper

Instructions:
1. Begin by washing the peas. Discard stones and discolored peas. Set aside. Over medium heat, pour olive oil into a deep pot. Add onions and sauté. Once the onions appear translucent, add the peas and stir to coat in oil. Add the beer and 2 additional cups of water or your favorite stock. Make sure the peas are covered in liquid, adding to the amount if necessary. Bring to boil. Boil for a minute, then reduce heat to a low boil and cover. Check periodically and stir gently.

2. Add more liquid if necessary. The total cooking time should be approximately one hour. However, check the peas occasionally being cautious not to overcook as they will become mushy. Season toward the end with salt and coarse ground pepper. Serves 6.

3. For easy Hoppin' John, mix left over peas with corn kernels, white rice, scallions and top with grated parmesan cheese! Also, you can add chopped Jalapeños for a Warming Hoppin' Juan!



Classifieds Due

Sunday, January 11, 9:00 pm at our Carrboro Store Classified ads for our February print newsletter dated: February 4 - March 3, are due at our Carrboro Store by 9:00 pm on Sunday, January 11. The cost is $10/month for owners and $15/month for non-owners. Please limit your ad to 50 words or fewer. Weaver Street Market reserves the right to edit ads for length.
View the current list of classified ads here.

Wild Plant Class

Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Exploration Seminar Thursdays, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm January 8 - March 26, 2009 $300, to register call Will at 919.732.9785 This mobile class heavily emphasizes field identification, and is primarily outdoors. This class includes learning about identifying, gathering and processing wild plants for personal use. Will Endres is an herbalist, wildcrafter, and outdoor guide from West Virginia who was born in 1945 and has lived in Norther Orange County since 1986. Will studied for 28 years with herb doctor and healer, CF "Catfish" Gray. He offers year-round walks, talks, classes, and apprenticeships.

Help buy a Tractor

PLANT@Breeze Farm
The Next Generation of Farmers - People Learning Agriculture Now for Tomorrow
Needs a tractor!

PLANT@Breeze Farm is an incubator program aimed at developing new farmers. Classes for new farmers run in January and February, teaching students sustainable farming while also building a business plan and a crop plan. Graduating students can implement their plans on land provided for by Breeze or on their own land. This program is a crucial step in creating a sustainable agricultural chain from the current generation of farmers to the next generation.

Col. William H. Breeze and his family donated the Breeze Farm property located in Northern Orange County, to NC State's College of Agriculture and Life sciences. A team of experts from the Orange County Cooperative Extension, the Orange County Economic Development Commission, the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, NC State University, NC A&T University, University Field Laboratories and the Agricultural Research Service designed and implemented the program earlier this year.

With a number of local farmers expected to retire, it is very important to have a program like PLANT@Breeze helping a new generation learn the skills necessary to sustain our local food system. Local food production is a way of ensuring community self-reliance.

Right now, the PLANT@Breeze program desperately needs a tractor. Can you help Weaver Street Market raise $5,000 by January 6 to help buy a tractor for the next generation of farmers? Tractors are used year round for soil prep, soil tillage, mulch application, seeding of cover crops, disking, bush hogging, drilling post holes and more.

The Tractor Fund is a part of our Hope for the Holidays fundraising where part of your purchase of selected Hope for the Holiday items goes toward the purchase of the tractor. In addition to your purchases at WSM, you may choose to make a direct tax-deductible donation to Orange County Cooperative Extension with a "Breeze Farm" note in the memo line. Donations can be sent to Beverly Shuford, Cooperative Extension, POB 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278.

Envirobits

Recycle those batteries—or buy rechargeable!

Batteries may seem small and harmless, but they contain "heavy metals" like mercury, lead, cadmium, and nickel, which can contaminate the environment when they are thrown into landfills. Metals can leach into soil and water. When incinerated, some metals might be released into the air or concentrated in the ash resulting from the burning process. Household batteries should always be recycled!

For your convenience, Weaver Street Market has bins for recycling household batteries. The bins are short and blue: in Hillsborough, the bin is located inside, against the front of the store near the cafe and sink; in Carrboro, look for it outside the front door, along with some taller recycling bins; in Southern Village, look inside along the front wall to your left as you enter the store.

You can also recycle batteries at Orange County's Solid Waste Convenience Centers. (Note: these are different from the 24-hour Recycling Drop-off Sites.) For hours and locations, visit their website here or call for more information (968-2788).

Want to stop using up batteries altogether? Go rechargeable—rechargeable batteries and chargers are now available at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro and Hillsborough.


New Year's Eve Dinner & Holiday Hours

On New Year's Eve, Panzanella will be open with our regular Wednesday hours, with dinner service extended to 9:30 pm. We will be featuring dinner specials in addition to our regular menu, and are accepting reservations for parties of 6 or more. Call 929-6626 to make a reservation. View the complete special New Year's Eve menu here. Thursday, January 1 we will be closed for lunch, and reopen for dinner from 5:30 - 9:00 pm.
Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch).
Sign up for Panzanella's Enewsletter here.

Art Show & Reception

"Red Clay Fields and other paintings" by Vieni Pawloski Now - February 8 Artist's reception: Monday, January 12, 2009 5:30 - 7:30 pm open to the public Vieni Pawloski has a Caribbean soul. Although she was born and raised mostly in Eastern North Carolina, she spent her first six years in Bermuda, where she started school at age four. She discovered a love for drawing in pencil when she was seven, and has been drawing and painting ever since. After earning an AA degree in Graphic Art and Design from Alamance Community College, Pawloski worked as a graphic designer for 20 years. In the early 80s, Pawloski moved to the intensely creative environment of Berkeley, California, where grants and free community colleges allowed her to feed her intellectual and artistic hunger with a remarkable range of studies. At the San Francisco Art Institute, with classmates from all over the world, Pawloski studied philosophy with Angela Davis, sculpted in clay with Richard Berger, enjoyed the Diego Rivera Gallery, and read Sontag. She studied visual ideology with emphasis on avant garde art with Raymond Mondini, and began her career as a landscape painter in 1984, painting the Berkeley Hills and the Half Moon Bay pumpkin patches. In 1992, Vieni returned to her tropical roots to work in the Florida Keys as a field marine biologist for NOAA. She was married to a kayak nature guide, with whom she co-wrote a book entitled Sea Kayaking the Florida Keys. Finally coming home to NC, Pawloski graduated from UNC in 2005 with a BFA in Studio Art. She continues to paint the fields, old houses, country ponds and roadways of Orange County, but with an exuberant palette that reveals an irrepressible Caribbean soul. Vieni Pawloski 919-240-4084 email