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National Soup Month
by Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer
Ah, January! By now you should be well used to the cold, seeing as we had a dusting of snow in parts of Orange County before Thanksgiving this winter. Remember last year, when it was balmy out even as New Years approached? I'm not complaining; I like winter to be wintry, and it's a whole lot more fun to think about soup when the weather is cold. The annual January "Get Your Chowder On" newsletter is a perfect fit. As always, my first thought upon hearing 'chowder' is bread bowls. More

Heart Healthy Beans

Board Enews

Classifieds Due
Wild Plant Class

Artist's Reception

Weekly Produce Specials
Weekly Meat Specials

Soup Tastings



National Soup Month continued
You've seen them at touristy seafood restaurants: the gutted round loaf filled with creamy chowder, its ripped-up bread-y insides crowding around it on the plate, begging, "Pick me! Dunk me next!" The typical bread bowl is made from a small sourdough boule. Serve this at a dinner party and your guests will exclaim with delight, "Oh! Look at this!" when it reaches the table. But if you want to get into Martha Stewart Living, why not try a rustic bread bowl? It may be square, but its crust is just as thick as the sourdough's. The rustic has more bran, which may be helpful in these inactive winter months. And the small rustic loaf is a little bit smaller than the small sourdough boule, making it feasible for your guests to finish eating their bowl. (You may, however, want to keep the chowder pot nearby for refills.) If you can't handle new-fangled square dishware, why not fancy up your sourdough bread bowls by using the olive herb bread instead? It's made with the same sourdough dough, with a plus: built-in seasoning! Next up: dunking bread, and once again the recommendation goes to rustic. It is thick and super absorbent—a better vehicle for soup than some of our more delicate breads. It also makes great croutons, so if you can't eat a whole loaf fast enough, you can toast it in cubes to garnish your leftover soup later in the week. One final benefit: it has corners, making it more appealing than round loaves to rip up for dunking. Creamy potato soups and chowders may be appropriate for bread bowls and dunking, but tomato soup requires something entirely different: grilled cheese. Many of Weaver Street Market's pan breads will do nicely, depending on what you're looking for in a grilled cheese sandwich: • Old-school cafeteria style? Try wonderful white bread • A healthier bread that's not too wheat-y? Try oatmeal bread. • The toasted appeal of sunflower seeds? Try sunflower bread. • The bread-my-mother-could-love? Try half wheat bread. • More grains, less crunch? Try seven grain bread. Finally, we come to the clear, broth-y soups. They don't cry out for dunking, and I wouldn't trust them in a bread bowl. Still, a bowl of soup alone on the table seems a sad dinner indeed. But a bowl of soup with a grain-loaded slice of Vollkornbrot next to it will fill you up nicely. Rustic and sourdough breads are available everyday at all Weaver Street Market stores. Pan breads follow a weekly schedule (available at the Bakery Counter), and the Vollkornbrot appears first thing Friday mornings. You can special order breads two days in advance to ensure availability. Then enjoy your soup, stay warm, and have a happy start to the New Year!

Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, January 6 through Monday, January 12.


	Organic Blueberries	6 oz packages 3 for $10
	Organic Satsuma Tangerines	$1.69 lb
	Organic Gala Apples	3 lb bag $3.99 each

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials

	Luther Lewis Crab Cakes	3 for $9.99	Locally produced!
	Trident Naturals Sockeye Salmon	12 oz package $7.99 lb	From our freezer section Save $2.00!
	Locally produced - Grady's Breakfast Sausage	$3.79 lb	save 70¢ lb
Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials.


Soup Tastings

To celebrate National Soup Month, Weaver Street Market is sampling out their homemade soups each week: January 9 - 15, Minestrone Suggested topping: Parmesan Cheese Crostini Available on the Hot Bar and Grag 'N Go Case Sample: Friday, January 9, 4:00-6:30 pm in Southern Village Saturday, January 10, 11:00-1:30 pm in Carrboro Saturday, January 10, 3:00-5:30 pm in Hillsborough

Heart Healthy Beans

Today is Bean Day!

Beans have it all—protein, carbohydrates, and fat, the magic nutritional combo that we all need. Luckily, beans are low in fat and high in fiber, also a much needed nutritional element. The recipe below is simple and tasty. I make up a huge batch and keep it my refrigerator to snack on, add to my salads, or have as a side dish with any meal. Don't forget the Beano!

Easy Bean Salad

1 can kidney beans
1 can black beans
1 can Great Northern Beans
3 stalks spring onion chopped fine
1/2 cup parsley chopped fine
3 cloves of garlic crushed
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
juice of one lime

Rinse the beans in water and drain. Mix gently with all the other ingredients and let sit to chill for one hour in the refrigerator. Serve on top of salads, or with chips.



Board Enews

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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.


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. Contact Vieni at her website.
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