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Valentine's! Valentine's treats will be filling our shelves this week as we gear up to bring warmth to our chilly winter. Chocolate is a must and we'll have assorted hearts from Lake Champlain. Local chocolate lovers will find a delightful selection from Luca Chocolates and New! Chapel Hill Toffee. Look for in-store tastings of both this weekend and next weekend. Peg Todloski, our wine merchandiser, has stocked the wine department with a fine selection of Rosés, Prosecco, and Bubblies. Look for Louis Perdrier Brut Rosé, Sant Evasio Brachett, Segura Viuda Cava Brut, Chateau Pesquie Cote du Ventoux Rosé, Soucherie Rosé De Loire, Bandol Rosé, Mioneto "Il" Prosecco, or Cremant d'Alsace Brut Rosé. More |
Luca Chocolates Flowers Alternative Meats II Peanut Butter Recall |
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| Celebrity Dairy Open Mic in Hillsborough Sustainable Food Seminars |
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| Weekly Produce Specials Weekly Meat Specials |
Seductive Salad Tastings: Luca Chocolates Every Day Low Price items |
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| Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, February 3 through Monday, February 9. |
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| Organic Broccoli |
$1.79 lb |
super low price product of California |
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| Organic Imported Blueberries | 6 oz. pkg 4/$10.99 |
product of Chile |
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| Organic D'Anjou or Bosc Pears | $1.29 lb |
product of Washington |
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| Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials | |||
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USDA Choice Beef, Boneless Top Sirloin Steak |
$7.99 lb |
All Natural save $2.00 lb |
| Locally produced Pork Dry Cured Bacon | $5.99 lb |
save $1.00 lb |
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| New item! Trident Heart Smart Wedges | 2.5 lb. bag $7.99 each |
Whole Pollock Fillets save $2.00 per package |
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| NC All Natural Farm Raised Catfish Nuggets |
2 lb. bag $4.99 each |
From our freezer save $1.00 |
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| Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials. | |||
| Seductive Salad | |
 From Wendy Hayes, Carrboro Produce ManagerNow I am going to share with you April's Famous Salad, which is also known as "The Seduction Salad," it's just so good. It's be perfect for a special meal and it's got so many tastes and textures going on that you don't really need much else, just a yummy baguette, crisped up in your oven. Oh, and some of your favorite wine. Ingredients: • Olive oil • Garlic, minced • 4-5 portobello mushroom caps • Red onion • Red wine • Italian seasoning • 1 red bell pepper • 1 yellow bell pepper • 1 ripe avocado • 1 ripe pear of your preference • Paper-thin slices of red onion • Mixed baby greens • Balsamic vinegar • Toasted walnuts (you can toast 'em yourself!) • Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste To prepare: 1. Sauté sliced onion (you don't need the whole thing if it's large) and minced garlic in olive oil until they begin to soften. 2. Add sliced portobellos and 1/2 tsp. of Italian seasoning. 3. Cook for about 20 minutes on medium-low heat, then add a cup of red wine and cook on low heat for about 45 minutes, until the liquid is cooked off. 4. While the mushrooms are cooking, broil the peppers in a generous amount of olive oil, turning them as the sides blacken. 5. When the peppers are thoroughly black on the outside, (keep a close watch on them, and don't start a fire in your oven!) plunge them into cold water, which will cool them and allow you to remove the blackened skins easily. Also clean out the insides of the peppers (the seeds). 6. Then slice the peppers into medium-thin strips. DO NOT TOSS OUT THE OLIVE OIL! Combine a couple of TBS of it with the balsamic, salt and pepper to make the dressing. 7. Now all you have to do is slice the other ingredients (avo, pear, left-over red onion). 8.Toss the greens with dressing, plate them, and arrange everything on top in a gorgeous way. I hope that you and yours will be pleased by all this deliciousness. As always, thanks for reading. Love, Wendy |
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| Tastings: Luca Chocolates | |
 Featuring passion fruit truffles for Valentines!Friday, February 6, 4:00-6:30 pm in Southern Village Saturday, February 7, 11:00-1:30 pm in Carrboro Saturday, February 7, 3:00-5:30 pm in Hillsborough |
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| Every Day Low Price | |
 To help you with your budget, Weaver Street Market has added many items to a selection of Every Day Low Price values.To see the list of these items, please click here. Look for these items throughout the store. |
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| Locally Produced! By: Elizabeth Friend, Contributing Writer Leslie Cooper, an Ashboro native and the innovative mind behind LUCA chocolates, is a woman of many talents. Recently she spent some time researching the nature of sweeteners to ensure her Sea Salt Caramels are supremely superb. Following up on customer suggestions at a Weaver Street Market product tasting, Leslie was inspired to learn more about alternatives to corn syrup. She hit upon Agave nectar, a honey-like liquid derived from the juice of the Agave plant. Though intensely sweet, it has a lower glycemic index than other natural sweeteners. The result: an amazing agave-based confection that combines the soft silkiness of caramel with dark chocolate and crunchy sea salt. So pleased was she with the outcome that she went on to concoct a smooth rich vanilla buttercream featuring an agave fondant that melts in your mouth. In case you needed one more reason to try these delectable treats, Leslie is whipping up a batch of passionfruit truffles as a Valentine's exclusive for Weaver Street Market. (Her classic flavors Sea Salt Caramel, Vanilla Buttercream, Cafe Au Lait, and Peanut Butter truffle are available year-round.) Look for these phenomenal confections in the Specialty Department, nestled among the cheeses, wines and chocolates that make Valentine's Day so decadently delightful. Luca Chocolates LOCALLY PRODUCED CHOCOLATES assorted flavors $3.99/4 pks $7.49/8 pks $10.99/12 pks |
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 Fresh and beautiful for Valintine's Day or any day!Local Lilies, grown by Sarah & Michael's Farm Roses - super fresh, florist quality single rose bouquet - $2.99/each 3-stem rose bouquet - $6.99/each One dozen - $24.99 Valentine Mixed Bouquet - $9.99/each 10-stem Tulip Bouquet - $9.99/each Iris Bouquet - $9.99/each |
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| An Alternative Veggie Meat - Part II | |||
 By Emily Buehler, Contributing WriterLast week we high-lighted Quorn, an alternative vegetarian meat product that's made of fermented mycoprotein instead of the omnipresent soy. This week we'd like to introduce Sunshine Burgers—on sale through the month of February in the freezer section! Sunshine Burgers are the brainchild of Carol Debberman, who grew up in America's farm-belt as a "closet vegetarian." Once old enough to cook for herself, she began experimenting with veggie burgers to supplement the woefully lacking vegetarian options available at the time. She read up on nutrition to pacify her mother, who kept telling her she'd die from her vegetarian diet. Today, Carol is the co-owner of Sunshine Burgers, made in a small former-bakery in Ellenville, New York, and distributed to markets nationally. Sunshine Burgers are made of sunflower seeds, a good addition to any diet: sunflower seeds are one of the best whole food sources of Vitamin E, known to reduce the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. The burgers are full of protein, fiber, healthy unsaturated fats, minerals and phytonutrients. They are soy-, dairy-, wheat-, and gluten-free. If you're looking for a real "cookout burger" flavor, Sunshine Burgers may not be right for you. The flavor tends to be nutty, or perhaps "rice-y." But if you're looking to diversify your alternative meat options or just want a healthy vehicle for your mustard, grilled onions, or fakin' bacon, Sunshine Burgers are a great treat. |
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| Peanut Butter Recall | |||
 Weaver Street Market is pulling any product that has the tainted peanut butter. We are monitoring the situation daily and are doing everything possible to make sure that only safe peanut products are on our shelves.All the peanut butter we use in our bakery and pastry products comes from Hampton Farms. Their peanuts are not a part of the recall. Please email us if you have any questions or concerns. |
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| Board Meeting |
 WSM Board meetingWednesday, February 18, 6:30-9:30pm The Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month in the Community Realty building on the northwest corner of Weaver and Greensboro Streets in Carrboro. Meetings run from 6:30-9:30pm and all owners of the Co-op are welcome to attend as observers. To confirm an upcoming meeting, please contact the board here. |
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| Celebrity Dairy | |||
 Come on out to Celebrity Dairy!We have some Great Deals and wonderful Events going on for the new year. If your looking to get a little R&R after the hectic holidays this is the place to come. Let us cook for you! Come and enjoy a 20% discount on all of our rooms for any two night stay through the months of January, February, and March and a 30% discount for any 3 night stay. Check out our upcoming events! Spring Open Barn - rain or shine To keep the dairy accessible, we've come up with the following: Celebrity Dairy "Open Barn" days - we host two "Open Barn" afternoons each year at the beginning and end of our cheese making season - when we have a standing invitation to anybody interested to come visit - rain or shine. Opening the year - February is the peak of kidding season. The Saturday and Sunday of the weekend before Valentine's Day 12:00-5:00 PM is our spring open barn. We'll have lots of kids by then, and chances are pretty good that more than one birth will occur that day. No matter what the weather, the action occurs in the barn, and under a roof. Come dressed for the weather. If you're hungry, we'll have food and beverages available in the Inn. |
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| Open Mic in Hillsborough Now - Thursday nights | |||
 Just in case your THURSDAY evenings are as quiet as ours, we're inviting you to our acoustic musicians' open-mic night, every THURSDAY from 6:30-8:30 pm.Greetings from the Weave to the north! Those of us who made the pioneering trip from Carrboro don't see you so much anymore, but we hope you didn't forget about us. Coming up! February 5th: The Whompers February 12th: Victor Murillo February 19th: Tim Stambaugh February 26th: Charles Pettee March 5th: Doctor Oakroot We expect to see y'all (especially those of you with songs to play) some Thursday night very soon. |
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| Sustainable Food Seminar | |||
 Next seminars February 4 and 18The Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, in partnership with the student organizations Farmhand (Duke) and FLO Food (UNC-CH), announce a six-part seminar series discussing food systems. The seminars are supported by the Robertson Collaboration Fund, and organized by Dr. Elizabeth Shay (UNC-CH) and Dr. Deborah Rigling Gallagher (Duke). The seminars showcase the theory and practice of sustainable agriculture and food production and supply—key elements for sustainable community development and the rapidly evolving sector of sustainable enterprise. Presentations will be made by leaders in the movement for food systems that are secure, efficient, just, and health-promoting. They will share * The facts about the operations and products of their enterprises * Their motivation for pursuing sustainable models * The barriers they face * Their views on how their industries fit into the local and regional food systems and how they are evolving. Seminar locations and speakers are subject to change; the conference organizers ask that you please RSVP here to ensure you are notified of any changes. Please email them with questions, comments or concerns. |
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Buy local—local powerNC GreenPower Many of us daydream about living "off the grid" and not using the resources associated with electricity production, but few of us are truly able to live without electricity. Thankfully, there's an alternative we can feel good about: the NC GreenPower program. Through this program, consumers can pay extra to buy electricity from "green" energy sources. Weaver Street Market purchases 10 percent of its electricity from green energy sources this way. NC GreenPower is a nonprofit that started back in 2001 to improve North Carolina's environment through voluntary contributions toward renewable energy. The nonprofit seeks to supplement the state's existing power supply with more green energy (electricity from renewable resources like the sun, wind, and organic matter). Consumers can pay $4 to add 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green energy to North Carolina's supply. So if your household uses about 275 kWh each month, by buying 3 blocks, or 300 kWh, of green energy for $12, you've bought enough green energy to cover all your electricity use! And the "purchase" is tax-deductible. What's more, the average person can become an electricity generator with a small solar photovoltaic or wind system, selling green electricity to the power companies with the help of NC GreenPower. Requirements include that the system be small (generating 10 kWh or less) and interconnected with the local electric utility. A look at the map and list of current NC GreenPower generators here reveals many generators right here in Orange and Chatham Counties! Applications for would-be generators are posted online. |
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| To read more about NC GreenPower and our local energy producers, visit their website here. | |||
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