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New Year's Resolutions! With the New Year often comes new promises, new commitments, and new goals. Whether or not you made any formal resolutions this year, chances are you've spent a little bit of time thinking about what you would like the year 2010 to hold for you. We hope that Weaver Street Market can be your partner in achieving your goals. Many people see the New Year as a time to recommit to themselves: getting fit, losing weight, and eating healthy. We help you through our commitment to serve as your buying agent, bringing you fresh, local, organic products that fit with a healthy lifestyle. More |
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| Weekly Owner Specials Weekly Produce Specials Weekly Meat Specials Value Recipe |
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| Open Mic Classifieds Due Carrboro Poet Laureate Safe Skills Event Farmers' Markets |
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| New Bar Specials 10th Anniversary Coming! Art Show |
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| National Soup Month! Recipe: Soup Stock Everybody Loves Pie! |
January Newsletter Food, Inc. Envirobits |
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| Weekly Owner Specials | |||
 • Wild Caught Alaskan Coho Salmon • Weaver Street Market-made Chipotle Pimento Cheese • Nueva Cocina Soups • Lucini Soups and Salad Dressings • Seedless Florida Juice Oranges • Weaver Street Market-made Sourdough Pan Bread • Great deal for all shoppers: Pabst Blue Ribbon 12 pack |
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| View this week's owner specials here. | |||
| Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, January 5 through Monday, January 11. |
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| Virginia Pink Lady Apples |
3 lb bag $3.00/bag |
save $1.49 |
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| North Carolina Strawberries | 1 lb pack $3.50 each |
tunnel grown! Save 49¢ each |
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| Organic Mangoes | 3/$5.00 |
Product of Brazil |
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| Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials | |||
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Grass-fed Rump Roast |
All Natural $5.99 lb |
save $1.00 lb |
| Locally Produced Pork Barbeque | 12 oz pkg $6.99 each |
Eastern Style save $2.00 on 12 oz pkg |
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| Value Recipe | |||
 Our weekly value recipes incorporate lots of our On Sale items! Click below to view this week's value recipe: Slow Cooked Rump Roast and Fruit salad |
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| National Soup Month | |||
 It's January, it's cold, my pockets are empty and I feel fat. What a great time to make soup a regular guest at the dinner table! Good thing January is National Soup Month. To help celebrate the month, reduce our waists, and go easy on the pocketbook, Weaver Street Market will be featuring recipes and ideas for lots of great soups. This week we'll help you get started with a simple Bean Soup recipe and a simple stock recipe.Bean Soup from Cindy Gudeman of RE/MAX and regular shopper at WSM in Southern Village I make this bean soup every Christmas, it is a family favorite. After our traditional Christmas Eve gathering of family and friends, I use the ham bone and do the following: Wash 2 pounds of dry navy beans. Add 4 qt. of cold water; soak overnight (or, simmer 2 minutes; remove from heat; cover and let stand 1 hour, this is what I typically do). Do not drain. Add 1 meaty ham bone, 1t salt, fresh ground pepper, 2 bay leaves. Add 1 medium chopped onion and 1 c finely chopped carrots. Cover; simmer all day, at least 4 hours. Remove ham bone. Mash the beans slightly with a potato masher until it has a thick consistency but do not mash too much. Cut the ham off the bone; add ham to the soup. The more ham the better. Season to taste. ENJOY! |
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 Stock is a nutritionally dense, flavorful, low calorie way to start a soup. Because stock is made from bones and vegetables, it contains many healthful properties. It's what makes chicken soup delicious and healing. Ingredients: - any pieces of chicken with the bone or turkey wing plus any beef meat you've got, on or with the bone, (plain beef bone will do as well with poultry meat) - water, salt, allspice, black pepper, dried bay leaf, thyme - 1/2 root of celery, 1-2 parsnip's root, 3-4 carrots, 1 leek, 1 onion you may also add little garlic, dried wild mushrooms. Directions Cover the meat and veggies with cold water, add all spices - cover and simmer on a slow heat for a couple of hours. (Meat/bones can be frozen). Check few times during cooking time, if there's enough liquid. If you need to add water (meat and veggies have to be more than fully covered), add boiling water to replenish the fluid. After 2-3 hours of slow cooking remove all ingredients and strain the rest to remove any remains of spices and food. At the beginning of cooking, you'll notice how the white foam (protein) will begin to collect on the top of the pot. Many people like to remove it for the aesthetics, however I recommend leaving it for more intense flavor. Always taste the stock and add more salt or any other spices if necessary. After 2-3 hours you'll have a delicious stock with a bouquet of flavors! Your soup will taste fantastic! And once it cools down, any extra fat will accumulate on the top. Just remove it with a spoon. For topping the soup chopped parsley leaves are perfect! |
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| Everybody Loves Pie | |||
 Celebrate Pie! National Pie Day January 23 The Weaver Street Market Pastry Department is celebrating January a little differently this year. We will be celebrating one day in January. Don't take this the wrong way - we think the entire month of January is awesome, but one day is truly special. We have one day this month that could be a national holiday (if we have our way) someday. Before you look on your official calendars, stop! You won't find it. Congress has overlooked the importance of this day so far. Never fear: where the government drops the ball, the pastry bakers are ready to take over and not look the other way! Join us in celebrating the not-quite-official National Pie Day (January 23). On National Pie Day, January 23, we will be selling our 6" pies at half price so that everyone can celebrate. You can also try 3 new flavors of pies all month long: Sake Fruit Pie, Chocolate Almond Silk Pie, and a new recipe, Sweet Potato Pie made with North Carolina sweet potatoes. The American Pie Council has established January 23 as National Pie Day. So celebrate! Help us affirm National Pie Day on January 23 at all Weaver Street Market locations. Go Pies! Free 6" pie! For the first 100 customers at each store that purchase and donate canned goods on January 23 ONLY. Canned goods will be donated to the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service and Orange Congregations in Mission. |
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| January Newletter | |||
 The Weaver Street Market print newsletter is no longer direct mailed, but is still available for pick-up at all three WSM locations. You will find a link to it here. |
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| Food for Thought | |||
 Food, Inc. by Cat Moleski, Contributing Writer I watched Food, Inc over the holidays, I know, not a very festive holiday film. While this documentary is designed to shock and educate, I found that much of the information contained in it I already knew. So if you ve been paying attention and reading about the state of our food system, you won't find it all that shocking, except for the graphic pictures of feed lots and slaughter houses. If you haven't had the time or the energy to research food trends, organics, Monsanto's travesties, etc., Food, Inc is a must see documentary. I was pleased to see at the end of the film how on target with their recommendations that Weaver Street Market is with our food policies and direction: local and organic produce, locally grown and grass-fed beef, pasture raised pork, free range chickens and eggs. Weaver Street Market was the first local supermarket to stock local milk from a single source: Maple View Milk Farm. We provide a commercial outlet for local free-range egg producers; we removed products from our shelves that contained high fructose corn syrup and trans fats. Most recently, we committed to selling only 100% grass-fed beef because it is so much healthier for our bodies, and our environment. Our new food house positions us to be able to produce and distribute the largest amount of locally produced prepared foods in the area. This film emphasized a trend that I've been watching for awhile; big business and our government are trying to put small family farms out of business. By passing legislation for both big and little producers, they ignore the problems created by the big guys, punish the little guys and limit the choices for consumers. By sourcing as much as we can locally, Weaver Street Market supports our local farmers, hopefully ensuring that they will be here for years providing safe, nutritious food for you, our shoppers. The film also addresses the high cost of cheap food. Cheap, fast food is cheap because giant agra-corporations use massive amounts of chemicals, fillers, and unsafe working and processing practices, often in a foreign country where our union and FDA regulations can't touch them, but just as often in our country with regulations that have no teeth or subsidies that create imbalances in production and price. Wow, what's a consumer to do? Well, if you shop at Weaver Street Market and your local farmers' market you've already taken the biggest step toward providing safe, nutritious food for your family. You're also voting with your food dollars for a better, stronger food system. What else can you do? Educate yourself: rent Food, Inc.; sign up for the Organic Consumers Association newsletter; join Cornucopia Institute (an organics watchdog organization) and become a member of Weaver Street Market. |
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| Open Mic |
 Hillsborough store Acoustic Open-MicEvery Thursday 6:00-8:30 pm January 7: Tim Stambaugh - Uncle Tim, Uncle Tim / We don't know what he may bring / But 'cos we like to hear him play / We asked him over anyway. One year anniversary shenanigans with one of our founding fathers. January 14: Chocolate Martini Therapy - Louise Thompson Bendall of Watermelon Sugar bringing her new project for the delectation of Hillsborough's elite muserati. Music designed to make you feel "cool, tingly, smiley, giggly." January 21: Mark Cool - Our old pal and long-time supporter revisiting us with new songs and old friends in tow. |
| Classifieds Due |
 Sunday January 17, 9:00 pmClassified ads for our February print newsletter dated: February 3 - March 2, are due by 9:00 pm on Sunday, January 17. The cost is $15/month for owners and $20/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 Classifieds here. |
| Carrboro Poet Laureate |
 To all Carrboro residents:The Carrboro Arts Committee has extended the application deadline for The Town of Carrboro Poet Laureate. The Newly Extended Deadline is noon on Friday, January 8, 2010 Applicants must have been a resident of Carrboro for at least one year. The Poet Laureate of Carrboro serves a two-year term, beginning with the announcement at the West End Poetry Festival in October. Submit three poems (up to 2 pages in length/poem) following these guidelines: 1. Two copies of each poem 2. One copy with name, address, email, phone(s). 3. One copy with no identifying information—only the poem and title. 4. Poems can be of any style, but applicants should keep in mind that poems should be accessible to a wide family audience. 5. Include two copies of a statement (up to 2 pages in length) as to why you want to serve as Carrboro's Poet Laureate, what role you see poetry playing in the community, and any ideas you might already have for increasing the awareness and appreciation of poetry. Submit one copy with name, the other a blind copy. 6. Poet Laureate applications will be reviewed blindly by the members of the Arts Committee. 7. Applicants will be notified in January 2010. Applications should be sent electronically as a WORD document, attached, as well as pasted into the body of the email to Kim Andrews or by mail to Carrboro Recreation and Parks, 100 North Greensboro Street, Carrboro NC 27510 |
| Visit the Town of Carrboro's Website here. |
| Safe Skills Event |
 NEW YEAR, NEW YOU! On Saturday, January 16th, SafeSkills ~ Movement Arts is sponsoring a one day event of health related information and activities. Joe and Terry Graedon of the People's Pharmacy will present a talk, answer questions and sign their newest book, Favorite Foods: Mother Nature's Medicine. There will also be Favorite Foods refreshments, a massage therapy presentation and a Discover Yoga! class. The event is free and open to the public at the SafeSkills training center at 3702 Hillsborough Rd. For details visit www.SafeSkills.com or call 644-1335. 10:30-11:30 am Discover Yoga! This introductory session will let you discover the physical and mental benefits you can reap through yoga. No previous experience is needed. Presented by Beth Seigler, co-founder of SafeSkills ~ Movement Arts. 11:30 to 12:30 A New Approach to Massage, a presentation by Stewart Walker, LMBT. a massage therapist with over 30 years practice will talk and demonstrate the benefits of therapeutic bodywork. 12:30 Sample a few Favorite Foods 1:00 to 2:30 Joe & Terry Graedon of The People's Pharmacy: Talk and book signing. From everyday almonds to tasty Turmeric, you will find something that fits your taste buds and can help improve your health in Joe and Terry Graedon newest book, Favorite Foods: Mother's Nature Medicine. They will be talking and answering your questions about foods to improve your health. Favorite Foods From the People's Pharmacy pulls together both science and anecdotes concerning various foods with exceptional nutritional as well as medicinal benefits. Radio talk show hosts, nationally syndicated newspaper columnists, PBS TV hosts, lecturers, guests on Dateline, 20/20, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and the Tonight Show. The Graedon's have co-authored numerous books together and have over 2 million books in print. |
| Farmers' Markets |
 The Eno River Farmers Market is Accepting New Vendor ApplicationsThe Eno River Farmers Market in downtown Hillsborough, a year-round, Saturday morning market, is accepting vendor applications for 2010. Information and applications can be found here. Deadline for receipt of applications is January 30, 2010. Applications are open to farmers and crafters within 60 miles of Hillsborough. We are looking especially for vendors of honey, jams, preserves and pickles. We look forward to receiving your application! Email Leila Wolfrum, Market Manager, or phone (919) 308-3686. South Estes Farmers' Market January - March: Saturday Market 10 am to Noon We'd love your help gathering information about you and feedback on the market! Please click here to take our 2009 Customer Survey The market is e x p a n d i n g Interested in becoming a market vendor? Click here to find out more about joining the market. We are accepting applications for new vendors now until January 9th. Become a Friend of the Market Advise the board of directors and help organize market activities. Please email or join the group directly to become involved. Thank you for your support of South Estes Farmers' Market this year! Carrboro Farmers' Market Hours: Saturdays 9am - Noon Wednesday and Thursday Markets are currently closed for the season 301 W. Main St. on the Town Commons next to Town Hall. All produce comes from within 50 miles of Carrboro. |
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| Board Meeting |
 There will be no regularly scheduled Board Meeting in January.
The Board will be on retreat. Meetings open to owners will resume in February. |
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| Envirobits |
 Excited about Plastic Recyclingby Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer A plastic bottle recycling plant is opening this year in Fayetteville! Clear Path will make bottles into carpet and industrial goods. Their plant will initially have the capacity to recycle 160 million pounds of PETE #1 (about 2 billion bottles) a year. The demand should push up prices for resin and bottle scrap—good news for Orange County recycling. Putting bottles (empty with no caps) into the recycling system is the best way to help—plus it puts you in compliance with NC law prohibiting plastic bottles (and aluminum cans) from the trash. Speaking of recycling plastics, the Association for Post-Consumer Plastics Recycling (APR) wants more information on what types of rigid plastic containers consumers use. They are conducting a somewhat complicated survey in which participants save and categorize the plastic containers they use over a two-week period. Start now—the survey ends January 30. Download a copy of the survey here. (If you don't have a scale, just write in the numbers and kinds of containers.) Visit APR's website here; for more information contact Elizabeth Bedard of APR (603) 528-1896). |
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| Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch). | |
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