Farm Tour: 6 New Farms! Wine Sale & Show! Volunteer Fair Jazz Brunch & More SV Dog Parade

Strawberries: Factual, Fun, & Flavorful! By Heather Moseley, Pastry Department What fruit has about 200 seeds on the outside, is the first fruit to ripen in the spring, and is a member of the rose family? If you answered strawberries, you are correct! Strawberries have a long history that dates back to about 200 B.C. and are grown in every state in the U.S. Strawberries are good to you and good for you! (If you are pregnant be sure to eat your strawberries - one serving has 20% of the recommended daily allowance of folic acid!) If fresh strawberries are what you crave, we've got 'em! The produce department has ripe strawberries for you to take home and the WSM pastry bakery is busy baking up some of your favorite strawberry treats!   More...

Documentaries at Lumina The Louise Fund

New Spring Menus New Spring Drinks

Weekly Produce Specials

Recipe: Strawberry Sorbet

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Strawberries: Factual, Fun, & Flavorful! (continued)

We have Strawberry Rhubarb pie, Strawberry Shortcakes, Strawberry Cream Cakes, and so much more! So, stop by the WSM pastry counter to get a delicious strawberry dessert or pop by the produce department to pick up some berries to make something delicious at home! If you need a yummy dessert recipe for your strawberries, be sure to read the Strawberry Sorbet recipe below.

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Weekly Produce Specials
	Organic Minneolas	$1.29/lb.	Sweet & Tart
	Organic Fuji Apples	$1.29/lb.	Save 50¢/lb.
	Florida Strawberries	1 lb. clamshell	2/$5.00
Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials.

Recipe: Strawberry Sorbet

What you'll need: 1 cup water 1 cup sugar 6 cups of fresh strawberries 2 tablespoons of lemon juice 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or other liqueur (optional) How to make it: Place the sugar and water in a small saucepan, over low heat, and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved (about 3-5 minutes). Boil the mixture for one minute then remove from heat. Pour the sugar syrup into a heatproof container, and place in the refrigerator until completely chilled. This is your simple syrup. Place the fresh strawberries in a food processor and process until the strawberries are pureed. Transfer to a large bowl, add the lemon juice and liqueur (if using), and refrigerate until the mixture is chilled. Combine the chilled simple syrup with the chilled pureed strawberries. Pour the mixture into a 8 inch stainless steel pan (sorbets freeze faster in stainless steel), cover with plastic wrap, and place in the freezer. When the sorbet is completely frozen (3 to 4 hours), remove from freezer and let stand at room temperature until partially thawed. Transfer the partially thawed sorbet to the food processor, and process to break up the large ice crystals that have formed on the sorbet. (This step is what gives the sorbet its terrific fluffy texture.) Place the sorbet back into the pan and refreeze for at least three hours before serving. Serves 6-8

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10th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour Coming Soon! 6 New Farms!

Celebrate Earth Day this year by touring area small farms. The 10th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour will be held this year on Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24. Farms will be open both days from 1pm to 5pm. This year, thirty farms are on the tour! All proceeds benefit the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association. Advance buttons are $20 for all farms. Buttons and maps are available at Weaver Street Market locations. We will feature a new farm here each week until the tour. Dancing Pines: A New Beginning By Cat Moleski, Features Editor Do you dream of being a farmer but don't know quite how to get started? Bill Lelekacs of Dancing Pines Farm in Orange County has always wanted a farm. His grandfather was a farmer and his mom always had a big garden. As a young man he worked on a horse farm running a tractor and spreading manure. His mom says "he has farming in his blood." Bill is beginning to realize that dream, slowly, but surely. A few years ago, he attended a workday at Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Director Tony Kleese's farm in Granville County and returned for a couple of weekends after to continue helping with the planting. Later, he took a class at CCCC with Harvey Harmon of Sustenance Farm, and visited farms on the Piedmont Farm Tour. He purchased ten acres of wooded land and has cleared three quarters of an acre for production. And he hasn't quit his day job. With limited time and limited production space, Bill chose square foot gardening as the model for his farm. He uses organic practices, but is not currently certified. He tills by hand with a broadfork, leaving biodiverse strips between the rows to encourage beneficial insects, and slow the spread of pests and disease. Cover crops of Crimson clover and winter wheat, manure from down the road, and leaves from the Town of Carrboro are building his soil. Dean Brock of Brock Bee Hive keeps about half a dozen hives on his land, a great help for pollination on Bill's farm. Even though the amount of land he works is small, Bill is able to produce a nice variety of vegetables: red and green Romaine lettuce, red and green leaf lettuce, beets, Swiss chard, radishes, arugula, sugar snap peas, four kinds of tomatoes, six types of peppers, basil, squash, zucchini, green beans, and garlic. Currently, he sells mostly to restaurants, and in addition, he is working with Sandy Kronick of Eastern Carolina Organics, a local produce distributor, to sell his produce as well. Bill is eager to share his farming experience with visitors on the Piedmont Farm Tour who might be harboring their own dreams of being farmers. He'll be happy to answer questions about what it takes to get started, and show off his broadfork tilling technique.

Read more about other local producers.

First Annual Spring Wine Sale Continues! Wine Show this Saturday!

The wine sale continues through April 17. GREAT deals can be found on wines from around the world - some up to 40% off! This is a "no risk" wine sale, as you can sample every wine on sale at the upcoming wine show at Southern Village. The show in Carrboro was held this past Saturday and was a huge success. Customers purchased over $13,000 of wine! There's still some left, so if you missed it (or even if you didn't!!), plan to come to the show in Southern Village, which will be held this Saturday, April 9 from 1 until 5. Tickets are $5.00 and are available at both Weaver Street Market locations. A portion of the proceeds from the ticket sales will benefit Women's Birth and Wellness Center.

Read more about Women's Birth and Wellness Center.

See all of the wines on sale.

Volunteer Fair - April 16

The Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce presents its Fourth Annual Volunteer Fair on Saturday, April 16 from 10:30am until 2pm on the Weaver Street Market lawn in Carrboro. More than two dozen area non-profits will be on hand to recruit new volunteers and to spread the word about the work their agencies are doing. So, plan to . . . Stop By . . . Sign up . . . Help Out!

Jazz & More! Brunch Band Schedule, 2005. Sundays from 11am until 1pm

Our popular Sunday music series will return to the lawn in Carrboro beginning Sunday, April 17th. Bring a chair or a blanket to enjoy an eclectic mix of music and feast on fresh breakfast fare from our hot bar and pastry case - eggs, pancakes, home fries, muffins, croissants, and loads of fresh, hot coffee! April 17 - Saludos Compay Trio - original and South American Music April 24 - The Dave Youngman Group - classy jazz and blues sounds along with the smooth vocals of Lola Youngman

Find out about all of the Weaver Street Market Events here.

Southern Village Dog Parade - Saturday, April 16, 10am until 2pm

Bring your dog companion(s) to Market Street in Southern Village from 10am until 2pm to participate in contests: Best Trick, Best Costume . . . Win prizes! Win dog treats! A dog wash will be held to benefit the Orange County Animal Shelter. Dog portraits will be done by a local artist. For more information, call Bloom (one of the businesses on Market Street) at 942-9880.

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Documentaries at the Lumina Theatre in Southern Village

Be sure to see the documentaries below at the Lumina Theatre, located on Market Street in Southern Village. These films are shown in conjunction with the 10th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour, which will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24th from 1pm until 5 pm.... Saturday, April 16 at 11AM and Wednesday, April 20 at 2PM FREE OF CHARGE. For more info call 929-0010, ext 115. OPENING: The Future of Food by Deborah Koons Garcia The Future of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. If you eat food, you need to see the Future of Food. For more information about the film, visit www.thefutureoffood.com or www.organicconsumers.org. FOLLOWED BY: Standing at the Crossroads: A CFSA documentary video project by April Walton Standing at the Crossroads: Food & Agriculture in North Carolina puts a human face on the sustainable agriculture movement by exploring the histories, hopes and challenges of three native North Carolinian farm families. The video profiles how three farmers approach their work with the land as stewards and artisans, preserving not only our cultural heritage, but the natural resources that support it. This project examines the difficulties faced by these farm families as they stand at the crossroads of food and agriculture in North Carolina. April Walton's documentary was made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a state-based program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Bring Louise Back!

Thank you to all who have donated to "The Louise Fund". For those that don't know - Louise, pictured at left with musicians from the Carrboro Music Festival a few years ago, was vandalized last fall. Please contribute what you can into the donation jars at the Weaver Street Market registers to help Louise's creators repair her injuries and get her back on her bench at the corner of Weaver Street and Center Street.

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New Spring Menus!

We've changed our Brunch, Lunch and Dinner menus to reflect springtime goodies! The patio officially opens on April 12 but is already open on warm days - come on by and check out our delicious Spring Menus.

Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch).

New Springtime Drinks!

Panzanella has a new Springtime Drink menu with delicious offerings: Irish Eyes Green Crème de Menthe, Jameson's Irish Whiskey and cream. Shaken with ice, served in a martini glass Jelly Bean Sambuca, Brandy and Blackberry Brandy. Served chilled, straight up. Peach-Almond Champagne Peach Schnapps, Amaretto and Champagne. Served in a flute. Income Tax Cocktail Gin with a little OJ, dry and sweet vermouth and a dash of bitters. Straight up and cold. Vermouth Cooler Dry Vermouth, Pomegranate Juice, club soda. Served in a tall glass, on ice with an orange slice.

Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch).