By Emily Buehler, Weaver Street Market Website Coordinator If you’ve gone out picking, you know that the start of blueberry season in North Carolina brings clusters of plump berries. As the season continues, the berries become smaller and sparser, making it harder to pick a pint. This season, I’ve noticed that we seemed to miss…
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Summer Harvest
By Carolyn Twesten, Weaver Street Market Produce Merchandiser My favorite thing about buying local produce is the seasonality of it all. Sure it’s a bummer not to have juicy strawberries or tomatoes in January, but they taste so much better when the local harvest comes in, in season. There are certain dishes that I only…
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I Finally Tried Jackfruit
Jackfruit is a vegan meat substitute made from a tropical Asian fruit. It comes seasoned and ready to heat and serve.
Continue ReadingStriped Bass from Pamlico
This week, in addition to yellowfin tuna, fresh sea scallops, and backfin crab meat, Locals Seafood is delivering striped bass. These striped bass are farmed on the Pamlico River in eastern North Carolina, at NCSU’s Pamlico Aquaculture Research Facility, which is studying the viability of striped bass as a farmed species in our state. Farmed…
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Artisan Cured Meats on Sale this Weekend
La Quercia meats (pronounced La Kwair-cha) such as prosciutto and speck are cured by hand in a slow process that perfects the flavor, texture, and aroma. Curing has been performed for over 2000 years; the founders of La Quercia were inspired by the artisan cured meats they encountered in Parma, Italy. Curing consists of salting…
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Special Delivery: Burrata con Panna
This month’s Special Delivery cheese is Lioni Burrata con Panna. It has a solid outer curd of fresh mozzarella made into a pouch and filled with soft, stringy curd and fresh cream.
Continue ReadingGonna Dress You Up in Local Love
Our kitchen now makes four salad dressings, which you can find bottled to take home in the Grab ‘N’ Go case. Of course they’re great on a green salad—perfect when the temperature outside soars to 95 degrees—but they can serve as dips and sauces as well. The creamy cilantro dressing, made with Greek yogurt and…
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A Taste of England: Fortnight Brewing
Founded and run by a team that includes English natives and North Carolinians, the brewery uses English ingredients to brew beers like the ones the expatriots remember from home.
Continue ReadingKyōōkz Are “Artfully Pickled”
We interviewed Lindsay Bisbee, founder of Kyōōkz, about her locally made pickles. How did you begin? In 2014, I made homemade pickles for a Super Bowl party. I chose to make them myself because I have always loved refrigerator pickles, but wanted a bit more flavor without preservatives and artificial flavors. They were a hit…
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Peach Pastries
Peaches are in season, and our pastry bakers are making lots of peach treats. They’re all in stores except the Peach Mascarpone Tart, making a late arrival this year.
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