Say Hi to your vendors!

http://www.thezahradkafarm.com/recipe/stuffed-peppers

The Zahradka Family Farm 

has been bringing fresh produce to the

Tuesday Market each week.

The corn is sweet, the tomatoes are fresh

and the peppers are abundant!

Stuffed Peppers

Hot peppers include cayenne, jalapeno, and habanero Peppers make a great addition to cold salads, sandwiches, stir fries, roasts, soups, and casseroles. Larger varieties can be stuffed with rice and ground beef.  Remove stem and seeds, stuff cavity with meat & rice.  Mold rice & beef into a ball by adding a raw egg, place in baking dish-cover & cook slowly till rice & meat are done.

The Green Onion Market, 

located at 5500 Harford Road, features locally made products on the shelves.  Lauraville Laundry detergent, Healing Fields soaps, a variety of pickles and a selection of fresh products from Kinderhook, are just some of the choices available.

     

http://www.healingfieldswbc.com/index.html

https://www.facebook.com/greenonionmarket

Kinderhook Snacks joins the Tuesday Market in Lauraville

http://kinderhooksnacks.com/

Enjoy black bean brownies, triple ginger cookies, buttermilk herb popcorn, Old Bay popcorn,

rosemary & brown sugar walnuts...with figs, and crispy cheese stamps.  Delicious!

Too bad the salted chocolate chip cookies disappeared so quickly.  But, no problem - 

Kinderhook Snacks are on the shelf at the Green Onion Market.

Pressed Panini

is still a hit at the Tuesday Market each week from June - October.

http://pressedpanini.com/

Rising Up Bakery

joined the market last week.  Great granola selections!

http://risingupbakery.com/

Prigel Family Creamery

is a crowd pleaser.....

http://www.prigelfamilycreamery.com/

... just ask the crowd!

   

                      

Tony Fetter's Fruit Farm
The peaches are out of this world!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tony-Fetters-Fruit-Farm/284386124921509

Peach Smoothie

Crushed ice

1/2 c  Peach Daiquiri mix

1/2 c  Milk

6 oz.  Vanilla yogurt

1/4 c   Orange juice

Touch of honey

Blend all ingredients in a blender & enjoy!

It's all about the berries!

For those who have been following our artists' progress as new "berry seats" appear each week, you will be happy to know that the project is nearly finished.  It's all about the berries.  This week, help us paint the final berries that will soon find a home on the roof at the Tuesday Market in Lauraville.

Berry seats offer unusual seating at the market.

Jeanne-Marie Burdette works on the final rooftop berries.

Peaches anyone?

Stop by Tony Fetter's Fruit Farm to pick up some delicious peaches ... and while you're there, be sure to pick up some recipes for Peach Daiquiris, Peach Smoothies, and Peachy Milkshakes, too!  

Meet two of our newest vendors to the Tuesday Market:

Meet David from Frank's Gourmet Chips...

...and Cliff from Brooks Brand Salsa!

Take a load off...enjoy a dinner prepared just for you....listen to some music

and relax with your neighbors.

Thanks to Blue Water Baltimore for a rain barrel workshop.

If you missed this workshop on July 31st, another will repeat later in the season.

Stay tuned.......

Berries Galore

Berries aren't just delicious in pies, ice cream, freshly picked and popped in your mouth, but they also make great seats!

As you may remember, we were honored to be awarded a "Transformative Art"grant, from PNC and the Baltimore Office of Promotions, earlier on this year. The project is now in full swing with berries popping up around the market. 

Jeanne-Marie Burdette has been hard at work creating each berry. She is currently in the process of making the small lightweight berries that will be found on roof, coming out of the soon-to-be created basket. 

The berries that are currently sprawled across the market grounds have been being put to good use by many...

________________________________________________________________________

This coming Tuesday July 31st, we have special musical guests:

Michael Carrigan & Norm Bull

Also, we would like to take this time to thank Chef Mac's Louisiana Cuisine for pleasing our lovely market crowds for four years! Thank you, for all that you do!

Heat of the Summer Sun

Despite all the heat, the market still goes on. Ways to beat the heat...

1. Think about cooler weather and transforming your fresh produce into preserves. Cucumbers to pickles? How about peaches to jam, for those cold winter mornings that need some brightening...  

2. Enjoy the sweet sounds of Queen Earth at the market, or in your own home year round, with her cd. 

3. Stop by and hangout with the kids from BUGS, they can help educate you on what they are growing down in Harbor East.

4. Find a picnic table in the shade and enjoy the company of your family and friends, while you try to forget how hot it really is, and enjoy some farm fresh dinner fare.

Market Days

And another market day is upon us. While we can't seem to shake this heat spell, or stop talking about it for that matter, we can attempt to cool off with some juicy fresh fruit and ice cream from the market. Or perhaps relax on one of the artistic berry seats scattered through the market lot.

Market goers cooling off with some Prigel Family ice cream. What is your favorite flavor?

Relaxing on the berry seating that is scattered through the market lot. Which berries can you recognize?

If it is just too hot for you to even think about cooking, why not whip up a quick and nutritious smoothie with Tony Fetter's Fruit Farm's or Zahradka's fruits and veggies. Cantaloupe and Peach? Rainbow Chard and Peach? 

What are some of your favorite hot weather recipes, to help you stay cool? Come stop by the market and let us know! 

The Mayor, A Photo Booth, Steel Drums, and Food

If you haven't visited the market yet this season, today is the day that you should stop by!

1. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will be making a special appearance at the market in the early evening, so come on out and show your love for your neighborhood, market, and vendors!

2. This season we have a few more 4-wheeled friends who have joined us. GoGo's Retread Threads is back with her vintage finds, but we also have Busia's Kitchen (formerly Wolfe Street Cuisine) serving up hot pirogies and other delicious Polish fair, as well as Souper Freak ladling seasonal warm and cold soups of all varieties! 

A customer trying hard to decide which Polish delight to try from Busia's Kitchen

Souper Freak's operation wouldn't be possible without the hard work of the children both in and outside of the truck

3.  St. Veronica's Youth Steal Drum Orchestra will also be performing this evening. This is always a treat to listen to, and we are pleased to welcome them back to the market! 

Jamming at the market last year.

4. The Green Onion is also back to the market, providing customers with fresh local meats, cheeses, and other delicious products. Their recently opened storefront is located on the corner of Harford Road and Hamilton Avenue. 

Winston Blick of Clementine, and Colter, represent The Green Onion at the market

5. Not that the above reasons aren't enough already for you to come check out the market this week, but Live Baltimore will also be making an appearance with a "photo booth" for you to document your visit to the market, and to share your neighborhood love with the world! 

Hope to see you at the market from 4pm-8pm this evening!

Art Projects

It can be really nice to sit down and do an art project every once in awhile. You know, take out your random box of art supplies that includes everything from scissors and glue sticks to glitter and foam animals. Anything goes in art boxes, the more random, the better.

Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street is pulling out their large art supply box, along with their exciting PNC and Baltimore Office of Promotions & The Arts grant that they were recently granted. With a slightly more organized art box then you might find at your house, the Transformative Art Project grant will provide the area with exciting public art forms.

Currently there are two projects in the works that will address the ongoing and historical presence of urban agriculture in the area, adding on to the two street murals that were put into place last year.

The first of these design ideas include a large carrot sticking out of the soon to be open Green Onion space, located on the corner of Harford Road and Hamilton Avenue.

The second design project will be located on the market lot, and will consist of a large basket on the roof, filled to the brim with market goodies, and have berries falling from the basket creating seating around the market lot.

We hope that you are as excited about these innovative art projects as we are! Stay tuned for more art and market updates, as we slowly slide closer to opening day. In the mean time, crack open that old art supply box of yours and get to your own creative projects.