Celebrate Americana Days on July 6th!
Foods for sale and live entertainment! Brats, Hot Dogs, Baked Beans, Apple Pocket Pies. Cheese curds!

10 am-11am Entertainment: Yankee Doodle Duggleby! Celebrate the red, white and blues of our nation's unique musical heritage with local musician John Duggleby. Accompanied by electric/ acoustic guitars, mandolin and drum, Duggleby covers two centuries of All-American classics, ranging from Stephen Foster and George M. Cohan to Bruce Springsteen and Chuck Berry. Singing along is not only permitted, but encouraged!

Calling All Chefs!

On July 13 the Northside Farmers Market presents our 1st Annual "Chef Challenge" Hamburger Cook-Off!
  
The winner will walk away with a $100 prize! Local chefs, professional and amateur, are invited to participate in the great Northside Burger Challenge. The burgers will reflect each chef's individual creation.

The only requirements being that one ingredient must be from a Northside Farmers Market vendor, and one from Pierce's Northside Market. All burgers must be prepared at the market from scratch. The winner will be judged on the basis of flavor, texture, consistency, blend of spices, aroma, and color.

The culinary event begins at 9:00 a.m. Judges will make their award at noon. Entry cost is $10. Call Dale Matthews at (608) 217-9631 or email nfmmanager@yahoo.com to enter.
  

Volunteer Spotlight - Marcella Sawick
by Lynette Jandl, photo courtesy of Jim Franck

Marcella Sawick moved to Madison because her sister Claudia Rosenbaum (one of the original organizers of the NFM) had come here to live and liked it so much.

Marcella helps at the info table with the Quest machine and often helps with opening and closing of the market, which includes setting up and taking down the two rest tents, tables and chairs, the info booth and the sandwich board signs that get placed around the area every Sunday.

Marcella adds humor and "let's get it done" energy to the tasks she works on and is a pleasure to be around.

Many thanks, Marcella!
  

Early Riser?

Are you one of those folks with morning energy to spare? Well, we could use your help to set up the market!

Call Chris Moore at 242-8572 and
help this Sunday!

New Products for Sunday

Our NFM Vendors anticipate these new products at the July 6 market:

Fresh perch
Sweet corn
Black caps (see right)
New baby red potatoes
Dill plants
Pizzelle cookies

 
New pastry vendor! Liz Chapa. Liz makes desserts for the Bon Appetit Cafe. She has danish, pinwheel tarts, galettes, chocolate carmel walnut torte, mini brioche braid, scones, and french bread.

New produce vendor! Juan Gonzales - El Jardin Escondido Los Abuelos. Juan has some unique produce that is typically grown in Mexico. Reina, Juan Gonzalez's sister, may cook some of their produce for Americana Days during the next market. They have Squash Flowers (used in quesadillas or breaded and fried), Alaches, Papaldos, Pepichas, and Epazote (a Mexican tea that helps one avoid the gastric discomfort that sometimes occurs after eating beans - ref: wikipedia).

What else you'll find at the market:
Angus beef, beets, bison, brats, fresh eggs, cabbage, cheese, chives, chocolates, elk, flowers, green onions, herbs, honey, milk, perch, preserves, radishes, rhubarb, spinach, strawberries, sour cream, syrup, yogurt. Hothouse cukes and tomatoes, too.

Fresh fruit juices, smoothies, coffee, biscotti, cookies and fresh bakery every Sunday.

This list could change due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances.

Ingredients
3 T. butter
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
3 dozen squash blossoms, chopped
3 C. chicken broth
1 C. half-and-half
Salt and pepper to taste

Pumpkin blossoms may also be used.

Recipe from The New Zucchini Cookbook and other Squash by Nancy C. Ralston and Marynor Jordan, torey/Garden Way Publishing, 1990

Directions
1. In a large saucepan, melt butter.
2. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft.
3. Add blossoms and stir until softened.
4. Add broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Pour mixture into a blender or food processor and blend until pureed. Return mixture to the saucepan, slowly add half-and-half and season to taste.
Serves 4.