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I did not think it was anything special when I went a few weeks ago.

I am also in...... but not quite decided yet on which soup. (My default will be a chilled beet soup)

I made some recently with mushroom stock. That was quite good.

I think the new Cork Market on 14th St NW has verjus....

Thank you, Gennaro, both for organizing a great event and the excellent write up afterwards. I WAS disappointed with the breads. I have had them at lunch and they were wonderful but they were not memorable last night. And thank you, Sudhir, for all the fascinating information about Indian dishes.

It was just in the parking lot but cozy and a fair number of customers at 11 am when we got there. A good little market with plenty to buy (but no breads) that reminded me of how Dupont started 10 years ago. Nostalgic. Worth the walk. Tree and Leaf was there for their last day until March sometime when they return with harvest from the NEW farm -- we bought salad, baby bok choy, broccoli, . Bev had lots of meat at Ecofriendly. Busters had oysters. Chris had soups and empanadas. Cedarbrook had pork, Sunnyside etc... I think there were 8-10 producers.

My husband and I will be there as well.

Cork Market on 14th just north of S carries Stumptown roasted beans....

Husband and I had lunch here today. Interesting spicing and sauces. Good Naans. Worth a group lunch or dinner to explore the menu in depth.

I will be there with a friend but don't know what time yet.

Our first time and boy, do we regret not having come every friday. In two weeks, whole barbecued shoat with a break for Thanksgiving week!

LAST Market of 2009 -- Free hot cider for our customers. And thanks you for coming all season! Please add a vegetable to our basket for Martha's TAble so that they can make a more delicious soup for the 1700 people they feed every day. MT is our gleaning partner at the market and our farmers contribute every week. A sample of some of what we will have at our last market on Saturday 9-1 at 1`4th and U Streets NW. *HALF PRICE SALE on LARGE WINTER SQUASH at KUHN. These include her amazingly good Italian varieties. Not only are they pretty, but much more flavorful than most American squash. *Cherry Glen fresh and aged chevre and aged goat cheeses like Monocracy and Ash *All of Dolcezza's FAll flavors in Gelato and Sorbet *Lois' pecan pie, sweet potato pie, whoopie pies, pumpkin rolls at Pecan Meadow-- Kuhn has a very large variety of apples, both modern and traditional AND the now famous APPLE bags that will keep them crisp in your fridge for weeks, if not months. GARNER was threatening to sell half bushels of greens on sale -- ask Bernard and Dana Pastured, Grub eating Turkeys at Truck Patch - he will probably have extras if you have dithered about reserving..These are not heritage but they are pastured. Flowers from Elaine Faucher... Keswick Yogurt to drizzle on your squash soup. I love Keswick yogurt for savory purposes. I think the acidity goes very well with food. Jersey milk, of course. Keswick quark and ricotta for your pumpkin cheesecake... Keswick Cheeses to serve with apples and pears ---or to make into Cheese Wafers ! Greens to braise and saute and stir fry: collards, kales, spinach, chard, mustards, turnip, mizuna. Celery, carrots (roast them in olive oil and rosemary), baby fennel, kohlrabi. Salads, lettuce mixes, arugula, mesclun Brussels sprouts to bake and saute --(I hate them boiled) Green and fractal Romanesco Broccoli Green, Red, Purple and Cheddar Cheese Orange Cauliflower Red, white, Napa and Savoy Cabbages-- sweet, baby bok choy to stir fry with garlic. Old Fashioned Sweet Potatoes -- red and white --Slice, roast and sprinkle with salt, cumin and lime... or mash them with butter and a drop of soy sauce. Potatoes to bake, boil or mash-- Beets and baby beets with their greens Winter Squash: Butternut, Acorn, Carnival, Spaghetti, kabocha, kuri.--varieties to mash, puree, roast or make into soup. They make pretty centerpieces in mounds, too. Or nice bowls for soup. Loose Pork (maple, sage, ground country) sausages to season your stuffing. Bacon, too. 15-20 varieties of apples to eat, saute, bake or make into apple sauce Fresh herbs for every dish. Turnips to braise in butter or roast or mash. Free range Eggs at Truck Patch, Mountain View and Pecan M... Pheasant Tortellini with butternut squash puree if you are looking for an unusual Thanksgiving appetizer. Pick up your Reserved Turkeys from Truck Patch Truck Patch pork and Angus Beef, Pecan Meadow's half Piedmontese beef and lamb, chickens, geese, ducks for the freezer.... Copper Pot: Peanut Butter at Copper Pot made from Virginia peanuts. Stefano will have a huge assortment of pastas, jams, sauces and other treats at Copper Pot: a pork pate ( cooked in a jar), Jams: Strawberries and vanilla, blackberries and ginger, quince and cinnamon, peach and prosecco, nectarine and bourbon, apricot and rosemary, figs and balsamic, red beets and rhubarb, Concorde grapes and grappa, and the new pear and ginger . All his classic sauces. Pastas: beef tortellini, rabbit ravioli, duck ravioli, ham tortellini, pheasant, sausage and sage, spinach and ricotta, maple roasted butternut squash, pumpkin pappardelle, the new Italian- style maccheroni and cheese, rigatoni, spelt cavatelli.

LAST MARKET OF 2009; Free hot cider to our customers. Just a partial list, a sample, of what we will have at market on Sunday, First and R Streets, 10-2. Rain or Shine. * SALE on pastured Rose Veal and pastured Goat bones at Painted hand -- $2/pound *Bags of bread cubes for stuffing at Panorama *Sales on Panorama breads *Unannounced sales on Greens -- check with Garner. Bernard was going to discount half bushels of greens *NEW: Chez Hareg is back in the market with sweet potato pie, apple pie, French butter cookies, Vegan cookies and desserts, Sugar Free Cookie NEW: Peanut Butter at Copper Pot made by Stefano Frigerio and approved by his three kids! * Keswick Yogurt to drizzle on your squash soup. Keswick quark and ricotta for your pumpkin cheesecake... Keswick Cheeses to serve with apples and pears ---or to make into Cheese Wafers ! Greens to braise and saute and stir fry: collards, kales, spinach, chard, mustards, turnip, mizuna. Celery, carrots (roast them in olive oil and rosemary), baby fennel, kohlrabi. Salads, lettuce mixes, arugula, mesclun Brussels sprouts to bake and saute Green and fractal Romanesco Broccoli Green, Red, Purple and Cheddar Cheese Orange Cauliflower Red, white, Napa and Savoy Cabbages-- sweet, baby bok choy to stir fry with garlic. Old Fashioned Sweet Potatoes -- red and white --Slice, roast and sprinkle with salt, cumin and lime... or mash them with butter and a drop of soy sauce. Potatoes to bake, boil or mash-- Beets and baby beets with their greens Winter Squash: Butternut, Acorn, Carnival, Spaghetti, kabocha, kuri.--varieties to mash, puree, roast or make into soup Loose Pork (maple, sage, ground country) sausages to season your stuffing. Bacon, too. 15-20 varieties of apples to eat, saute, bake or make into apple sauce Fresh herbs for every dish. Turnips to braise in butter or roast or mash. Free range Eggs Reid's Ciders to mull with spices or use it to brine your turkey. Grass-range Turkeys Reid's own Apple and pumpkin butters -- great with the turkey and stuffing and biscuits. (And pancakes, too!) Stefano's jams make great dinner party gifts.... Pheasant Tortellini with butternut squash puree if you are looking for an unusual Thanksgiving appetizer. Pick up your Reserved Turkeys from Truck Patch and your Lamb from New Asbury. Stock up on Painted Hand's grass fed goat and pastured veal, Truck Patch's Pastured Beef and Pork, New Asbury's Lamb (Fresh sausage, loin roasts, shoulders, bone in and boneless chops, steaks) for Christmas and for your freezer. Copper Pot: Peanut Butter at Copper Pot made from Virginia peanuts. Stefano will have a huge assortment of pastas, jams, sauces and other treats at Copper Pot: a pork pate ( cooked in a jar), Jams: Strawberries and vanilla, blackberries and ginger, quince and cinnamon, peach and prosecco, nectarine and bourbon, apricot and rosemary, figs and balsamic, red beets and rhubarb, Concorde grapes and grappa, and the new pear and ginger . All his classic sauces. Pastas: beef tortellini, rabbit ravioli, duck ravioli, ham tortellini, pheasant, sausage and sage, spinach and ricotta, maple roasted butternut squash, pumpkin pappardelle, the new Italian- style maccheroni and cheese, rigatoni, spelt cavatelli.

Just spoke to Stu. They are working on the website so that is why it is down. Definitely open.

Other Turkey Choices: Truck Patch has pastured, grub eating, grass ranging Turkeys you can reserve at 14&U on Saturday or Bloomingdale on Sunday. These are not heritage breeds but they have been raised outdoor on grass.

New or Noteworthy HUGE Sale at Garner: 1/2 BUSHEL of green beans or sweet potatoes for just $12. A crazy low price. Sweet potatoes last months in a cool spot in your home. Blanch and freeze the green beans. Or pickle and can them. LAST WEEK for GREENSTONE. TONS of log grown local shitakes, eggs, Long lived flowers and maybe some greens. SALE at New Asbury's Loudoun County meadow lamb..20% off on ALL cuts except roasts and ground lamb. Very tender, very flavorful. NEW APPLES added to the 2 dozen varieties at Reid: deep dark red Black Limbertwigs (spicy and aromatic), Pink lady and Golden Delicios Sandy Miller is back at Painted Hand. Try her sunchokes. . DC Food For All http://www.DCFoodForAll.org is throwing a fundraising party Saturday night, Oct 25th, from 5p-9p at the Big Bear Cafe. Proceeds will go to support the DC Food Finder (www.dcfoodfinder.org), an interactive map of food resources in DC. RSVP at dcfoodforall@gmail.com. Meat fans: Did you know that you can you can email Joan and Bill and pre order your lamb - info@newasburyfarm. com You can also pre order chicken, special cuts of their pastured pork or Angus beef from Truck Patch: order @Truckpatchfarms.com. And if you want a whole goat or a special cut of veal, email Sandra@ pa.net Greenstone Fields Farm: The cold weather has slowed down their flower fields so this will be their LAST WEEK THIS SEASON. MUSHROOMS, MUSHROOMS, MUSHROOMS. Beautiful lilies and FALL FLOWERS grown on pesticide- free land. Bouquets and Stems. Dried flowers Very long vase life and vibrant colors. Barbara and Dennis are bringing a LOT Of their wonderful log- grown shitakes. Not available at any other market in DC. Come early for their eggs from chickens that run free on grass. Be sure to stop by and tell them to come back next year. Keswick Creamery: Free samples of ALL the cheeses Sandy has at the stand-- the cheddars, the aged Carrock, British style Lesher, Wallaby (for people who like a good, creamy Monterey Jack), Dragon's Breath (for hot pepper lovers!), and Dutch style Vermeer, 4 kinds of Fetas, and Blue Suede Moo (one of the few true blues made in the US), Soft cheeses include German style Quark cream cheese, a whole milk ricotta fresh soft Bovre and Maddy's chocolate pudding. Melanie created it for her little girl, Maddy. s. Painted Hand: Eggs if you come early, humanely- raised veal (scallopini, chops, ground and stew veal, bones for making veal stock, marrow bones, Bratwurst, tongue, organ meats), maybe some osso buco shanks!), young goat (leg, chops, and ground) Grass- fed Jersey beef steaks. SnowBear: tomatoes, peppers and eggplants are still growing but slowly in the fields, the last of summer. Onions. Carrots. The BEST PARSNIPS in DC (no, I am NOT exaggerating), wonderful celery, bok choy, spinach, mizuna, chard, ustard, kale, beets, lettuce, Asian cabage, daikon ( Reid has a huge selection cooking and eating apples. Haralson, Stayman, Ida Red, Nittany, Macoun, Cortland, Fameuse Snow Apple, Honeycrisp, Gala, Golden Supreme, Jonagold, Pinova, Yataka, Northern Spy, Cox Orange Pippin. Cider: apple, apple-grape, and apple-cherry. Apple butters. Apple butter and quark are delicious together on toast....we like it better than peanut butter and jelly at our house. They also make great hostess gifts if you want to bring something other than wine to dinner... Garner: Pumpkins. Red and yellow peppers as well. Plus Collards. beets, spinach, arugula, mustard greens, turnip greens, red bore kale, leaf lettuce, Swiss Chard, baby turnips, lots of winter squash ( acorn, butternut, spaghetti, carnival, pretty green kabocha, red kuri. Neck pumpkins look like an elongated butternut squash but they sure taste like pumpkins and make great pies, summer squash, green and yellow beans, potatoes, , sweet potatoes.... cherry tomatoes. SALE on green beans and sweet potatoes. Lima beans, black eyed peas. Copper Pot: More Fall flavors of pastas, sauces and jams from our favorite Italian chef. I had the goose confit ravioli late last night when we came home from Santa Cruz. (Two VERY delayed planes). Truck Patch Farms: Truck Patch Farms*: Hot peppers, stir fry mix, chard, curly kale, arugula, salad mix, and lettuce. Mint, chives, garlic chives, and dill. A very few tomatoes, summer and zucchini squash. Cucumbers and yellow, purple, and green beans. Broccoli. Black Angus grass fed beef, pastured pork products and eggs. Panorama Artisanal Bakery will have MORE bread than last week. More deep brown Pumpernickel, more whole wheat, more baguettes (French, Whole Wheat, Sun dried Tomatoes and Walnut Raisin), more Danish, more muffins, more croissants, more sliced multi grains, more orange brioches, more poppy seed and sesame seed boule.....mounds of breads. Bicycle Clinic: Air. oil. repairs. Dan White is our"head wrench" but we need more volunteers to help him. He can teach you everything you want to know about fixing your bike and helping other people, too.

The 14&U market runs until November 21st, so 4 more weeks to go. It IS supposed to rain on Saturday but the producers will all be there. New or Noteworthy: Garner is running a big sale on green beans and sweet potatoes: 1/2 bushels of either for 12 dollars, an incredibly low price Kuhn has very beautiful and very tasty pastel Italian winter squash Mountain View has Japanese sweet potatoes, Thai and Japanese winter squash. Japanese sweet potato are starchier and drier than American sweets. They are almost chestnut like in flavor. Good in tempura or pan fried. I have not tasted the Thai and japanese squash yet but Atilla says they are very rich and very flavorful. The Thai squash are gorgeous. They look like an ancient Japanese tea pot. Kuhn has a very nice variety of apples both modern and some heirlooms: Honeycrisp, ambrosia, jonathan, gala, cortland, shizuka, jonagold, liberty, stayman, fuji, gold delicious, Northern Spy. Good Cider. honey.. chestnuts. haricots verts, tomatillos. McCleaf has sweet potatoes, UV filtered Cider to preserve the freshness of the apple taste. Kale, apples, apple butter, peppers, tomatoes, onions Garner: Pumpkins. Red and yellow peppers as well. Plus Collards. beets, spinach, arugula, mustard greens, turnip greens, red bore kale, leaf lettuce, Swiss Chard, baby turnips, lots of winter squash ( acorn, butternut, spaghetti, carnival, pretty green kabocha, red kuri. Neck pumpkins look like an elongated butternut squash but they sure taste like pumpkins and make great pies, summer squash, green and yellow beans, potatoes, , sweet potatoes.... cherry tomatoes. SALE on green beans and sweet potatoes. Lima beans, black eyed peas. Keswick brings their full range of aged raw milk cheeses and fresh pasteurized ones. I have really fallen for their aged Carrock and the Vermeer and Wallaby this season. Copper Pot: Copper Pot: NEW FALL FLAVORS. Pumpkin Pappardelle, maple and butternut squash ravioli, braised beef, slow cooked lamb, braised rabbit and braised goat tortellini. New sauces. Rosemary and apricot jam, Nectarine and Bourbon, Concord Grape and Grappa.... white fig and balsamic, peach and prosecco, strawberry and vanllla. Pecan Meadow EGGS. Lois has pumpkin whoopie pie, pecan pies, apple pies, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin bread. All from local produce. Cornmeal from their own indian corn that Ryan grows and that they grind themselves. Indian Corn Popcorn. Yes, their beef is great. All grass- fed and all grass- finished beef from half Piedmontese cows. Steaks - Porterhouse, T-Bone, Delmonico, Sandwich Steak, Sirloin. Eye Round, Chuck and Arm make easy- to- cook slow roasts and stews for rainy days and cooler nights. Ground Beef at a small local family farm butcher who works with one or two cows at a time. Ground to Daniel's specs. Hamburger Patties, Bones, Liver, Heart, Tongue and Tail for humans and dogs! Plus their meadow lamb! Truck Patch: EGGS. Stir fry mix, chard, curly kale, arugula, salad mix, and lettuce. Mint, chives, garlic chives, and dill. Hot peppers, tomatoes, summer and zucchini squash. Green beans and broccoli. Black Angus grass fed beef, pastured pork products and eggs. com Panorama: baguettes, Rustiques, multigrains, pumpernickels, olive oil buns, rye, whole wheat, challah, croissants, pain au chocolat, sticky buns, Danish and lots of other things as well! You want soup and bread for a rainy day or a cooler night. Or grilled cheese! Dolcezza: MORE THAN JUST A DESSERT for a summer's day. Rob is making Fall flavors with pumpkins and pears. Some of their sorbets are savoury....and many people use them as appetizers or serve them between courses. The Lemon Opal Basil is a perfect palate cleanser!

There will be TWO "demonstration" markets -- one on Friday the 16th October and the other a month later in November.

HUGE Sale on Eggplant today Sunday Garner picked a huge quantity of eggplant last night and is selling them for less than a dollar a pound for people who buy in quantity. Ratatouille time, caponata, pickled eggplant, baba ganoush....etc Stefano is sampling his new tortellini today

I just had dinner there and the service was absolutely fine tonight. The chicken liver was excellent, the corn soup superb, very good country sausage with mash... However, the NOISE level is very high and by 8:45, it was too noisy for us after two pleasant hours of dinner. I noticed that the background music was cranked higher several times after 8 pm....

1-8 would include the setup and breakdown time. I suspect the market itself is probably 3-7...

NEW: Lois' PUMPKIN WHOOPIE PIES ARE BACK Many new Apples including Honeycrisp and Gala New varieties of seedless grapes Celeriac at Mountain View Sweet Potatoes Acorn, Butternut, Kabocha, Carneval Squash SALE on Tomatoes SALE on Filet Mignon Steaks at Truck Patch Hot Italian and Sweet Italian Sausage at Pecan Meadow Lots of Grass Ranging Eggs to make egg salad or fritattas for your picnics. Asian BITTER GOURD at Kuhn LOUFA Sponges -- really! Grown by Garner I always thought Loufas were sea sponges, but they are actually cucumber related seed pods: http://www.luffa.info/index.htm Want a free range chicken with flavor? Pre Order from Pecan Meadow at bluemountainbeef@juno.com or Truck Patch at order@truckpatchfarms.com Pecan Meadow Pastured Meats and Baked Goods: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies are finally back this week along with pecan pies and pumpkin breads. Th. If you like beefy, grass- fed steaks, try their sirloins, t bones, NY strip and sirloins for your grill this weekend. I roasted one of their Italian breed of chickens last night . Excellent and even better cold today for lunch. Lots of lamb, ducks and chicken eggs. All humanely raised outside on pasture. NEW: Hot Italian and Sweet Italian Sausages. Mountain View: These cooler nights are great for their salad greens! Lovely beets to Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, Eggplant, peppers, Basil Acorn Squash. Onion. Garlic. Herbs. Atilla really indulges his Hungarian genes when he grows peppers -- every variety of hot and sweet! Keswick Creamery: Aged, award- winning raw milk cheeses, blue cheese, feta, ricotta, German quark and yogurt, chocolate pudding. Mix some garlic and/or herbs into the yogurt and serve on grilled meats or vegetables... Panorama: Olive Oil Buns for your burgers-- the very same ones that Central serves on their 25 dollar hamburger. Parmesan Hamburger Buns. Rustique. Pumpernickel. Whole Wheat. Rye. Croissants and lots of other breads. Faucher Meadows: DC's most beautiful flowers grown just 45 minutes away in Elaine's 3 acres flower meadows in Great Falls. Sunflowers and lisianthus and perhaps a few more of those tall, chic Mexican tuberoses. Copper Pot: The heat has broken and it is time for Stefano's filled pastas again. Just remember to keep them frozen until you simmer them. Don't boil them aggressively. These are delicate creatures. Ravioli, Tortellini, fettucini, maccheroni, freshly canned local tomato sauces and his wonderful jams. I gave them as gifts to my French friends who were wowed by the unusual combination. Blackberries with ginger, red beets and rhubarb, white figs and balsamic, peaches and prosecco. They had NEVER had jams like Stefano's and they all begged me to bring more next year. So I will! Dolcezza Artisanal Gelato and Sorbet: Rob adds new flavors every single week and you can sample each one of them! Gelato has only half the fat and calories of regular ice cream! And twice the flavor. Kuhn: Cresthaven peaches & nectarines, yellow and white, flat peaches, three plum varieties, blackberries, raspberries tomatoes, cherry tomatoes. tomatillos onions, shallots, fennel, edamame, honey ,cider, basil, Ginger Gold apples,cucumbers and some mixed flower bouquets. And Asian BITTER MELON (bitter gourd), a favorite Indian and Chinese and Vietnamese vegetable, a sort of prehistoric cucumber with attitude. McLeaf: white and yellow peaches, honey crisp, gala and ginger gold apples, kale, swiss chard, cukes, cherry tomatoes, Fall Squash, onions, melon Garner: corn, tomatoes, green, purple, Roma and yellow wax beans, baby limas and black eye peas, summer squash , basil , potatoes for potato salads, green, purple, yellow, red bell and frying peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, shallots,okra, eggplants, melons, onions, NEW: Sweet potatoes and loufa sponges. Corn Tip: Cut off kernels from cooked corn, plated them as though they were rice or pasta... and top them with a roasted tomato and a dollop of pesto and a few shavings of parmesan cheese. Easy, pretty and very good TIP: Grilled Peaches and Nectarines are great. Cut them in half, grill them cut side down. Top them with ice cream or yogurt. They are very sweet grilled. Truck Patch:. Heirloom Tomato Sale: Buy several pounds and get a discount. Buy many pounds and get a bigger discount. Slow roast them in the oven and freeze them for the winter, make sauces, can them, make gazpacho, sun dry them. Summer Squash. Squash Flowers. Radishes. Green, yellow and purple beans (Three bean salad) Lots of fresh, young pesticide free greens from their raised beds: lettuce, mesclun, arugula, stir fry, Water Melons, last of the Cantaloups, peppers, jalapenos, cherry bombs, basil, chives, rosemary, lemon verbena, 3 kinds of sage. Canning Tip for Heirloom Tomatoes: Bryan says that Heirloom tomatoes need a bit more acidity so he always adds a tsp of lemon juice to his heirlooms when he cans them. For Labor Day picnics: pork spare ribs and shoulders and sausages, pork steaks, chops, loins. Truck Patch Pastured Meats are a favorite of local and Baltimore chefs. SALE on Filet Mignon grass fed beef. Want Beef? Brian recommends Sirloins for your Labor Day Barbecues. I agree. Excellent flavor. . All pastured meats, from animals who live and graze outdoors. Very humanely raised. The beef is grass fed and finished on choice which means that he offers the cattle of choice of grass or grain but they prefer to eat the grass, so they do!

Labor Day Sunday at BFM: Reid's 2009 Cider makes its first appearance. Lots of Sales on Tomatoes -- Firsts, Seconds, Heirlooms for sauce, canning, roasting, freezing.... Sales on Filet Mignon Steaks at Truck Patch -- grass Fed Black Angus Many new Apples including Honeycrisp and Gala New varieties of seedless grapes Real Celery with lots of flavor at SnowBear Sweet Potatoes Acorn, Butternut, Kabocha, Carneval Squash And a curiosity: Garner grew LOUFFA/ LUFFA sponges this year. It is NOT a seaplant as I always thought but a seed pod of a cucurbit (gourds, pumpkins, cucumbers) family. He is bringing them for the first time this Sunday. They are supposed to be particularly good sponges. I am definitely going to buy one and try it out. Plus Keswick's raw milk cheeses, Painted Hand's GOAT and VEAL, Copper Pots pastas and jams and sauces, Panorama's Olive Oil buns (the same ones they bake for Central's hamburger), Greenstone's superb shitake mushrooms, and all the summer bounty of eggplant, tomatoes, cukes, squash, greens,salads, peppers, okra, potatoes..., Truck Patch's pork -- spare ribs, sausages, bacon...

Sunday Aug 2 at BFM Panorama is introducing their new Mark Furstenberg created MUFFINS and SCONES. (Mark is a consultant to Panorama inbetween preparing to open his new Cafe next month.) Introducing Panorama's NEW MUFFINS AND SCONES. More will be introduced next week. Blueberry Whole grain Corn Classic Scones Raisin Scones Mark Furstenberg wrote: "Loic will be offering a new seasonal muffin, blueberry right now, made with whole blueberries in a faintly sweetened buttermilk batter. Panorama will be selling as well a crunchy corn muffin with whole corn kernels, a whole grain muffin, coarse and sweetened with dried fruits and crunch with nuts. All of them are made with White Lily flour, some contain whole wheat flour as well and all of them are deliberately low in sugar but full of taste. We are trying to make pastries whose flavors are not overpowered by sugar. We are using whole grains where they make sense. That is not to say, however, that they are being offered as health food. They are being made simply to taste good. Customers will find as well a new scone. And what a scone! Butter, buttermilk, White Lily flour. And from time to time we'll slip in a little surprise -- perhaps some dried fruits, perhaps a little candied ginger -- we'll see." Keswick: Grill or bake some eggplant slices and top them with Keswick yogurt seasoned with garlic and herbs. Grill or toast a Panorama baguette lightly, rub it with a garlic clove, smash a half tomato on it until the bread is SATURATED and top with Keswick Cheddar. The BEST Tomato Cheese Sandwich, according to my oh-so-British husband. (Well, he is really South African but they have all those British tastes!) Chocolate Pudding, ricotta, quark, feta and 12 aged raw milk cheeses. Blue cheese goes very well on fennel salads. Painted Hand: ((Watch out for the August Washingtonian. I think Sandy will be written about....)) Sandy has wonderful, young and tender goat for barbecues, humanely raised ROSE veal, eggs.Veal scallopini, rib and loin veal chops, veal cubes for stews or shish kebabs, veal burgers, osso bucco and Italian sausages (sweet & spicy). Goat shoulder roasts (great for curry), goat shanks -- roasting and breakfast links cased in collagen, NOT pork casings). Garner: Ask Bernard! If you're not sure how to pick the best melon or a great ear of corn he will be happy to help. Bernard is proud of what he grows and wants you to have the best every visit. Crenshaw melons, striped German Tomatoes, WATERMELON, sweet corn, tomatoes, cantaloups, peppers of many colors, cherry tomatoes, new potatoes, sweet onions, back berries, five kinds of eggplant, Anne Oakley okra, cabbages. yellow and green squash and zucchini . Truck Patch: Like last week but with many more heirloom tomatoes. Mesclun, chard, spring mix, curly kale, cucumbers, green beans, red and white spring onions squash, Athena cantaloupe Basil, lots of summer squash, , sausages. Make your own pork burgers from ground pork. it is a nice change from beef burgers. But if you have a taste for grass -fed beef....Truck Patch raises Black Angus.. Lots of great pork- boneless chops are great and he will have lots this week. Ask for his eggs, too. Chives. Basil and other herbs. Heirloom, cherry, and beefsteak tomatoes, peppers (sweet and hot) . Pre-order a chicken at <mailto:order@truckpatchfarms.com>order@truckpatchfarms.com TIP: Canteloup Slaw: Grate a just slightly under ripe peeled melon or push it through the julienne disk of a food processor), add 1/2 tsp of finely chopped, then salted and mashed- with -a -fork- ginger and 1/2 cup of yogurt. I don't have Keswick yogurt here so I used a local sheep milk yogurt. ( It's excellent) Mix. Serve in a shallow bowl topped with a small leaf basil leaf or mint. This was great. We have the recipe that inspired me from the LA Times on the market table. Their version is curried and sprinkled with lime. Copper Pot: NEW Veal osso bucco. Plus all his regular filled fresh and dried pastas. Jams with attitude.... and the sauces! I stashed some in the freezer so that I will have something wonderful to look forward to the day I get back from vacation.... If you want to try your hand at Osso Bucco we have Veal at the Painted Hand tent Ingredients SNOW BEAR: Of course Jim and Nancy have lots of Tomatoes - all kinds. Green, yellow and purple beans to make 3 bean salad. Fresh onions. Eggplant. Squash. Fresh garlic. Chard. Leeks. Peppers. Potatoes and their blackberries. Greenstone Fields: Their Shitakes love this humidity! Sweetest possible Triple blackberries (boy I wish they were so sweet here in Provence where they are never so sweet because it is too dry!) lots of even longer-lasting lisianthus, new lily varieties, delicious heirloom tomatoes, garlic, basil-- flower bouquets. Basil makes a delicious salad all by itself. Great with sliced tomatoes. And now is the time to make a batch of pesto every single week and freeze it in ice cube trays for the winter. TIP: Don't add the pine nuts or the cheese until you defrost it. Reid Orchards: Caitlin is bringing Gooseberries, black and red raspberries, the best red currants I have tasted in DC or France this year, LOTS of peaches, white and yellow,nectarines, early season apples, Plums and apricots. Sugar Snaps.. Blueberries.... Common Good City Farm will have the freshest and most local of our local produce because they harvest 2 hours before the market at their farm at Gage-Ekington School at 3rd and V. Bicyclette Bicycle Bicicleta Air, Oil, Advice - get consultation on simple to advanced repairs. Come by, show off your bike, chat with other bike lovers, watch the work on other bikes and ask questions, entertain the grommets underfoot, see if there's anything you can pitch in to do while waiting! Dan White and other volunteers (YOU?) will be bringing their tools and leading the Bloomingdale Bike clinic: from 11 am- 1 pm.

August 1 at 14&U Saturday is both the U Street 10th Annual Dog Day Sales up and down 14th and U Streets. The epicenter will be the market because we are also hosting the U Street Neighborhood Associations CELEBRATION. One prize will be a raffle drawing of a basket of food from the market. Our producers will also have Dog Day Sales at their stands. NOT ALL THE SALES ARE LISTED BELOW. The Biggest Event is that Panorama is introducing brand new Muffins and Scones created by Mark Furstenberg for Panorama. Anyone who has missed Mark's corn muffins will be happy again because he has created corn muffins, blueberry muffins, whole grain, classic scones and raisin scones. ( Choc Chip Muffins will debut next week.) Mark wrote this about the muffins he has created (as a consultant to Panorama in between working on the opening of his new Cafe) "Loic will be offering a new seasonal muffin, blueberry right now, made with whole blueberries in a faintly sweetened buttermilk batter. Panorama will be selling as well a crunchy corn muffin with whole corn kernels, a whole grain muffin, coarse and sweetened with dried fruits and crunch with nuts. All of them are made with White Lily flour, some contain whole wheat flour as well and all of them are deliberately low in sugar but full of taste. We are trying to make pastries whose flavors are not overpowered by sugar. We are using whole grains where they make sense. That is not to say, however, that they are being offered as health food. They are being made simply to taste good. Customers will find as well a new scone. And what a scone! Butter, buttermilk, White Lily flour. And from time to time we'll slip in a little surprise -- perhaps some dried fruits, perhaps a little candied ginger -- we'll see." In addition the MUFFINS AND SCONES WILL BE INTRODUCED ON A DOG DAY SALE. DOLCEZZA ON SATURDAY SORBETTI from local fruits and vegetables: Athena Cantaloupe Tarragon Cucumber Mint Vodka Lemon Opal Basil Lime Cilantro White Peach Yellow Peach Southern Comfort GELATI made exclusively with local milk and cream Bananas Foster Black Mint from local mint Espresso Black Cat Lemon Ricotta Cardamom with Keswick Ricotta Nocciola del Piemonte Valrhona Chocolate Amargo Take one with you as you peruse the market and the U Street Sales. And since it is only half the fat and calories of regular ice cream, you won't risk your waistline. Mountain View: 25 varieties of sustainably grown heirloom tomatoes. Beans. Metki White and Persian Cucumbers to chop with tomatoes and feta for that perfect Greek Salad....(Yes, you have to buy some olives..) Snap up those cukes for your gazpacho. Beets to make that wonderful spiced Beet Gazpacho from David TAnis Book (he calls it Spiced Borscht but so many people have an uncharitable view of borscht that I renamed it) that i will serve tomorrow at a dinner..: Italian Chioggia, Yellow Cylindrical and Red Ace. Lovely little French shallots. (I use them every night here to make my salad dressing. Chop them, salt them, crush them with a fork, macerate them in sherry vinegar or lime juice. Then add olive oil. Blend.) Lots of onions: Copra, yellow Spanish, Red. Swiss Chard. Steam, boil, saute or grill their French Fingerlings. Boil, bake or mash the yellow fleshed German Carola spuds. Leeks are the foundation of all my neighbors' cooking here in Provence. They chop leeks for every recipe but they stuff onions for baking. Funny. And peppers: tons of greens to grill or saute with sausages, a few Jimmy Nardellos and lots of different hot peppers including Chinese Five Color and Volcano. Keswick: Grill or bake some eggplant slices and top them with Keswick yogurt seasoned with garlic and herbs. Grill or toast a Panorama baguette lightly, rub it with a garlic clove, smash a half tomato on it until the bread is SATURATED and top with Keswick Cheddar or their award winning Vermeer. The BEST Tomato Cheese Sandwich, according to my oh-so-British husband. (Well, he is really South African but they have all those British tastes!) Chocolate Pudding, ricotta, quark, feta and 12 aged raw milk cheeses. Blue cheese goes very well on fennel salads. DOG DAY SALE on the Washingtonian's favorite CHOCOLATE PUDDING! McCleaf: Corn. Corey dug new red and white potatoes last week, so take advantage of their freshness to make steamed potatoes with herbs, potato salad, or steamed potatoes with their steamed green beans in a lemon vinaigrette topped with chopped mint. Yellow peaches, white Sugar Giant nectarines, plums, raspberries, green and red kale, swiss chard, , yellow and green squash, heirloom tomatoes, onions , green beans, green and purple cabbage, okra, red and green peppers, sweet corn - white, a new variety of cucumbers, and apple butter, egg plant Kuhn: Red Haven peaches & nectarines, white & yellow, plums, apricots, rambo apples and summer macs ,blackberries, blueberries ,red raspberries, cider, honey, tomatillos to make your own SALSA VERDE, onions, shallots, basil,cherry tomatoes ,slicing and heirloom tomatoes, fennel, cippolini onions, Salsa verde is wonderful with grilled Truck Patch or Pecan Meadow meats....or eggplant. Garner Crenshaw melons, striped German Tomatoes, WATERMELON, sweet corn, tomatoes, cantaloups, peppers of many colors, cherry tomatoes, new potatoes, sweet onions, back berries, five kinds of eggplant, Anne Oakley okra, cabbages. yellow and green squash and zucchini . Truck Patch: Like last week but with many more heirloom tomatoes. Mesclun, chard, spring mix, curly kale, cucumbers, green beans, red and white spring onions squash, Athena cantaloupe Basil, lots of summer squash, , sausages. Make your own pork burgers from ground pork. it is a nice change from beef burgers. But if you have a taste for grass -fed beef....Truck Patch raises Black Angus.. Lots of great pork- boneless chops Ask for his eggs, too. Chives. Basil and other herbs. Heirloom, cherry, and beefsteak tomatoes, peppers (sweet and hot) . Pre-order a chicken at order@truckpatchfarms.com TIP: Grate a just slightly under ripe peeled melon (I put it through the julienne disk of my food processor), add 1/2 tsp of finely chopped, then salted and mashed- with -a -fork- ginger and 1/2 cup of yogurt. I don't have Keswick yogurt here so I used a local sheep milk yogurt. ( It's excellent) Mix. Serve in a shallow bowl topped with a small leaf basil leaf or mint. This was great. We have the recipe that inspired me from the LA Times on the market table. Their version is curried and sprinkled with lime. This was a big hit at a dinner party I gave the other night in our little village in Provence where the melons are ambrosial. Pecan Meadow: DOG DAY SALE on Sirloin Steaks and Roasts! Plus lots of fillets, NY Strip Steak, sandwich, round cubed steak, brisket, London Broil, rump, sirloin tip, chuck and arm roasts. Marrow bones, soup bones, shin bones, whole muscovy drakes, chicken eggs. Superb Italian Chickens. Salt it 24 hours in advance and then broil or grill it. . Much more leg than white meat. You can pre order them from Daniel and Lois at bluemountainbeef@juno.com Copper Pot: NEW THIS WEEK: Veal osso bucco tortellini Copper Pot's filled or dried pastas are the perfect summer lunch or dinner. ( I stashed several in the freezer for the night I return from France) A quick simmer, dressed with Faucher Meadows: Elaine's Dog Day Sale: Mixed Zinnia Bouquet. Her meadow- grown flowers this week include Lisianthus in four colors, sunflowers, gladioli, lilies. Enter the U Street Neighborhood Association raffle for a market basket filled with our producers' best!