Happenings at Tremont Farmers Market August 21

Dante Boccuzzi IRON CHEF CHALLENGE CHEF DEMO 5pm  Chef Demo coordinator, Sue Carrara, will prepare a secret basket of market itemsfor him to create a special culinary free treat for the market patrons. Chef Dante will not know what ingredients he will be given and will need to use his vast culinary knowledge to create a dish on the spot. Sue is so excited to see what he will make and hopes you will come out and witness this event!

Tremont Farmers' Market! FRESH LOCAL VEGGIES & FOOD!    TREMONT FARMERS' MARKET  TUESDAYS 4-7pm LINCOLN PARK PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF WEST 14TH STREET BETWEEN STARKWEATHER AND KENILWORTH FROM 2-9PM Enjoy a great dinner from one of our food vendors and shop from the best farmers, vendors & artists!     WIC at the Market on Aug 21! Everything you need for Good Eating! Vendors: Abby's Kitchen, Anna in the Raw Kale Chips, BeeCology, Charbel Soaps, Community Greenhouse Partners, Erie's Edge Farm, J&R Farms, Lakeside Produce, La Bellaria Patisseries, Lucky Penny Creamery, Karim Crops, George Cormack, Godmother's Pizza,  Holly Ridge Nurseries, Judy's Oasis,   Maple Crest Farm, Modern Pixie, Morning DEW Orchards, MorningSide Farm, Noon Knife Sharpening, Ohio City Pasta, Ohio Farm Direct, Peddler Bread, Plant Kingdom Bakery, Por-Bar Farms, Pride of Cleveland Pierogies, Red Basket Farms, Rising Star Coffee, SpiceHound, Sugar Me Desserterie, SweetHeart Granola, t by Sarah, Tremont Tails, Urban Artifakts, Urban Growth Farm & Valley City Fungi Prepared Food Vendors:   Godmother's, Mad Mouth Gyros, & Scott's Fire & Ice Catering  NonProfits & Sponsors: MetroHealth PanCreatic Cancer Action Network Neighborhood Family Practice Second Hand Mutts Cleveland Animal Protective League Earth Day Coalition Citi Roc Real Estate Moms Clean Air Force Highlights: Anna in the Raw Kale Chips  $5.95! Made by chef Anna Harouvis at Good to Go Cafe!  They are spicy cheese flavored! Cashews, Red peppers, Apple cider, Kale, Jalapenos and sea salt!    Pierogies of Cleveland Cooking up hot Pierogies!    Noon Knife Sharpening Bring your sharpenables Aug 21st! click on link for schedule!  August 24th is National Knife Day!  So I am going to extend my June and July special for another month.  Wear a flag pin, patch, show me a flag tatoo, or just mention the flags on my canopy or work station and one item will be sharpened at no cost.  Lisa M. Ackim, LMT Licensed Massage Therapist Certified Thai Yoga Massage Practitioner  Thai Yoga Massage samples at the Tremont Farmer's Market this week Tuesday from 4:00 to 7:00.  15 min for $15.  Come out for me, come out for the community! Lucky Penny Creamery Sheep milk Ricotta and goats milk soap Godmother's Pasta Sauces  Marinara, Roasted Red Pepper & Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Hand Made Breads Transylvanian Rounds, Baguettes, Wheat/White Sour Dough loaves, Focaccia Bread & Focaccia Pizza Rolled Breads  green olive, tomato & pepperoni Pizza by the Slice Modern Pixie A local handmade jewelry collection focused on minimal design, fun pops of color, high quality gemstones and vintage treasures    Maple Crest Farm Beecology   red candy onions , white candy onions, golden zucchini, green zucchini, patty pan squash, green beans, yellow beans, sweet corn, beets, cucumbers, and potatoes  Morning DEW Orchard Apples, apples & more apples! Sweet apples Molly delicious! Sweet Corn! Ohio Farm Direct 100 % grass fed cheese Beecology  Honey! Por-Bar Farms Arugula/Sorrel Salad Mix, Tomatoes, Beans, Gooseberries, Pears, Tomatillos, Chili Peppers, Okra, Eggplant, Fresh Herbs J&R Farms Eggs, Chicken, beef & pork! Special: Ground Sirloin $7.79lb & Lorenzo Italian Sausage (in casing) $4.10lb Plant Kingdom Bakery Organic chocolate chip celebration featuring Chocolate cherry Gluten free Hemp bars, Chocolate crunchy bars w/ cardamon and sea salt, And peanutty+chocolate lucious NO BAKE GOO BALLS   Maple Crest Farm green beans, yellow wax beans, red peppers, melons, cucumbers, red and white new potatoes, kale, zucchini, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, patty pan squash, hot peppers, broccoli and a few red raspberries  Abby's Kitchen  Blackberry Jam, Peach Preserves, Red Raspberry Jam and more! MorningSide Farm Melons, water melons, lettuce, arugula, leeks, sweet onions, basil, parsley, celery, carrots, beets, kale chard, radish, summer spinach, potatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkins, winter squash, green beans, okra, eggplants, hot peppers, sweet peppers, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cooking tomatoes, ground cherries   SpiceHound Spice up your barbecue & cookout!     Valley City Fungi Beautiful shiitake, lionsmane along with grey and yellow oyster mushrooms.   Also 4 varieties of fresh garlic  EAT MORE FUNGI Scott's Fire & Ice Fire baked Artisinal Pizza & Gelatto   Mad Mouth Gyros  Fresh Cut Gyros Chicken Gyros TFM Garden Gyros Baklava     Make it a Great Day and see you at the Market!Jim Votava- TFM Manager      Featured Vendor!    Holly Ridge Nursery!   Holly Ridge Nursery strives to provide the northern (zone 4-6) wholesale market with a wide variety of liner, container and field material. At Holly Ridge Nursery, we grow Ilex Meservae, Verticillata and over 40 varieties of Ilex Opaca. Many of our plants are difficult to propagate and hard to find. In addition to our extensive line of plants in the Ilex family, we also carry many cultivars of Azalea, Buxus, Lilac and Viburnum. All of our plants are selected to be hardy in zones 4-6. Holly Ridge Nursery is a small, young, progressive nursery which prides itself on personalized service and attention. We are located in Northeast Ohio and are easily accessed from Interstate 90. When you call us you will speak to the owner, Paul Hanslik. Visitors are always welcome but we suggest calling first. We love to talk about our plants, especially our Hollies. We are members of the Holly Society of America, International Plant Propagators Society, Nursery Growers of Lake County Ohio and the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association. Give us a call for more information and to get our current catalogue.   Learn More!         Featured Musician    Alan Madej!   Learn More!      Our WKYC Weather Fairy Holly Strano!     Every week our favorite weather fairy waves her magic wand and keeps us warm and dry at the Tremont Farmers' Market!   Check out your Tueday shopping forecast at  WKYC WEATHER    NOW ABAILABLE AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE BOOTH!    Check out the Tremont Farmers' Market Three Season Recipe Book!   Recipes from local chefs and farmers on how to use all the GOOD LOCAL FOOD!   $10     Growhio Cash Mob at TFM! Tuesday August 21 at 6p!  Click here to learn more!    EBT PROUDLY ACCEPTED  EBT PRODUCE PERKS!  Starting in May of 2012, customers utilizing the Ohio Direction Card at participating famers' markets throughout Cuyahoga County can receive extra money or PRODUCE PERKS (in the form of market-dispensed tokens) towards the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables. To receive your PRODUCE PERKS locate the Customer Service booth at any of the 17 participating farmers' market and use your Ohio Direction Card to purchase tokens. The farmers' market will provide a dollar-for-dollar match (up to $10) in PRODUCE PERKS tokens that can be used to purchase fresh produce from local farmers. "Produce Perks" will be redeemable at all participating markets and will be available while supplies last. How does this incentive differ from last year? Last year Ohio Direction Card customers were able to receive an extra $5 for every transaction they made for $5 or more at participating farmers' markets to use on all Ohio Direction Card eligible food items. The 2012 incentive is limited for use on fruits and vegetables only and starts with the first dollar you spend. There is no minimal transaction amount necessary to receive incentive tokens, therefore you can spend $1 and earn another $1. For more information and to see which markets are participating, please visit: Cleveland - Cuyahoga Food Policy Coalition   A 24-Hour Mega Adoption Event with a goal to adopt out 300 animals! The mega adoption event will be held at the Parma PetSmart, located at 6870 Ridge Road from Friday, September 7, at 5 p.m. to Saturday, September 8, at 5:00 p.m. The APL, in collaboration with other area shelters and rescue groups, has a goal of finding wonderful homes for 300 animals in 24 hours. The overnight adoption event, which is made possible with funding from PetSmart Charities, looks to not only find forever homes for wonderful homeless animals but also to raise awareness about adoption and the wonderful work being done by the participating organizations.  Learn More... Metrohealth is our title presenter! We are proud to announce our new title presenter MetroHealth! Stay tuned for more information on our partnership!   Learn More...

Happenings at Downtown Farmers Market August 17

Join us Fridays 11am-2pm!

Farmers Market Cash Mob Week starts today!  A phenomenon that's taken the nation by storm, Cash Mobs were started in Cleveland as a way to help support small local businesses. The idea is "if we each do a little, we can all do a lot." And, what better small business to support than the smallest of businesses - your farmers market vendors. Here's how it works: Bring $20.00 cash, meet at the DFM information table at 12:00pm and "mob" the market!  Tomorrow at Downtown Farmers Market! Vendor Highlights Harvest in Christ Arugula, mesclun, kale, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green beans, beets, beet greens, garlic, and Yukon gold potatoes Community Greenhouse Partners Microgreens, Heirloom Black Cherry Tomatoes, Heirloom Sun Golden Tomatoes, Jalepenos, Swiss Chard Maggie's Farm Tuscan kale, tomatoes - a variety included romas, perfect for sauce, eggplant --a variety including Japanese eggplant, cucumbers, a variety of peppers, potatoes, barcarole lettuce, arugula, green beans, zucchine - a variety, plus crook neck squash, radishes Lucia's Fresh Produce Fresh Hard Neck Garlic, peaches, dried lavender Peddler Bread Sprouted Wheat bread, baguettes, a variety of muffins, flour and cornmeal from Stutzman Farms Vendor Highlights - lunch specials! In Forno Pizza Classic (grated mozzerella, olive oil) $10 Margherita (fresh mozzerella, basil, oregano, olive oil) $12 Di Parma (prosciutto, grated mozzerella, fresh garlic, basil, olive oil) $14 Bianco (fresh mozzerella, tomato, fresh garlic, olive oil, basil) $13 Pepperoni (grated mozzerella, pepperoni) $14 Veggie (grated mozzerella, mushroom, black olives, basil, olive oil) $13 Spinach (baby spinach, fresh mozzerella, tomato, olive oil, garlic) $12 ***Wood-fired pizza featuring toppings from vendors at the market; also available by the slice w/ free drink*** Ohio Farm Direct Grass-fed beef burgers and cheeseburgers Toasted cheese make w/ Peddler's Bread Ice Cream Drinkable yogurt Take-home cheese ***Made with local and organic grass-fed cheese, milk and beef*** ***You can still purchase your favorite grass-fed cheese - just visit the truck*** The Nosh Box The DoubleWide, Pierogie Hoagie, The Caprese Panini, The Twisted Turkey ***Accepts all major credit cards*** Free cooking class with The Root Cafe Nicole Tuzzio, raw chef at The Root Cafe in Lakewood will host our next free cooking class, which takes place Friday, September 14 at 1:30-3:00pm at Old Stone Church. The Root Cafe is a vegetarian cafe, bakery and coffee shop with a menu that incorporates local and organic ingredients whenever possible. You can find Nicole every Thursday, 5:00-9:00pm, preparing a delicious raw menu for The Root's weekly Raw Food Night. To attend this intimate hands-on cooking class, please email downtownclevelandmarket@

gmail.com or call (440) 821-0254. About Cleveland Cooks
A monthly cooking series providing hands-on demonstrations from area chefs. Classes are free and open to the public and include a guided market tour, hands-on instruction in meal preparation and tips on how to grow produce easily at home. Cleveland Cooks was made possible thanks to a grant from Neighborhood Connections and space generously donated by Old Stone Church.
Community Organization: Cuyahoga Community College Discover your inner chef through Cuyahoga Community College’s new culinary series at Cleveland’s hot spot for culinary arts and cooking, the Tri-C Hospitality Management Center. Individual cooking, food and wine classes run throughout the year, and sessions feature creative and wonderful recipes. Some of the culinary program areas are Wine, Beer and Spirits, Gourmet Cooking, Certified Specialist of Wine, and Corporate Team Building.
Visit www.corporatecollege.
com/cooking for more information!

Live Music: Zach Freidhof, 11:30am-1:30pm

**Music brought to you each week by Tri-C Recording Arts and Technology.

FEATURED RECIPE: Swiss Chard Rolls
1/2 cup Orzo (rice shaped pasta)
1 large bunch Swiss Chard (1.25 pounds)
3 large carrots (1 shredded, 2 diced)
1 medium sized onion (diced)
1 pound ground beef or turkey
1 cube chicken bouillon
1T flour
1 1/4 cups half-and-half
Butter, Salt, Dried Marjoram Leaves

1. Cook Orzo or Rice, set aside.
2. Trim stems of chard, removing hard sections. Set aside 8 leaves, trimming the ribs very thinly. Coarsely chop remaining leaves and stems.
3. In a 12" skillet over medium heat, melt 2T butter, then add onions. Sweat for a minute, then add shredded carrots, sauté an additional 2 minutes, then add greens and cook, stirring regularly, until tender, about 10 minutes.
4. Let cool, then mix vegetables in a large bowl with the orzo, 1t salt, 1/2t marjoram and uncooked ground beef or turkey.
5. On the center of each large chard leaf, place 1/8th of the meat mixture. Fold the left and right sides of the leaves around the meat towards the center, then take the side closest to you and roll up into a tight package.
6. In the skillet, add the bouillon and 1 cup hot water and stir until bouillon is dissolved. Place rolls seam-side down in the liquid. Raise heat to high until the braising liquid boils, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
7. When rolls are done, remove with slotted spoon and place in a covered dish. Reserve braising liquid.
8. In a 2 quart saucepan over medium heat, in 1T butter, cook diced carrots until tender. Whisk in flour, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp marjoram until a roux is formed. Gradually whisk in half-and-half and reserved braising liquid, then cook, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens and is smooth.
9. Put rolls on plates and spoon sauce over rolls. Makes 4 main-dish servings, about 655 calories per serving.
10. Enjoy!

This recipe was shared by Community Greenhouse Partners. Origin unknown. 

“Produce Perks” accepted: EBT users will receive “Produce Perks,” a dollar for dollar bonus (up to $10) to be spent on fresh fruits and vegetables. Produce Perks are available at area farmers markets while supplies last. Please stop by the information table for more information or to use your card.

EBT, WIC, senior coupons and debit cards are accepted.


Are you interested in becoming a vendor at DFM? Emaildowntownclevelandmarket@gmail.
com for more information of fill out the online application here.
  
Here's our complete list of vendors for the 2012 season:

• Por-Bar Farms: Heirloom and organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs
• Community Greenhouse Partners: Organic vegetables and greens grown just a few blocks east of downtown
• Harvest in Christ: Heirloom produce grown using sustainable methods
• Lucia's Fresh Produce: Hard neck garlic grown in Old Brooklyn
• Maggie's Farm: An urban farm located in The Stockyards
• Ohio Farm Direct: Organic, grassfed cheese
• Crystal Moon Acres: Goats milk fudge and baked goods
• Judy’s Oasis: Middle Eastern Cuisine, including hoomus, meat pies, falafel and prepared foods for lunch
• Peddler Bread: Artisan bread bakery 
• Ohio City Pasta: Hand-crafted pasta
• Rising Star Coffee Roasters: Small batch coffee roasters located in Ohio City
• Blaze Gourmet: Exotic hot sauce and salsas
• SPICEHOUND: High quality spices, herbs, chillies, and natural salts
• No Whey Chocolates: Vegan, whey-free chocolate candies and chocolate-covered fruit
• The Tea and Honey Company: Locally made teas, honeys, and other aromatherapy items
• Kernels by Chrissie: hand-crafted, gourmet popcorn from Ohio grown corn
• A' Cups Mini Cakes: Signature cupcakes in a variety of flavors
• BONJOUR Crepes: French crepes using locally grown and organic ingredients
• In Forno Pizza: Wood-fired authentic neopolitan pizza
• Pig Lickin' Good BBQ: Hot-off-the-grill BBQ, bottled sauces and salad dressings
• The Nosh Box: A mix of midwestern comfort food with a Tex/Mex kick
• Mad Mouth Gyros: Authentic Greek and Mediterranean goods on the go
• Hodge Podge: Chris Hodgson's famous food truck
• Renee Amber: Hand-crafted body cosmetics
• Publish Ohio: Cleveland-area prints, postcards and photos

Come hungry and enjoy a delicious lunch from one of our prepared food vendors. Just make sure you save enough time during lunch to visit all of your favorite vendors, enjoy the fresh air, listen to the live music, and maybe even picnic in the grass!

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