Our Site!

We are very happy to announce our redesigned website. You'll find information about the market, dates, vendors, and more just by visiting it. And, just like our blog, the website will continue to grow and change throughout the season, so keep visiting and let us know what you think!

We're growing!

Exciting new things are happening in anticipation of our season opener on May 19. And though we don't want to give away details just yet, here's a little taste.

Watch this space for big news this week!

Our Second Annual Potluck is just one week away!

We've been having a great time looking over photos from last year's Cheverly Community Market potluck -- and we can't wait for next Sunday and our Second Annual Potluck! Join us -- it promises to be an evening of great food and people and you don't want to miss it!

Food for Thought Fridays: Eating Icons

Today's Food for Thought Friday offering comes from Portland, Oregon's Farmer General, a small blog with terrific writing. Actually, it's a wonderful, thoughful site to peruse -- -you could easily wile away a perfectly good afternoon during which you should be gardening or doing yardwork or some such by exploring the writing on Farmer General. And it would be worth every moment spent.

Today, Joseph Conway caught our eye with "Eating Icons", which examines consuming the icons of Maine. We do it in Maryland, too. When you think of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay area, what comes to mind? Why blue crabs, of course. What other icons do we consume? It's Food for Thought.

In the Kitchen: Pakoras and Green Chutney

We found a delicious-looking recipe over on one of our favorite blogs, Design*Sponge, for pakoras with green chutney -- a perfect recipe for spring. Pakoras are, like tempura, a fritter-style preparation. In this case, vegetables are dipped in a light batter and fried, then served with a spicy, minty saice (and some plan yogurt to cool things down).

Get the recipe for Tara O'Brady's Pakoras and Green Chutney here, and make an easy, beautiful, tasty meal this weekend!

Anticipation!

We're more than ready for those wonderful tastes of summer -- strawberries, beans, peaches, corn... My stomach is growling in agreement as I write this! Well, Maggie here couldn't wait another minute. She had to have corn this weekend. She has deep midwestern roots, so I can't say I blame her. We picked out the best-looking ears at the store, shucked them and boiled them for only a minute or two. This was our Saturday lunch. No butter, no nothing to get in the way of that sweet, delicious, pure corn. There may have even been a few kernels eaten raw. And just think how much better it will be this summer, when we can walk up to Cheverly Community Market on a Saturday morning and return home with bags full of the best stuff on earth: fresh produce, in season!

Food for Thought Fridays

We're instituting a new feature here on the Cheverly Community Market blog: Food for Thought Fridays. Each Friday throughout the season we'll bring you links to thoughtful writing about food. And yes, we know we're not quite in season yet, but we're too excited about this feature to wait!

Today, we bring you a thought-provoking discussion with author Anna Lappé, sustainable food advocate Anim Steel, and chef Bryant Terry. They discuss the benefits of eating local over on Nourish. We hope you enjoy a little Food for Thought this Friday!

The whole Nourish site is fascinating and full of excellent information! Take some time to explore the site -- it's definitely worth your time.


Image courtesy of Farmer'sPal