Holiday Market: The Divine Cafe

We're thrilled to welcome another wonderful new vendor to Cheverly Community Market: Baltimore's The Divine Cafe.

The Divine Cafe is a home based mother-daughter collaboration of Lorna and Tara Taylor. They bake a great assortment of decadent pies and pastries that will satisfy your sweet tooth during the holidays. Lorna elevates baking standards by providing her experience of over 25 years of producing great culinary creations and Tara brings a creative perspective in farmer's market presentation with her experience in small scale event planning. The combination of this dynamic duo's expertise adds up to  sweet, perfectly made pies. We can't wait to visit with the Taylors on December 14.

Indulge your sweet tooth with a visit to The Divine Cafe's table for elegant homemade baked goods. 

Be sure to stop by to meet Lorna and Tara, welcome them to Cheverly, and sample these delicious pies!

Help us spread the word about Holiday Market!

Please help us spread the word about our annual Holiday Market by sharing our eFlyer. We want to share this wonderful event with as many friends and neighbors as possible, and we need your help. It's the most wonderful time of year...let's spend it together at Cheverly Community Market!

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Holiday Market Pre-orders: Waltz Family Farm

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What a great treat Waltz Family Farm has in store for your holiday table! Waltz Family Farm will take pre-orders for Holiday Hams. With a limited supply, so pre-orders are best, so please email Laurie or call 301-714-0584 right away to reserve yours. These hams (most weighing 7.5 lbs-9.5 lbs.) are cured with a “sweet smoke” flavor, nitrate free, and really good. Always wanting to ensure that their meats are of the highest quality, Laurie and Jacob recently cooked one for dinner, and lunch, and dinner, and lunch.....hee hee! And if you're looking for great recipes, Laurie has come up with some for leftovers that even kids like!

Waltz Family Farm also has CUSTOM BUTCHERED BEEF to order by the quarter or half side. You will be getting prime cuts from their steers, which are raised free-range and fed quality grains, hay and pasture. These meats are lean and tasty, aged four weeks for extra flavor and tenderness. $4.85 lb hanging weight....price includes custom butchering, vacuum sealing and flash frozen. Limited availability. Ready for your freezers early January.

Holiday Market Pre-orders: Natural Nick's Produce

Looking for great items to include in holiday gift baskets this season? Do we have something for you: Natural Nick's Produce. Plan ahead and pre-order these wonderful provisions:

• Natural Nick's Tomato Basil Sauce $7.00 One Pint Jar Family recipe dating back to the 1930s. Contains no sugar and very little sodium, approximately 200mg per serving.
• Natural Nick's Amaretti Angelina (Amaretti di Saronno) $7.00 Box of 6. A soft macarroon-like cookie very rich in Almond flavor. Made with Almond Flour, whole egg, sugar and Amaretto, this authentic Italian dolce dates back to the early 1700's in Saronno, Italy. Amaretti Angelina is gluten free.
• Natural Nick's Biscotti Antoinetta $5.00 Box of 6. The recipe of my Paternal Grandmother Antoinetta, which dates back to the late 1800's. This authentic Italian Biscotti is made with Anise Seed, Anisette Liqueur & Almond. It is rich in flavor and dense, unlike commercially produced Biscotti.
• Natural Nick's Baklava Alexandra $12.00 Box of 6. This is an authentic Greek Baklava that consists of fresh (not frozen) Phyllo, Walnut, Almond, Cinnamon, a touch of Clove and Citrus Zest in a syrup with imported Greek Honey.

Natural Nick's Fruit Conserves uses no pectin, resulting in a softer set. Following the centuries old French and British methods, this is the among the oldest methods for preserving fruit.

• Natural Nick's Adriano Fig Conserve $6.00 1/2 Pint Jar (Quantities are very limited) Made from Natural Nick's Adriano Figs.
• Natural Nick's Threeberry Conserve $6.00 1/2 Pint Jar. A combination of Blackberry, Blueberry and Raspberry.
• Natural Nick's Blueberry Conserve $6.00 1/2 Pint Jar. (Quantities are very limited) Rich Blueberry flavor with a slight blend of wine grape raisins (Muscatel, Red Flame & Seedless Thompson).

All products are handmade by Natural Nick and limited in quantity. Please email Natural Nick by Saturday December 7, 2013 with your order. All orders must include name, email address and telephone number. Place the words "Cheverly Community Market Pre-Order" in the subject line. Fulfillment of all orders will be verified in writing via email. Due to limitations in time and availability you will be contacted in case any order cannot be fulfilled.

Holiday Market Pre-ordering: Two Oceans Seafoods

We were so thankful to Gaylord Clark and Two Oceans Seafood/Carriage House Farms for offering heritage turkeys and fresh oysters at our Thanksgiving Market -- what great treats!

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We're thrilled to tell you that Gaylord will again offer pre-ordering of oysters for our Holiday Market: both shucked pints at $19.95/ pint and whole shell for half shell consumption at $12.00/dozen. Please email your order by the Friday, December 6 ordering deadline.

Gaylord also brings delicious salmon, smoked salmon, mahi mahi, halibut, ahi, scallops, chesapeake rockfish, and cod for wonderful fish, chicken, gorgeous farm-fresh eggs, and other items from their farm in Stevenson, Maryland. Their smoked salmon and special holiday items would be a very thoughtful gift for your favorite seafood lover!

Holiday Market Pre-orders: Tasha's Cookies & Treats

It's cookie season! This year, why not let an expert baker handle some of the cookie-making load? Order delicious, old-fashioned cakey cookies from Tasha's Cookies & Treats. Pre-order delicious cake-like cookies in a great variety of flavors -- there really is something for everyone. Of course, they'd make a lovely hostess gift, a delicious treat for travelers, and a perfect addition to any holiday gift basket. 

Cookies

Chocolate chip

Chocolate chip pecan

Chocolate chip toffee

Oatmeal raisin

Carrot cake with raisins and walnuts

Red velvet with pecans

Devil's Food (Chocolate chocolate chunk)

Sugar

Sandwich Cookies

Carrot cake with raisins and walnuts with cream cheese icing filling

Red velvet with pecans with cream cheese icing filling

1/2 dozen cookies (1 variety only) - $8.50
1 dozen cookies (up to 2 varieties only) - $16.00
1/2 dozen Sandwich cookies (1 variety only) -$12.00
1 dozen Sandwich cookies (up to 2 varieties only) - $24.00

Natasha can be reached 10am to 6pm Monday through Friday at 1-888-308-0698 or via email.

For the December 14th market, orders must be received by Monday, December 9

The deadline to order Maryland Christmas trees from Cheverly Community Market is THIS FRIDAY!

Make it a Maryland Christmas with beautiful local Christmas trees and celebrate local!

This year, we are again offering beautiful trees from Mayne’s Farm in Middletown, Maryland. We'll have a selection of fragrant traditional Douglas Firs, ranging from 6' to 8'. Proceeds benefit Cheverly Community Market and help us to prepare for our next season. We're proud to bring these trees to Cheverly and thank Megan Daly for helping us with this effort!

Douglas Firs (short needle) 

6'-7' $45 (plus fee for prepaid credit orders) 

7'-8' $55 (plus fee for prepaid credit orders) 

Guarantee that you get one of these gorgoeus fresh trees by pre-ordering today!

 

Pre-order or reserve online via EventBrite. Pre-ordering and prepayment ensure that a tree will be ready for you any time during our Holiday Market on December 14 from 8am to noon. OR you can reserve a tree, which will allow you to pick up a tree from 8am to 11am on December 14 and pay for it at that time (cash, credit card, or check payable to Cheverly Community Market). Please note that your pre-paid credit card order includes a small handling fee to offset costs and support Cheverly Community Market's ongoing mission.

The last day to order trees is Friday, December 6. Any non-prepaid trees not picked up by 11am on December 14 are put up for general sale, first-come first-served.

Please make sure to print out and bring your receipt with you to Holiday Market on Saturday, December 14, at the Cheverly Community Center.

We're looking forward to sharing the best of the holiday season with you on December 14. As always, thank you for supporting Cheverly Community Market!