-Today’s Pacific Magazine (Times) features the latest lovefest for Bakery Nouveau.

-Remember the West Seattle Farmers’ Market is open (till 2 pm today & every Sunday), rain or shine. The market folks sent us the latest (long!) “Ripe ‘n’ Ready” fresh sheet if you want to see if it’s really worth going out in the rain (note this is their citywide list, so a few things are highlighted as only available at certain other markets around the area):

NEW THIS WEEK:

Kale: Winterbore Kale, Siberian Salad Kale, Lacinato Kale

Apples: Fuji, Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Cameo, Empire, Winter Banana, Bramley’s Seedling, Sweet 16

Pears: Maxine and Rescue (heirloom variety originally grown on Orcas Island).

Quince: At U-District and Columbia City from Mair-Taki Farm.

BULBS: Many unusual varieties to plant right now. Tulips, Lilies, Alliums. At UD and WS.

Also:

Berries: Red Raspberries and Blackberries – at UD, CC, WS and Broadway.

Grapes: Limited quantities: Concord and Table varieties: UD, WS and CC

Apples: Macoun, Tsugaru, Prairie Spy, NickaJack, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Jonathon

Jonagored, Elstar, Honey Crisp, Macintosh, Gala, Gravenstein, Red Gravenstein,

Melons: Crenshaw, Charlynn,

Peaches: Last of season: At Tiny’s Organic Produce – all markets

Pears: Red Clapp, Bartlett, Red Bartlett

Asian Pears: 20^th Century, Ichiban, Kosui, Yakuma, Hosui, Tojuro

Nectarines: Red-Golds for 2 more weeks at all Markets – Tiny’s and Martin Farms

Rhubarb

Plums: Hiromi Gold, Duarte, Italian Prunes

Pluots

ROASTED PEPPERS: On site roaster from River Farm (Ellensburg) at UD and WS.

FRESH SALSA: From Billy’s Farm in Tonasket. Some of our market’s best tomatoes and peppers go into Billy’s Fresh Salsa. Medium and Hot varieties.

LETTUCE: Large, lovely heads – heirloom varieties: Speckled Amish Butterhead, Cherokee Red Crisphead, Wildman’s Green, Prizehead, Romaine, Galisse, Red Oak, Sierra, Black Seeded Simpson, Jericho, Bronze Arrow, Esmeralda, Cardinale, Redina

GREENS: Dandelion, Shiso, Chinese Spinach, Chinese Broccoli, Red Russian Kale, Lacinato Kale, Siberian Salad Kale, Winterbore Kale, Tatsoi, Sorrel, Mizuna, Broccoli Rabe, Spinach, Chinese Mustard, Red Mustard, Collards, Arugula, Bok Choy.

Chard: Swiss, White & Rainbow

FRESH VEGETABLES:

Garlic, Red and White

Shallots

Soybeans/Edamame – pods and on the vine

Winter Squash: Delicata, Kabocha, Cinderella Pumpkins, Butternut, Acorn, Red Kuri, Sugar Pie

Sweet Peppers: Green, Lilac, Ivory, Purple, Italian Frying, Pimento

Hot Peppers: Anaheim, Poblano, Hungarian, Jalapeno, Cayenne, Ancho, Beaver Dam – 25 varieties.

Sweet Corn – white and yellow, bi-color

Eggplant: Japanese, Purple, Lilac, White, Green Striped

Okra

Scallions

Celery Root

Turnips- White and Red

Rutabaga

Summer Squash: Zucchini, Zuchetta, Patty Pan – all shapes and sizes.

Radish, Red and Daikon

Cucumbers: Pickling, Su Yu Long, English, Lemon

Beans: Romano, Yellow Wax, Haricot Vert, Blue Lake, Japanese Long.

Shelling Beans: Dixie Speckled, Stregonta, Conseca, Cranberry. Shelled Flageolet beans

Cabbage: White Head, Napa

Fennel, Baby Fennel

Kohlrabi

Carrots – Maroon, Yellow, Orange

Onions: Red, Walla Walla, Cipollini, Sweet Onion

Radicchio

Tomatoes – Field-Ripened and hot house: Slicing, Golden, Heirloom, Cherry – dozens of varieties

Tomatillos

Cauliflower – white, lilac and golden heads

Broccoli

Romanesco Broccoli

Beets – Red, Golden, Chioggia

Fava Beans

Leeks

Potatoes – Yellow Finn, Ozette, Russet, Yukon Gold, Red, Baby Russet, Purple, Blue, Caribe, Desiree, Bintje and Maris Piper– 25 varieties

HERBS: FIELD RIPENED BASIL: Mint, Rosemary, Dill, Coriander, Oregano, Rosemary, Marjoram, Chives, Garlic Chives, Thyme, Sage, Tarragon, Flat Leaf Parsley. Fresh large bunches. Excellent price!!

WINES: Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet, Syrah and Blends from Sweetbread Cellars on Vashon Island. Brought to Market by Sea Breeze Farm. At UD, WS.

Also Steppe Cellars (Sunnyside). Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Syrah, Cabernet, Red Blend. At Magnolia Only.

SOUP STOCKS: Veal, chicken, beef, duck and lamb stocks; rich, gelatinous stocks for your best home recipes – Sea Breeze Farms – at UD and WS

HAZELNUTS: All varieties from Holmquist Hazelnuts Farms in Whatcom County. Raw, roasted, Dry roasted, barbecued, yogurt covered, chocolate covered. Also hazelnut flour, oil and shells for your garden.

FISH: Wild Salmon: FRESH COHO: –whole and filets.

Also: Smoked, frozen Sockeye and Coho, Lox, Jerky, Salmon sausage and patties, Chum Caviar, Pickled Salmon

Frozen Halibut filets

OYSTERS, CLAMS, MEDITERREANEAN MUSSELS: At U-District, West Seattle, Columbia City From Taylor Shellfish, Saltwater Daffy’s and Puget Sound Shellfish.

TUNA: Sushi Grade Albacore; tuna lox, albacore filets, canned in olive oil, smoked and jerky. At U-District, West Seattle and Columbia City

WILD MUSHROOMS: Chicken of the Woods, Bear’s Tooth, Lobster, Chanterelles, Matsutake

DRIED FRUITS AND VEGGIES:

Wild Huckleberries, Peaches, Apricots, Prunes, Asian Pears, Bosc Pears

Tomatoes, Celery Leaf, Hot Chilies, Garlic Powders

Dried Herbs: Basil, Parsley

Dried Mushrooms: Chanterelles, Lobster, Porcini, Truffle Salt

PORK: Organic/Pasture-Raised and finished from Duvall (King County), Bow and Sedro Woolley (Skagit County): All cuts; frozen and smoked. Loin, chops, roasts, ham, bacon, sausages.

BEEF: Organic pasture raised and finished beef from Skagit River Ranch (Angus), Growing Things in Duvall, Samish Bay, Seabreeze Farms and Olsen Farms. Steaks, Roasts, Hamburger, Summer Sausage, Andouille Sausage, Jerky, London Broil, soup bones, dog bones…

CHICKEN: Free-run locally raised chickens- frozen fryers, stewing hens and roasters from King, Snohomish and Skagit counties. Chicken liver (pate) and chicken stock.

VEAL: Veal Ribs, Loin Chops, Top Round (scaloppini), Shanks (osso buco). Sea Breeze Farm (UD, WS)

LAMB: Fresh cuts, ground fresh – Sea Breeze Farm (UD, WS)

GOAT MEAT: From Sea Breeze Farm on Vashon Island – at WS and UD)

PATE’: Pate de Foie (chicken, pork and calf liver with red wine, cream and garlic. Also chicken livers simmered in butter and cognac).

EGGS: Lovingly collected every morning from organically fed, run-around-the-barnyard local chickens and ducks (and sometimes goose). Limited supplies.

CHEESE and DAIRY:

Appel Farms: Cow’s milk Goudas, Raw Milk Gouda, Flavored Goudas, Cheddar, Curds, Quark, Paneer (at Col. City, Magnolia, Phinney, Lake City, U-District)

Port Madison Farm: Goat cheese and goat yogurt. Fresh Chevre rounds, Spring Cheese and mold ripened rounds (like camembert) (at Col. City, U-District, West Seattle, Phinney)

Samish Bay: FRESH CHEESES: Queso Fresco, Farmer Cheese (spreadable – uncooked), Feta

Mozzarella. Also Organic Gouda (from Jersey cows): Flavored Goudas: Cumin,

Nettle, Mont Blanchard, Montasio (U-District, West Seattle)

Estrella Family Creamery (Montesano): Goat, sheep & cow: Camembert, Blue, Tomme, Morbier (Col. City and U-District)

Mt. Townsend Creamery (Port Townsend): Cow’s milk cheeses. Brie, Tomme and Camembert.

(Broadway, West Seattle)

Sea Breeze Farm (Vashon Island): Aged cow’s milk (7 mos) Goat’s (aged 3mos), fresh whey Ricotta, Crème Fraiche, Buttermilk, Milk and Heavy Cream. (at U-District, West Seattle)

River Valley Ranch (Fall City). Fresh goat milk chevre; plain, cranberry & orange, blueberry & almond, cherry & walnut, apricot & almond, fig & almond. Plus Raw Goat’s Milk Jack, Semi-hard Goat’s Milk Cheese soaked in Cabernet. Also: Raw Cow’s Milk Cheese: Farmstead Jack and Pepper Jack. Milk products from Goats, Sheep, Cows, Yak and Water Buffalo! (at Magnolia)

FRESH PASTA: Fresh egg, red bell pepper, basil, squid ink, carrot, sun dried tomato and spinach pasta made with semolina flour. Also fresh raviolis with mushroom, pumpkin, spinach/roasted garlic, goat cheese and 4-cheese fillings. At all markets from La Pasta and Mondello.

HONEY: Blackberry & Wildflower; Raw, unheated &unfiltered. Raw Honeycomb

PASTRIES: Fougasse with anise seeds and orange blossom water, Persian Nan with nigella seed, Rice Flour cookies, Tishpishti – a Jewish semolina cake with atar syrup – from Gypsy Bakery at Broadway only. Pies, pretzels, tarts, brulee, gateau, cookies, scones, cinnamon rolls, brownies, cookies, muffins, loaf cakes, biscotti, granolas. BELLES BUNS: French style pastries- Croissant, Gateau, Brulee, Bostock, Tarts – at UD only. New to Magnolia: LITTLE LUXERIES: Tarts, Pies and Confections using fresh local berries and fruits.

FRESH MILLED FLOURS AND GRAINS: Whole wheat flours, pancake mix, Emmer Farro, Flax Seed, milled emmer pancake mix from Bluebird Grain Farms in Winthrop. At UD only.

ARTISAN BREADS: Italian and French style rustic loaves from Tall Grass Bakery and La Panzanella. Also Pumpernickel, Hominy, Sour Dough, Oat, Rye, Whole Wheat, Challah, Brioche from Microbakery.

CIDERS – Apple, Apple Raspberry, Apple Apricot, Spiced Apple, Cherry-Apple, Ginger Lemonade from Rockridge Farms and Woodring Foods.

HARD CIDERS – Apple, Honey (Mead), Apple, Berry from Rockridge Orchards

JAMS, JELLIES, SAUCES, SPREADS AND PRESERVES: White Chocolate Marzipan, Bittersweet chocolate, Chocolate Hazelnut, Milk Chocolate sauces from Woodring Foods. Lavender, Rose Petal, Raspberry, Peach Chipotle, Marionberry, Black Raspberry, Golden Raspberry, Black Currant, Tayberry, Lingonberry, Blueberry, Strawberry Rhubarb, Apricot, Apple, Pumpkin jams and spreads from Woodring Foods. Ginger Chutney from Woodring Foods. Peach, Apricot, Blackberry and Blueberry jams from Growing Things.

Pickled asparagus, green beans and cukes from Woodring Foods.

ALSO: Rex the Knife Sharpener is back every week at the West Seattle Farmers Market.

Rex sharpens all knives, scissors, tools etc.