Four days till Thanksgiving; unique ingredients await you at today’s West Seattle Farmers’ Market, 10 am-2 pm. Click ahead to see the list of what’s new today, and what else is fresh:

What’s New this Week at your Neighborhood Farmers Market

NEW Fruit:

Apples: Empire, Spitzenburg, Calville Blanc d’Hiver (a French heirloom saucing apple)

Asian Pear Cider from Rockridge Orchards at the U-District and West Seattle .

NEW Vegetables:

Potatoes: Ozette plus white, gold, blue and purple. Bakers, roasters and mashers.

12 different varieties!

BRUSSELS SPROUTS: On the stalk – just in time for the holidays.

Wild Mushrooms: Black Trumpet and Black Truffles

TOMATOES: Kittitas Valley Greenhouse is at the Broadway (Sundays) and U-District Markets (Saturdays) with their delicious and unique heirloom hothouse tomatoes. Always in pursuit of the perfect tomato, varieties include Cherokee Purple, Clarance, Empire, Paul Robeson, Mortgage Lifter, SunSugar and Box Car Willie. Beefsteak, Cherry, Cluster, Roma and Yellow varieties.

NEW Dairy at U-District : Golden Glen Creamery out of Bow, Washington ( Skagit County ) has fresh milk, eggnog, chocolate milk, cheddars, curds and BUTTER!!!

GOT SOUP: Homemade soups made from fresh, local market produce – Frozen in quart jars to-go. Seasonal soups; Oyster Stew, Sweet Potato with Cumin (& orange scent) Crab Bisque, Wild Mushroom, Roasted Butternut Squash, Parsnip and Pear

Fresh Every Day…

VEGETABLES:

Beans (shelling): Fresh and Dried Cannellini, Black, Pinto, Cranberry

Beets – Red and Golden

Broccoli

Cabbage- White, Red, Savoy , Napa

Carrots – Orange , Yellow, Purple, Multi-colored bunches

Cauliflower – White, Golden and Purple heads

Celery

Celery Root – Celeriac

Chard – Green, Red and Rainbow

Fennel

Garlic – Whole bulbs – Elephant, mild and hot

Greens – Endive, Spinach, Tatsoi, Collards, Mustard, Radicchio, Dandelion, Rapini, Mizuna, Arugula, Bok Choy, Sorrel, Mixed Braising Greens

Kale – Green, Purple, Lacinato and Dinosaur

Kohlrabi

Lettuce – Red Leaf, Green Leaf, heirloom varieties

Leeks

Onions – Sweet Onions and Boiling Onions

Parsnips

Peppers – HOT varieties

Potatoes – Rose Finn Fingerlings, New Reds, Austrian Crescent, Blue, Yukon Gold, Cal-White, Purple, Skagit Valley Golds

Pumpkins – Sugar Pie Pumpkins, Cinderella Soup Pumpkins

Radicchio

Radish – Red, French Breakfast

Romanesco Broccoli/Cauliflower

Rutabaga

Shallots

Spinach

Squash – Winter varieties: Red Kuri, Acorn, Butternut, Kabocha, Golden Nugget, Delicata, Sweet Dumpling, Carnival, Hubbard, Blue

Tomatoes: Hothouse and heirloom varieties. Beefsteak, Roma, Paste, Yellow, Cherry, Cluster, Turnips

FRESH FRUIT

Apples: Winesap, Rome, Macoun, Newtown Pippin, Cinnamon Spice, Darcy Spice, Spitzenburg, Melrose, Boskoop, Ashmead’s Kernal, Roxbury Russet, Prairie Spy, Fuji, Honey Crisp, Braeburn, Tsugaru, Winter Banana, Jonagold, Cameo, Macoun, Red Delicious

Apriums: A cross between an apricot and a plum. At all markets.

Pears: Comice, D’Anjou, Bartlett, Bosc, Red Clapp

NUTS: Hazelnuts

FRESH HERBS: Marjoram, Thyme, Sage, Cilantro, Parsley, Mint

WILD MUSHROOMS: Chanterelles, Black Trumpets, Black Truffles

CULTIVATED MUSHROOM Growing Kits – Oyster (pink), Shitake Mushroom Growing Kits, at BW only.

Local Farmstead CHEESES and DAIRY

Chevre, Goudas, Cheddars, Fresh Mozzarella, Brie, Pecorino, Parmesan, Feta, Queso Fresco, Provolone, Semi-soft blue, Aged and Raw varieties from:

Appel Farms: Cheddars, Gouda , Quark and Paneer – at UD.

Samish Bay: Queso Fresco, Farmer Cheese (spreadable – uncooked), Feta, Fresh Mozzarella. Yogurt. Also Organic Gouda (from Jersey cows), Flavored Goudas (Cumin, Nettle, Mont Blanchard, Montasio, at BW, UD, WS.

Estrella Family Creamery: Goat, sheep & cow: Camembert, Aged Blue, Tomme, Morbier Creamy Blue – at UD.

Mt. Townsend Creamery: Cow’s milk Brie, Tomme, Camembert at BW, WS.

Sea Breeze Farm: Aged Cow’s milk (7 mos) Goat’s (aged 3mos), fresh whey Ricotta, Crème Fraiche, Buttermilk, Raw Milk, Heavy Cream – at UD and WS.

River Valley Cheese: Raw Cow and Goat milk: hard Goat Cheese, fresh Goat Chevre, flavored fresh Goat Chevre, Feta, Cow’s milk cheeses soaked in Cabernet and Pike Place Ale, Cow’s milk Cheddar and Pepper Jack, fresh Mozzarella. At UD.

FRESH EGGS

Lovingly collected every morning from organically fed, run-around-the-barnyard local chickens and ducks: Growing Things Farm at UD. Stokesberry Farm at UD, BW and WS. Skagit River Ranch at UD (except on Nov 29 and Dec 27). Sea Breeze Farm at UD and WS.

Local Pasture Raised MEATS and POULTRY

PORK Organic/Pasture-Raised and finished pork; all cuts, frozen and smoked, Loins, Chops, Roasts, Ham, Bacon, Sausages, Porchetta, Lard.

Samish Bay at UD, WS, BW. Wooly Pigs at UD and WS. Sea Breeze Farm at UD and WS. Skagit River Ranch at UD.

BEEF Organic pasture raised and finished beef. Steaks, Roasts, Hamburger, Summer Sausage, Andouille Sausage, Jerky, London Broil, soup bones, dog bones

Samish Bay at UD, WS, BW. Skagit River Ranch at UD. Olsen Farms at UD and BW. Sea Breeze Farm at UD and WS.

CHICKEN and DUCK Free-run locally raised chickens and ducks. Fryers, stewing hens and roasters. Chicken liver (pate) and chicken stock.

Stokesberry Farm at BW, UD and WS. Growing Things at UD. Rickman Gulch at WS on Nov 23 only. Sea Breeze Farm at UD and WS– also chicken, pate and soup stock.

VEAL Veal Ribs, Loin Chops, Top Round, Shanks. Sea Breeze Farm (UD & WS)

LAMB: Fresh cuts, ground fresh – Sea Breeze Farm (UD & WS – limited dates) and Olsen Farms (UD, WS, BW- all dates)

GOAT MEAT Steaks, Chops. From Sea Breeze Farm on Vashon Island (limited dates) and Toboton Creek Boer Goat Farm in Yelm (at UD every Saturday and at WS starting Nov 30).

Pate’ de Foie (chicken, pork and calf liver with red wine, cream and garlic) from Sea Breeze at UD and WS.

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

WINES

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

Sweet Raspberry and Spiced Blackberry dessert wines and Tayberry Table Wines from Rockridge Farms at UD and WS.

Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Syrah, Merlot from Steppe Cellars at UD on 11/22, 12/6, 12/27 only.

FISH sustainably caught, excellent quality

WILD SALMON: Frozen Wild Whole Coho, Sockeye and Keta salmon. Ivory King, Keta, Sockeye and Coho frozen fillets. Also Lox, Jerky, Salmon sausage and patties, Chum Caviar, Pickled Salmon. At UD, WS and Broadway Sunday markets.

OYSTERS, CLAMS, GEODUCK and MEDITERRANEAN MUSSELS from Taylor Shellfish at UD.

DRIED FRUITS AND VEGGIES

Look for Apples, Wild Huckleberries, Peaches, Apricots, Prunes, Asian Pears, Bosc Pears, Tomatoes, Celery Leaf, Hot Chilies, Garlic Powders from numerous different farmers at the markets.

Dried Mushrooms: Chanterelles, Lobster, Porcini, Truffle Salt at UD and WS.

Ice Cream Whole milk and heavy cream-custard-based homemade ice creams using seasonal fruit and berries, from Half Pint Homemade Ice Cream at B’Way.

FRESH PASTA – Fresh egg, red bell pepper, basil, squid ink, carrot, tomato and spinach pastas made with semolina flour. Also fresh raviolis with olive & artichoke, mushroom, pumpkin, spinach/roasted garlic, goat cheese and 4-cheese fillings. From La Pasta at UD, WS and Broadway.

HONEY – Blackberry & Wildflower – raw, unheated & unfiltered, plus raw Honeycomb. At all markets.

ARTISAN BREADS

Italian and French style rustic loaves and foccacia from:

Heavenly Pastry at BW

Panzanella at UD (except 11/15 and 11/22)

Tall Grass Bakery at UD and WS.

Pacific Coast Bakery – At U-District

Fresh, locally-made PASTRIES

Pies, pretzels, tarts, brulee, gateau, cookies, scones, cinnamon rolls, brownies, muffins, loaf cakes, biscotti, granolas:

Flying Apron GLUTEN-FREE: cakes, scones, muffins, cookies, tarts at UD and WS

Pies by Jenny: Sweet and savory pies and tarts made from fresh, local farm ingredients at UD. New seasonal pies each week.

Belle’s Buns: French style pastries – croissant, bouchon, tarts, desserts, cookies, sauces at BW and UD.

Heavenly Pastry and Cake: Pretzels, cakes, scones, breads, cookies and bars at BW.

Trevani: Chocolate Truffles at BW and UD through November, and in winter at WS.

Little Prague: Eastern European style pastries at UD, WS and Broadway.

Pacific Coast Bakery: Pies, Tarts, Sweet Breads and Cookies – At U-District

CIDERS – Apple, Apple Raspberry, Apple Apricot, Spiced Apple, Cherry-Apple, Ginger Lemonade from Rockridge Farms and Woodring Foods. Also, Apple cider VINEGAR. Fruit ciders from Tiny’s Organic. At UD, WS and Broadway

JAMS, JELLIES, SAUCES, SPREADS AND PRESERVES:

White Chocolate Marzipan, Bittersweet chocolate, Chocolate Hazelnut, Milk Chocolate sauces from Woodring Foods. Locally-sourced 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 at UD and WS. Peach, Apricot, Blackberry and Blueberry jams from Growing Things Farm at UD. Peach and Apricot Spreads from Pipitone Farm at B’Way, UD and WS. Seasonal fruit jams from Tiny’s Organic Farm – all markets.