Farmers' Market 12/18 - Rain or Shine - Thursday from 2 to 5 pm!

And mark your calendars for a special Xmas Eve Market on WEDNESDAY, 12/24 from 2 to 5 pm.

This week:

* Chef Laura Stec shops the market and whips up appetizers for our 'Appy Hour, 2-4pm! See menu below!

* Pam from Capay Valley Vineyards will be there this week with her Napa Valley Viognier, Tempranillo and Syrah. Stop by for a taste :)

* Roli Roti will be there with HOT rotisserie chicken, potatoes and sprouts.

Meat & Poultry:

• Victorian Farmstead will be joining us with beef, pork, lamb, chickens, eggs and bacon.
• One Ocean Seafood will be there with local, seasonal fish and shellfish. Special order? Crab? Call Patrick at 650-222-8685.
• Haley's Sausage Co. brings us artisan sausages, handmade locally from pasture-raised pork and chicken.
• Fresh farm eggs - Crescent Farm, Green Eggs-n-Jam (Maggie) and Victorian Farmstead!

Fresh Farm Produce:

• Sunrise and Smit Farms will be with us with delicious apples, pomegranates, persimmons, grapes, Asian pears and citrus.
• Rio de Parras Organics will be there with gorgeous veggies as usual. 
• Crescent Farm has fresh farm eggs and the first of his winter veggies.
• Old Dog Ranch - mentioned in the December issue of Bon Appetit gift giving guide! has organic family grown delicious walnuts and walnut butters. Raw or toasted halves, plain or in flavors like Maple, Mexican Hot Chocolate, Whiskey Spice. Try their Rosemary walnuts, warmed and sprinkled on your fresh salads.
• Half Moon Harvest is with us again this week with greenhouse lettuces and Armenian cucumbers.
• Wings of Nature LOCAL honey.

Specialties:

• Sinbad Catering will be there with delicious dips, veggie and grain salads and entrees. 
• Homemaid Ravioli has handmade pasta including rolls of fresh lasagna and boxes of ravioli, sauces, olives and tapenades.
• Nut 'n Bean has specialty nut butters, hummous and vegan cheese spreads. 
• High Note has fresh, locally roasted specialty coffees. 
• Jerk 'n Pickle brings us all sorts of delicious pickles and artisan beef jerky.
• Dobson & Clarke has jams, jellies, cranberry sauce, sauerkrauts, pickled veggies and more.
• PV Breads - Phil is baking as we speak! Spelt Scones w/ currant & orange, Pain au Levain, Corn Porridge, Sprouted Wheat, Danish Rye, Buckwheat, Quinoa-Kamut among others.

For Sweets:

• City Baking has fresh croissants, baguettes, focaccias, cookies. Delicious cakes from Namesake Cheesecake, Toffee by the Lady Who Kissed the Cow, Kidding Around with Chocolate has goat's milk fudge, Love Morsels fruitcakes and crisps, FlourChylde Bakery (pronounced "flower child") brings us gluten-free pies and cakes, cookies and breads.

Crafts: 

• Route One Pumpkin soaps and lotions, handmade locally.
• Nancy Wilder Designs - gorgeous silk wraps and felted scarves, fingerless gloves and more.
• Bellamare Sea Glass Jewelry - gorgeous sea glass gems set in sterling silver. 

'Appy Hour Menu:

• Half Moon Harvest & Victorian Farmstead Lettuce Wraps with Nut 'n Bean Almond Butter and Old Dog Ranch Padrona Pepper Drizzle  (vegan and with meat)
• City Baking Sourdough with Half Moon Harvest Cucumbers, Nut n Bean Roasted Red Pepper Vegan Cheese and Ume Pickled Radish  (vegan)
• Portola Valley Bakery 100% Rye and Quinoa Kamut with Cream Cheese, Smoked Trout from One Ocean Seafood, Nut 'n Bean Spiced Mustard & Dobson & Clarke Brussels Sprout Sauerkraut (vegan and with fish)
• One Ocean Seafood Ahi Tuna in Half Moon Harvest Square Cucumbers Cups 
• Haley Andouille Sausage with Fuyumoro Persimmon Pintxos