This week the Fair Food Farmstand at Reading Terminal Market has Country Time Farm nitrate-free sausage on sale for $4.50/lb, raw whole milk from Kingfisher Dairy and — just in case you can’t eat your greens in adult form — teeny-tiny micro-greens from OH Produce! in Kempton.

Celebrity sighting at the stand! Author Michael Pollan stopped by last week while in town for his speaking engagement at the Free Library. Farmstand manager Sarah Cain reports that Pollan interacted with both the stand volunteers and one very lucky Hubbard squash.

Fair Food Farmstand [Official Site]

 

If you’re the sort that enjoys food shopping and then, uh, cooking, check out the Fair Food Farmstand at Reading Terminal Market. This week they’re stocking raw-milk cave-ripened cheeses from Valley Shepherd Creamery, chicken pies from Griggstown Quail Farm and organic kale and sweet potatoes from Landisdale Farm.

We love the Farmstand, but prefer to purchase items there that don’t involve turning on a stove, like Betty’s Tasty Buttons and Pequea Valley Yogurt. Eating local and being lazy are not mutually exclusive.

Fair Food Farmstand [Official Site]

Shop at a local’s farmer market with chef Chef Roberta Adamo and then prepare your own meal at Penne each Wednesday in November.

Each session costs $30 and begins at 10:30 AM.

Farm Market to Table Cooking Classes at Penne [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Penne [Official Site]

Great news from the Farmers Market at Headhouse Square. The Sunday morning market has been extended through December 23rd. Get your pot pies, fresh baked goods and all sorts of other goodies through the rest of the year.

Headhouse Market [The Food Trust]

Rick Nichols strolls the stalls at the Headhouse Square Farmers Market on a recent Sunday taking in the sights, sounds and tastes.

“Great cities deserve great markets,” recites Nicky Uy, the laid-back, on-site manager for the Food Trust, the market’s nonprofit sponsor.

And so as farmers displayed cascades of heirloom tomatoes and polished onions, and the scent of toasting corn tortillas rose from Los Taquitos de Puebla portable griddle, there were palpable resonances of San Francisco’s Ferry Plaza farmers’ market, and (as chef Marcie Turney and her partner, Valerie Safran, shopped for greens for the Head House Square Farmers’ Market Salad they’re running as a weekly special at Lolita) of the Union Square greenmarket in Manhattan, which inspires menus at cafes on its flank.

On the Side | In Head House, hearing market echoes [Philadelphia Inquirer]

It’s getting to be Farmers’ Markets season where all around town, farmers come right to the city slickers to sell fresh goods. Check out these farmers’ markets or visit nearby restaurants that take advantage of these markets.

2007 List of Farmers’ Markets after the jump.

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Epicurious has named Osteria as one of the top five farm fresh restaurants in the United States. Osteria was joined on the list by the likes of Momofuku Ssäm Bar, which was recently nominated as one of the best new restaurants in the United States by the James Beard Foundation.

Top Five Farm-Fresh Restaurants [Epicurious.com]
Osteria [Official Site]

The second of East Passyunk’s Piazza on Passyunk is set for tomorrow. Starting at 5 PM reconnect with the avenue and enjoy the area restaurants and shops as well as street performances featuring local legends, old school crooners and new talent. If you have the talent hop on stage and join in the Open-Mic and Jam Sessions performance space.

Piazza On Passyunk [MySpace]
East Passyunk Business Improvement District [Official Site]

Over 30 of the region�s finest family farmers and food producers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware will have a bounty of seasonal food products available for sale and sampling at the Reading Terminal Market today.

The Food Expo will run from 4 to 6 PM this evening. The event is hosted by The White Dog Caf� Foundation�s Fair Food Project.

Local Food Expo [Reading Terminal Market]

White Dog Cafe Foundation [Official Site]

Tomorrow is the first East Passyunk Avenue Piazza. Come out and enjoy Passyunk Avenue as it returns to its traditional role as a dynamic cultural stomping ground and bustling marketplace.
There will be plenty to do including the weekly Fountain Farmer’s Market at 11th, Passyunk and Tasker Streets.

Avenue shops, crafters and artisans will also be in the spirit and there will be a on open air market to sell your own arts and crafts.

And don’t just be entertained, entertain at the Open Mic and jam sessions on the Avenue.

EAST P-yUNK AVE-RS [MySpace]
East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District [Official Site]