08/21/2026
The music of our own Jerry Hess will be floating out of the gazebo this Saturday. And sitting in with Jerry will be the inimitable Bryan Gowland! So grab your coffee to enjoy while you shop. Come to think of it, a stop at Koffee’s Coffee will ensure that you can have a great cuppa every morning. Glen offers freshly roasted beans and if you don’t have a grinder, Glen will grind them for you.
Patrick has made croissants into an art form. You can find plain or chocolate or filled with fruit creams or cinnamon twists or Everything Bagel twists. Unless you’re very new to the market, I don’t need to tell you of the excellent selection sourdough breads and sandwich breads on Happy Flour tables. And now, Patrick is baking Irish Scones! The Irish version is made with less sugar —more of a cross between a biscuit and an American scone. He will have them for the next few weeks. Soo good!
Vincent & Mauricio have been adding to their line of foods with baked goods over the past few years. Cuccidati (fig cookies), Anginetti (Italian wedding cookies), and Biscotti can be had on Vincent & Mauricio’s table. Fancy, right? Well they also bake chocolate, Matcha, lemon, and peanut butter cookies, and those elaborately decorated sugar cookies. You’ll find gluten-free pita bread, seasoned cornbread, and their wonderful Brazilian cheese bread plus fruit tarts or quick breads made with seasonal fruits.
Jennifer always has something delicious on her table whether her focaccia, Italian bread, sourdough, bagels or specialty breakfast ‘sandwiches’. And now, beginning in September, she is offering The Bread Box, available by subscribing at www.bearcreekroad.net. These delightful boxes contain 1 flavored sourdough, 1 loaf/roll of the month, 1 pantry staple (waffle/muffin/scone mix), 1 Herbed Seasoning Salt or Butter, and 2 pastries of the month. It’s like having a birthday every month when you open your box.
Much more can be found at the market, so take the time to stroll around, get to know our vendors and their extraordinary products. In addition to an excellent selection of jams, jellies, fruit butters, preserves, chutneys and marmalades, Althee often has quick breads or individual pies or cobblers. The variety of seasoning, sauces, vinegars and olive oil on B&B’s stand is seriously fantastic. If your beef needs something special, they have a seasoning. If your chicken needs a perk up, they can perk it. If your pork needs flavor, they have a rub for it. Don’t forget to try out their flavored oils and vinegars. Ree Lee just has one thing — hot sauce. It is an exceptional sauce with just the right amount of heat and loads of flavor.
On Bee Sweet’s table you can often find an outstanding raw honey. Bee Sweet also offers creamed honey which spreads so nicely over your toast and biscuits and tastes so good, you’d be tempted to eat it right off the spoon. You can get an excellent local raw honey from Greg as well. Need something a little more pickley? Then a visit to Stacy’s table will satisfy that need. You’ll have trouble choosing from her vast collection of pickles which make an delicious addition to any plate.
While not something you really want to serve on a plate, Hope prepares the perfect soap to clean that plate. You can find kitchen soap, laundry soap, laundry stain remover, luscious bath soaps, and even a fantastic shampoo bar. Definitely not soapy but Hope also prepares an aged Organic Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract. You could put a teaspoon over your ground Koffee’s Coffee beans before brewing for an amazing cup of coffee.
Don’t think for a moment that we won’t have all the good stuff — veggies, fruit, milk, meats, eggs, and more. And, we’d love to see you there, too.
Lots of love,
Charlene LeJeune
Abundant Life Kitchen
