WEEK OF 9/17/13

Westside Farmers’ Market Benefit Dinner Tonight at 7pm!
The Westside Farmers’ Market is proudly bringing more farm fresh food to Ann Arbor’s Westside. The number of vendors, demos, outreach, and events has grown in a big way over the past three years. The Roadhouse wants to support this community event transition from a volunteer run project into a sustainable community platform. James Beard award-winning Chef Alex Young and vendors from the Westside Farmers’ Market have created a menu full of fall’s bounty and invite you to celebrate the harvest with them at the peak of the season with a fresh fundraising dinner.
Proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Westside Farmers’ Market.
Call 734-663-FOOD (3663) to reserve your seat!

Banana Bread & Chocolate Banana Bread at Zingerman’s Mail Order!
Go bananas, 2 ways!
Mail Order’s Mo says:

New! This year the diabolical pastry enablers at Zingerman’s Bakehouse focused their dark magic on classic banana bread. Like our hugely popular sourcream coffeecake and magic brownies, banana bread instantly conjures up nostalgia for home baking. The thing is, this loaf tastes better than what mom used to make (no offense intended, moms, it’s just hard to beat our Bakehouse). There are no nuts in these loaves, just the classic charms: flour, cane sugar, real butter and fresh eggs, a touch of Madagascar vanilla and two freshly peeled bananas per loaf. Chocolate banana bread is the same story, with the addition of huge chunks of chocolate. Wrapped in tissue, each loaf comes packed in its own colorfully illustrated box.  Each serves 5-7.

The Zingerman’s Creamery is featuring Bridgewater as the September Cheese of the Month. The Bridgewater is one of our most flavorful cheeses. Made from fresh cow’s milk, this super-rich, double-cream, soft-ripened orb is spiked with cracked and whole black Telicherry peppercorns for a full-flavored peppery zing that perfectly complements the slight citrus and gentle mushroom notes of the paste.

Support your Westside Farmers’ Market!
Fresh, quality food the Westside Farmers’ Market! Each Thursday, from 3p-7p, the Zingerman’s Roadhouse parking lot is filled with vendors selling a wide variety of fruits, veggies, baked goods, and much more! Vendors includes Mindo Chocolate Makers, Corridor Sausage Company, the Brinery, and tons more! San Street is there with their delicious Korean street food and the WSFM accepts Food Assistance programs like SNAP, EBT, Bridge Card, and Food Stamps. We’re also dog friendly, so stop on by!

Chef Alex Young cooks at Chicago’s historic Union Station
The event is part of the James Beard Foundation’s Taste America: Local Flavor from Coast To Coast epicurean tour which features a culinary journey through the Great Lakes by ten James Beard Foundation chefs from our region.
The dinner will take place in Chicago this Friday, 9/20, from 6p-9p, and tickets are still available here.
Don’t miss this amazing event!

Fridays and Saturdays at the Zingerman’s Bakehouse also mean Special Bakes, limited-edition loaves available for just a weekend. This weekend it’s delicious Black Olive Farm Bread! This popular loaf is a crusty round of our signature farm bread studded with marinated black olives. If there’s any left it makes really tasty croutons for an antipasto salad or bread crumbs for eggplant parmesan.
Don’t miss it! Special Bakes are also available at Zingerman’s Deli!

 Next Monday is Mozzarella Monday at the Zingerman’s Creamery! $2 off the per pound price for Fresh, Smoked, or Burrata! Two bucks off!

See you soon!