Inside this edition: October 2011's Digest can be found here.
True South Australian spring is here.
Buying local pristine produce with a minimum of cooking is the secret to a glamorous carefree diet. In spring creamy cheeses are creamier as the grasses are richer and more nourishing. Fresh peas and broad beans are sweet and sought after in their short season. Apricots and white peaches, cherries and strawberries are on their way as the sun shines and the weather warms up. Local wild scallops and sustainably farmed mussels will be in great demand as everyone gears up for summer entertaining. Award-winning prosciutto made from black pigs makes putting simple platters together too easy.
We eat according to the seasons as our lives keep in touch with our environment. Eating seasonal, local food fosters traditions and rituals, building communities. This Market tells the story of the season and connects us to the land as the soil and climate provide for us. Our local farmers bring produce from regional South Australia, providing a geographic profile of nutrition and local culture.
Our passion for local, seasonal food, and supporting primary industry was the topic of conversation at the Festival of Ideas this year. As the global population brims over 7 billion, the importance of sustainable farming, land use and food policy is being realised. Growth in this century is being defined by sustainability. Adelaide Showground Farmers Market is increasingly relevant, granting a lifestyle choice for shoppers, farmers and small producers.
Farm Gate magazine is being launched here on Sunday 20 November by co-author, Dianne Mattsson, who is The Advertiser’s food writer. This beautiful, affordable publication is a guide to seasonal South Australian farmers’ produce. This glossy magazine will be released annually, to keep it relevant and is available at the Information tent at the Market. That is one Christmas present idea - add one ASFM membership and you’re done!
Dianne Mattson is also a guest judge, along with Hilton Adelaide’s Executive Chef, Dennis Leslie, at our prestigious Adelaide Showground Farmers Market Awards. Voting forms are being distributed to members or you can download and print one here. Vote on the stalls that do the best work, provide the best produce and inspire you. The award ceremony is on Sunday 11th December at 11am.
Top The annual Adelaide Showground Farmer Awards have been developed to give our members the opportunity to recognise and reward the ASFM stallholders for their quality of presentation, service and produce.
This year we are pleased to have The Advertiser food writer Dianne Mattsson to judge our new award, the Media Award. The Media Award recognises the stallholder who most successfully tells their story. A stall's story is told through its produce, its display information and how the stallholder engages with their customers.
We are also pleased to have a second new award this year, the Chef's Inspiration Award. Judged by the Hilton Adelaide's Executive Chef Dennis Leslie, this award recognises the stall who provides the most inspiring local, seasonal produce - the produce that inspires menus.
Voting forms will be available at the Info Tent from Sunday 13 November. Alternatively you can download and print the form here.
Please complete and return your form to the Info Tent staff by Sunday 4 December. Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony to be held at the Market square on Sunday 11 December at 11am.
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San Jose Smallgoods are delighted to be named Champion Winner - Smallgoods at the Royal Melbourne Fine Food awards. In their 1st year competing, San Jose won the two gold awards in the 2011 Melbourne Royal Fine Food Show plus they were named Champion Smallgoods Prosciutto (Italian Style). In the 2011 Sydney Royal Fine Food Show, San Jose also won gold in the Prosciutto category. Congratulations to Jose and Pascal from San Jose Smallgoods for this fantastic achievement.
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Coorong Wild Seafood were thrilled to be recognised as one of South Australia’s top seafood businesses, as joint winner of the 2011 Seafood Business Excellence award at the SA Seafood Industry Awards. They shared their win with Clean Seas Tuna, the first time a joint award has been presented. Owners Glen and Tracy Hill were thrilled to be presented with the award, which is the second produce award for the pair, with Glen and Tracy winning the 2007 Leading Seafood Producer Award.
In addition, Coorong Wild Seafood has been awarded the Westpac Small Business Award in the Regional Advantage SA awards.
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 - Howard Vineyard 2010 Sparking Brut
Congratulations are also in order for Howard Vineyard. The 2010 Howard Vineyard Sparkling Brut was judged as No. 6 in the Top 10 winners in the Adelaide Review's 2011/12 Hot 100 Wines from a field of 1,200 entries. This follows a Silver medal recently awarded at the Boutique Wine Makers Show 2011
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Kinkawooka Mussels won the coveted Producer of the Year award as well as taking out the From The Sea category in the delicious.Magazine 2011 produce awards.
B.-d. Farm Paris Creek's fabulous biodynamic dairy products were recognised at the awards as finalists in the From The Dairy category.
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 - Award-winning table bread by Aki's Hand
Well done to Aki Kurashima of Aki's Hand who won best Decorated Gateaux or Torte at the National Baking Industry Association Awards in August. Aki also won Best Table Bread Roll at the National Baking Competition, receiving 1st in the Batched White Bread rolls class.
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 - Honey Lady, Best Exhibit, Taste SA tent at the 2011 Royal Adelaide Show
Many of you will have noticed the fantastic display by Sylvia Hart of Honey Lady in the Taste SA tent at the 2011 Royal Adelaide Show. Honey Lady won Best Exhibit in the Taste SA section of the show.
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The ASFM 2011 AGM was held on Wednesday 19th October in the Market pavilion. The 2011/2012 ASFM Committee members are:
Anne Duncan (Chairperson)
Graham Brookman (Deputy Chair)
Adam Bishop (Secretary)
Milton Perryman (Treasurer)
Genevieve Harris
Katrina Bochner
Judith Noble
Claude Conterno
Dr Geoff Page
Julie Walker
We are especially grateful to our guest speaker, Simon Bryant. Simon was entertaining, constructive and interactive. He engaged the audience by suggesting a few ways we can improve our customer service to help us compete with other shopping experiences available.
We would like to thank the following stallholders for donations of food for the AGM: We would also like to thank the following stallholders who have sold us products for the AGM at discounted prices:
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Most people hate the thought of throwing away food. Rosemary Cadden, co-author of the book Making a Meal of It, will be in the demo kitchen at 10am this Sunday 6 November, to give tips and advice on how to keep food fresher for longer and how to "make a meal" out of food you are considering throwing away.
What to do with that one sad carrot? Making a Meal of It is a guide to making the most of the food we feel guilty about throwing away.
Bursting with tips, ideas and recipes, this book tells you how to buy the best, keep it fresh, and make use of every bit - and, when you forget, how to restore and revive. The ideas are simple and flexible, from tasty solutions for last night's leftovers to easy recipes for a bulk buy or garden harvest.
Tuck in and make a meal of it. You'll save time and money, and a bit of the planet too.
Rosemary will also be available to sign copies of the book, which will be on sale at the Info Tent for $20 for members (the book's RRP is $24.95). Read a review of the book here, by Adelaide blogger Lamb's Ears and Honey. To read an excerpt of the book, click here.
Top  - Vogole in a pan from Sicilian Seafood Cookery
Food writer and blogger Marisa Raniolo Wilkins will join us in the Demo Kitchen on Sunday 27 November at 10am to promote her new book, Sicilian Seafood Cooking. The book contains a selection of fish recipes (pasta and mains and using sustainable fish) and vegetable accompaniments inspired by Marisa's travels in Sicily to visit family.
Here is what Marisa has to say about the book, on her blog:
"The book combines social and culinary history, personal memoir, anecdotes and folklore. It has 383 pages with 120 authentic Sicilian recipes for fish and its many accompaniments: special sauces and vegetable contorni (side dishes). My editor, Mary Trewby, has done a brilliant job ensuring that the book is logically structured and clearly laid out: first courses (in Sicily this means pasta), second-course dishes (mains), sauces, food for feasts and vegetables. Some of the contorni (side plates of vegetables) also double up antipasti.
....there are some excellent photographs of the food I cooked in my very small kitchen....the book also features a large selection of photographs of Sicily, especially of fish, fruit and vegetables in the markets of Palermo, Syracuse and Catania...
Like all true Italian cooking, Sicilian cuisine is intensely regional and where it is appropriate I have provided information about the origins of recipes. Recipes come embedded with bits of folklore, quotes from literature and personal reminiscence. There is important information about the sustainability of fish species relevant world wide, and there are a variety of fish that can be substituted in each recipe."
Marisa has also donated a signed copy of the book as a prize for members who scan on the day.
Top In November we welcome one new stallholder to the Market and welcome back another three seasonal stallholders.  - Uleybury Wines property in the Mount Lofty ranges
Uleybury Wines is a family owned and operated boutique winery located in the Mt Lofty Ranges. Uleybury Wines began in 1995 when the first vines were planted on the property. Uleybury released their first three labels in 2000, which included their 1999 Hand Picked Basket Press Uley Chapel Shiraz, 1999 Hand Picked Basket Press Grenache Shiraz and 2000 Hand Picked Semillon. These wines and their newer releases have been well-received by both the public and wine reviewers, with the winery awarded 5 stars by the James Halliday 2007 Wine Companion.
The winery added an authentic Italian restaurant, the Bottega Restaurant, to the estate. The restaurant is open Fridays-Sundays.
Uleybury Wines will also have a sunset cinema on their property, showing classic and contemporary films outdoors throughout the summer. For tickets and more information, click here.
Tim Judd of Uleybury Wines join us at the Market from this Sunday 6 November at site 59.  - Cherry trees in blossom at Barossa Cherries' farm
Cherry growers Tim and David Fechner will be back at the Market this Sunday 6 November with their Barossa cherries, just in time for the silly season!
Top  - Charlie Ppiros with Apricot Grove's fruit
Charlie Pprios from Apricot Grove is back at the Market with Riverland nectarines, peaches and apricots. Apricot Grove can be found in our new aisle near B.-d Farm Paris Creek.
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Adelaide Hills Avocados have told us that they have a fantastic crop this year! They will be back at the Market on Sunday 20 November at site 61.
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The Market is expanding!
Due to the abundance of summer fruit coming into the Market, we are expanding the Market into another aisle to relieve the congestion in some of those busier spots.
You can now find strawberries, cherries, avocados and nectarines in the new aisle, but as we have more delicious produce coming in, you will need to keep exploring!
The new aisle is located towards the train track near B.-d. Farm Paris Creek (site 91).
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 - Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society at the Market on Sunday 19th June
It's been almost 5 months since they were last at the Market so many market-goers will be delighted to see the jovial Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society back strumming again at the the Market on Sunday 13 November. Find them outside under the tree near the Kuhl Kooking catering van. For more about joining the Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society, click here.
Top  - Merry Cherry Farms' cherries on the tree
- Sunday 18th December - 9am-1pm - last Sunday Market for the year!
- Thursday 22nd December - 4pm - 8pm - Christmas Twilight Market
- Sunday 25th December - MARKET CLOSED
- Sunday 1st January - MARKET CLOSED
- Sunday 8th January - 9am - 1pm - first Sunday Market for 2012
Top Matt Fazzari of Enzo's Gluten Free is offering all ASFM members 15% off all food purchases at the Enzo's at Home store, Enzo's Pizzeria and Enzo's Gluten Free factory store. The offer is valid for the month of November only and upon present of a 2011 or 2012 ASFM membership card. Find them here:
Enzo's Gluten Free
244a Grange Road,
Flinder Park SA 5025
Ph: 8443 3621
Enzo's Pizzeria
46 Port Road,
Hindmarsh SA 5007
Ph: 8340 3392
Enzo's at Home
302 Port Road,
Hindmarsh SA 5007
Ph: 8346 2789
Top Scan your membership card on 6 November for a chance to win a signed copy of the book Making a Meal of It, valued at $24.95. The book was written by ex-journalists Rosemary Cadden and Jane Willcox who share a passionate dislike for waste. Rosemary will join us at the Market this Sunday at 10am to share tips from the book which helps you to refresh and reuse the food in your kitchen.To read an excerpt of the book, click here.
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Scan your membership card on Sunday 13 November for a chance to win a $25 voucher to spend at Inman Valley Poultry. Located at site 51 at the entrance to the Market, Inman Valley Poultry is run by farmer Ashley Bowyer, who sells free-range chicken and also duck eggs. Inman Valley Poultry's chickens are hormone-free, antibiotic-free, chemical-free and free of growth stimulants. Ashley is also taking orders for free-range turkeys and geese for Christmas.
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Scan your membership card on Sunday 20 November for a chance to win a $25 voucher to spend at Quench Cordials. Located at site 4 inside the Market pavilion, Quench is run by Edward Wright and his wife Dianna. Their cordials are home-made in a variety of flavours. Quench also sell chutneys and herbs and chilli salt. Look out for their plum puddings at Christmas!
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 - Sicilian Seafood Cookery book cover
Scan your membership card at the Market on Sunday 27 November to win a copy of Marisa Raniolo Wilkins' book, Sicilian Seafood Cooking, valued at $45. Find out more about the book here.
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Cherries are now available from Bileko Fresh Fruits at site 90 and Barossa Cherries, who can be found in the new aisle near B.-d. Farm Paris Creek. More cherries are expected as the weather warms up from Merry Cherry Farms at site 70 and Ashbourne Valley Orchards at site 60.
Stonefruit is now available from B&A Andonopoulos (site 68), Apricot Grove (in the new aisle near B.-d Farm Paris Creek), Bileko Fresh Fruits (site 90), Cooinda Proprietors (site 74) and The Food Forest (fortnightly at site 60)
Bickleigh Vale Farm at site 85 now have a new salad mix. Sprinkle the seeds on your salad.
New season's garlic is now available from Alnda Farms at site 84
Lamb sausages available from ZaraGrace Lamb at site 22
Award-winning produce at the Market! Coorong Wild Seafood (site 30) have new season mulloway at the Market and they are now catching flounder again for the first time in 6 years, with pipis also coming soon. Award-winning prosciutto is available from San Jose Smallgoods and mussels are now on sale from delicious. Producer of the Year and From The Sea winner Kinkawooka Mussels (fortnightly at site 49). delicious. Produce From The Dairy award finalists B.-d. Farm Paris Creek have biodynamic dairy products available from the van at site 91. Get your bottle of award-winning 2010 Sparking Brut from Howard Vineyard at site 64 (fortnightly). Buy some prize-winning cakes from Aki's Hand at site 33.
Top  - Matt Fazzari with his Dad Enzo at the opening of his stall at the Market in 2010
Find Enzo's Gluten Free at the Market at site 21
Matt Fazzari is no stranger to hard work. Growing up as the son of Enzo Fazzari of Enzo's Ristorante fame, Matt started working for his father as a barrista at the age of 15. Matt saw the long hours and late nights that go into running a business but this has not put him off starting a business of his own.
Enzo's Gluten Free has sold gluten-free bread, cakes, muffins and desserts at his stall at the Market for the past year. Matt offers a gluten-free alternative to the wheat-based products that coeliacs love but cannot have. For Matt, the decision to open a gluten-free business was personal.
"I'm gluten-free myself. I found that gluten slowed me down. If I had a sandwich for lunch, I was lethargic by about 3 o'clock," said Matt. "As an Italian, we have bread with everything, it's a staple diet! Not being able to find anything in the shops beside expensive supermarket shelf items was frustrating," he said.
For Matt, the Market was instrumental to starting the business.
"It started off small, just baking it for myself and my family," said Matt, "and now it's got bigger with the stall at the farmers market. I wanted to start Enzo's Gluten Free to show that Enzo's Ristorante makes beautiful food, Enzo's at Home makes beautiful convenience food and now Enzo's Gluten Free can accommodate for these people that find it hard to eat wheat".
Matt sees his stall at the Market helps people by offering them a fresh alternative to the small amount of gluten-free products available.
"A lot of mothers out there thank me because now they can feed their children," he said. "When people come to the factory shop and I tell them they can have a chicken schnitzel pack with gluten-free crumbs, they buzz out!"
When asked what goes into the product, Matt said "it needs a lot of love". Matt found it difficult to source the right flour initially but now he has found a good base flour, he has adapted to make the muffins and profiteroles that are available at the Market.
With a background in IT, Matt still helps out the family business however he is enjoying learning all the other facets that come with owning a business, such as marketing. He has a full-time baker at his factory on Grange Road, as well as a couple of staff at the Market stall to help him out. It is a true family business, with his brother helping out as well.
"I'm showing Dad it's a serious piece of the pie," he said.
Enzo's Gluten Free bakes fresh Fridays and Saturdays for the Free store in Unley and he will be branching out further in the near future. The product is also available frozen during the week at the Enzo's at home stores.
Matt says that at the moment his most popular product is the chia stick with chia superseeds although he is selling out of most of his bread before the Market closes every week. He sees that Market-goers are educated about the food they eat as well.
"People are on the ball with these sorts of things," he said, "they know about chia being a superseed".
For Matt, the benefits of eating a gluten-free bread is simple.
"It just makes you feel better," he said.
Matt is offering all ASFM members a special deal for the month of November. Click here for details.
Top The Taste of South Australia, The Adelaide*Magazine, Thursday 27 October 2011
"Meet the main men behind SA's revered shellfish - one of Australia's ultimate food experiences."
Paul Polacco from Polacco Family Scallops and Sea Urchins and Andrew Puglisi from Kinkawooka Mussels
Upper Crust, Adelaide Matters, 27 October 2011, p 48
Steven ter Horst's salted caramel truffle tart is featured in Kylie Fleming's article on Adelaide's best tarts
Check out the Sumptuous October/November 2011 issue for more stories featuring our Market, such as Local legend returns on pg 9 and Simon Bryant's write up of farmers market in The good stuff.
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Australian Caper Company: 6 November, 13 November, 27 November
Bubba Tukka: 20 November
Carob Kitchen: 6 November, 20 November
Howard Vineyard: 6 November, 20 November
Kinkawooka Mussels: 6 November, 20 November
Minniribbie Berkshire Pig Farm: 13 November, 27 November
The Food Forest: 13 November, 27 November
Wild Fox Wines: 6 November, 20 November
Wilke Estate Organic Wines: 13 November, 27 November
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