We're here for moms!

This weekend is filled with brunches, flowers, cards, calls, and, for some, remembrances. We’re here for all of it at the Hastings Farmers Market. Flowers? Thousand Leaf Gardens Farm is bringing tulips-a-plenty. So is Titusville Farms.

Lotions and salves and skin care made with local botanicals? Check. Ash Hopper is in the house.

A bottle of locally-distilled digestif? Head straight to Sprinbgbrook Hollow, where you can also find some limoncello or, something a bit stronger for mom.

Mom’s very own organic kitchen garden? Double check! Homegrown Nursery Farms, Titusville Farm and Obercreek Farm are all bringing herb and vegetable seedlings. And, this week we welcome Home Harvest Cedar Planters  as a pop-up vendor. Why not surprise Mom with an instant herb-filled planter right outside her kitchen window on Sunday morning? 

Does Mom have a sweet tooth? Silvia’s Kitchen’s Alfajores or Dulce de Leche cake should do the trick. As would a box of cream puffs from CreamBomb. Or, how about a pint of precious ice cream from Unofficial Ice Cream? This week, Abby’s flavors include: buttermilk (made with local buttermilk) and pistakio (a pistachio paste). The ever-popular and counterintuitive sourdough, and, for the first time, banana (vanilla ice cream with banana compote and a macademia nut crumble). Her sorbet of the week is seasonal strawberry with a strawberry ripple.

Of course, some of you will like to cook for Mom. Sunday brunch is traditional so let's take advantage of all those amazing eggs at the market to make some fantastic  savory egg dishes like these skillet greens with runny eggs. Maybe swap the pancetta for some spicy chorizo from Iberian Delights to jazz things up a bit. Or buy some asparagus to make these papadzules, eggs and asparagus in tortillas with pepita sauce.You can find fresh cilantro for this recipe at the Obercreek tent. 

Prefer to make dinner? Pura Vida Fishery will have plenty of swordfish so you can make this recipe for swordfish with lemon and fennel.Though the recipe calls only for fennel seeds and the fronds of the bulb, you will, of course, quarter your fennel bulbs and steam them as a tasty side dish, dressed in Agape EVOO, or, if you’re feeling fancy,  you can make this lemony fennel risotto.

This year, I join the ranks of those who celebrate a mom who is no longer with us. I will make a traditional steak frites with chopped shallots in her honor, the dish that crowned all celebrations in my household growing up. If you’re in the club, dig up a recipe that made Mom smile and we'll do our best to find what you need. 

See you at the market!