Tip Sheet for June 20, 2013

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Today’s Market Specials

Featured Farm: Vilath Farm: Greens, vegetables, herbs, specialty asian greens and herbs, melons, papayas and other seasonal tropical fruits.

Featured Eats: Inferno Pizza: Making pizzas in a brick oven using fresh local tomatoes and basil.  Yum!

Featured Nursery: Growing Creations brings a diverse range of potted plants to market including orchids, herb and veg starters, flowers, citrus dwarf trees, and cacti.  They also sell the famous sustainable Bokashi, beneficial microorganismused to amend soil, provide plant nutrition and well-being, and compost your compost!

- Row A -

Vilath Farm: Greens, vegetables, herbs, specialty asian greens and herbs, melons, papayas and other seasonal tropical fruits.

Bueno Salsa: Variety of handmade salsas and pickles. Specialties include Kailua-grown Ghost Pepper recipes and pepper pickled things. Freshly crisped tortilla chips too!

Nalo Meli: Beekeeper Howard McGinnis of Nalo Meli brings his raw, local honey and handmade honey soaps to the market.

808 Farm Fresh: A hydroponic pesticide free Farm growing 8 different variety’s of lettuce and an assortment of Vegetables and Fruits.

Hawaiian Cheese Cakes: Chef David creates his cheesecakes using 90% locally grown ingredients.

Just Add Water: Organically grown veggies and fruit from a variety of local organic farmers.

Sea Mountain Coffee Company: 100% Kau dark and medium roast coffee, plus Peaberry. Ka’u roasted macadamia nuts.

Aunty Nani’s: Cookies

HaHa Hawaiian Organics: Locally Sourced Organically Certified Juices and Sorbets

Madre Chocolate: Chocolates made in Kailua from locally-sourced cacao and featuring locally sourced ingredients.  They also incorporate cacao grown on sustainable operations in Central America as well.

Golden Melon/Waimanalo Country Farms: Fresh Lemonade  and homemade cornbread.

Petit Suisse Crepes: Crystal and Mehdi our newest vendors create crepes straight from the farms. Using local ingredients eggs, honey, cheese veggies and fruits. A must try item.

Via Gelato: Handmade gelato & sorbetto featuring locally sourced ingredients.

G’s: Chef Robert Menendez cooks up dinner with a French Bistro Flare gotta try his Kuahiwi Steak Frites or his French Quiche du jour.

Growing Creations:Diverse range of potted plants to market including orchids, herb and veg starters, flowers, citrus dwarf trees, and cacti. They also sell the famous sustainable Bokashi, beneficial microorganism used to amend soil, provide plant nutrition and well-being, and compost your compost!

- Row B -

Ono Pops: Gourmet paletas (popsicle like goodness) with locally sourced ingredients like Naked Cow Dairy milk, island cacao chocolate, Big Island grown match green tea, local seasonal fruits and herbs. Currently more than 26 flavors and the list keeps growing!

Akaka Falls Farm: Rare tropical fruit jellies, jams, fruit butters and honeys from Honomu on Big Island.

North Shore Farm: On hiatus

Hawaiian Style Chili Company: Dinner Plates – Seared Ahi and Shiitake, Kalua Pork, Garlic Shrimp, Gourmet Chili and taro mochi

North Shore Cattle Company: serving naturally raised beef from Big Island – all beef Portuguese and andouille sausages; grilled burgers; Dinner Plates – Teri Beef, Ranch-style stew, Meatloaf, Hamburger Steak.

Marine Agrifuture Sea Asparagus: Dr. Sun’s famous Kahuku grown sea asparagus. Fresh or powdered form. Prepared Sea Asparagus in sushi, and tomato lomi style. Aquacultured ogo also available.

Nalo Farm/Life: Dean’s Greens, braising greens, tatsoi, a variety of fresh herbs, Kamiya papayas and much more.

Starpoint: Chef Kate serving up hot pasta dishes, roast chicken, pork loin, veggie lasagna, and more.  Plus her famous haupia bread pudding.

Da Spot: Egyptian, Mediterranean and Thai inspired dinner plates. Baklava drizzled with local honey too!

Kahuku Na’ono roasts fresh harvested local corn and adds your choice of creative and ono gourmet touch – Garlic Butter, Lilikoi Butter, Furikake, Herb Sprinkle and more.

Grandma G’s serving up Grilled Teriyaki Sirloin, Grilled Garlic Sirloin, Pan Seared Opakapaka, and Sweet Sour Spareribs with Nalo Greens and your choice of brown or white rice.

Vixaysack Farm: a variety of Asian vegetables, cucumbers, papayas, pineapple and melons

- Row C -

Hawaii’s Best Ever Brittle: line of gourmet baked nuts and nougats.  Macadamia, almonds, walnuts, pecans – she baked them up and toffees each batch fresh, her nougats too, with locally-sourced seasonings like honey, Maui Cane sugar, Naked Cow Dairy, Kona coffee, Hawaiian sea salts.

Black Sand serving up Roast Pork sandwiches featuring West Side raised hog, Island caught fresh Mahi sandwiches and a homemade veggie burgers!

Flavor Wave: Sister and brother team Lorie and David serve up an array of lumpia made with locally sourced beef, pork, veggies and herbs.  Apple Banana Dessert Lumpia too!  Molokai Sweet Potato Fried Mochi and Calamansi Mint drinks too.

Chef Sean’s Soul Patrol: Buttermilk fried chicken, gumbo, jambalaya, Mohala Farm collard greens, Kahuku Corn bread – soul food with Hawaii twist!

Otsuji Farm: Family-run farm in Hawaii Kai, brings a variety of greens and other vegetables. Also serving up Chef Jonas Otsuji’s famous Sushi Surfer Sliders: tempura eggplant or kale topped with spicy ahi and special drizzle.

Kiba Cafe: Chef Neal Hong serving up dinner plates featuring locally-raised meats and veggies.  On the menu tonight: Kulana roast beef, Porchetta made with Shinsato Farm pork,  local monchong ginger green onion Chinese-style or olive tapenade, Kulana sirloin steak grilled with garlic butter w/black beans and salsa. Sides include: hapa rice, Nalo greens, saucy red beans, garlic rosemary zucchini, bulgar wheat melon salad, kale & mizuna

Pig and the Lady: Chef Andrew, Mama Le and family changes their menu at each Market please go to pigandthelady.com for tonight’s menu.

- Row D -

La Tour Bakehouse: (formerly known as Ba-Le Bakery) Artisan breads and baked goods.

Guava Smoked: Guava wood smoked locally raised pork. Plates and burgers. Frozen packs too.

Hibachi serving fresh island poke made with local ahi, locally grown grape tomato kabobs, steak plates made with kulana beef and homemade cucumber kimchee from Pit Farm, you also have to try his barbecue kulana beef sticks.  Come early Mark sells out.

Olomana Tropicals: assorted tropical plants and bromeliads

Bossa Nova: Gluten free brazilian cheese bread.  Made with locally sourced ingredients.

Penny’s:Huge variety or orchids grown right on her Waianae farm. Have any orchid questions? Just ask Penny.

- Row E -

Hui in the Pot: Chef Michah and family cook up dinner plants featuring fresh island caught fish.

Kahumana Organic Farm is located in Waianae Farmer Tom McDonald grows lettuce, carrots, leafy greens, beets radish, kalo, kalamunguy, beans, eggplant, ocra, fruits and herbs all locally grown on his farm and organically certified.

Pit Farm brings a huge variety of seasonal fruit, vegetables, herbs and specialty asian greens. You can find anything at their booth from cosmic carrots to the occasional batch of mangosteen! Val the farmer is at their booth every Wednesday, he can answer any questions you might have.

Mari’s Garden:  Aquaponic Organically Certified beats, assorted lettuce, tomatoes, arugula, kale, watercress, cilantro, cucumbers, blueberries, potted flowering plants and ornamentals, fruit trees

Inferno Pizza: Making pizzas in a brick oven using fresh local tomatoes and basil.  Yum!

WOW Farm: On hiatus-will be back next week

PacifiKool: Coolers made with their signature Hawaiian Ginger Syrup, fruit, herbs.  Also, bottle of syrup to go.