Casey Farm Farmers Market

Yesterday morning I stopped at the Casey Farm Farmers Market. It was so cold and windy my walk around to all the vendors was done with vigor...no browsing, all business this morning. The wind coming off of Narragansett Bay while welcome in the summer months was not what anyone was enjoying this time! I think the Casey Farm Market is my top favorite...so many vendors...so many choices...so much activity! You never know what is going to be happening...one week I went live music was included...it was fabulous.

Yesterday live lobsters, oysters, mussels and other shellfish from local shell fishermen was abundant, baked goods from local bakers made choices very difficult, a wood fire pizza oven was set up selling the most delightful pizza, produce everywhere...kale seemed to be abundant and so many varieties...anyone that loves kale knows it is always sweeter after the first frost just like turnips...one reason to welcome the cold weather! Honey, cheeses, apples, fresh meats, eggs and so much more...a wonderful place to shop...

So home I came with a shopping basket full of wonderful items...had to wear my leather gloves to shop yesterday...just as I was leaving the cold rain started....YIKES!

My cornucopia of purchases...absolutely wonderful...love spreading everything out and just admiring my bounty!

Flowers from Robin Hollow Farm are always a treat. The selections are many and the varieties are never run of mill...each variety is kept in tall containers so you can pick and chose

Yesterday I had a bouquet made up of all things fall...mums that actually smell like mums which told me these are a fabulous outdoor perennial not a hothouse forced variety. Tall on the stalk kale heads, veronica, amaranth and a feathery filler I am not familiar with...all put together and just beautiful...wrapped in waxed tissue and I was a happy girl.

Over to Olga's Cup and Saucer and I got a huge croissant enhances with cinnamon...hard to make a choice for sure. I can remember when Olga's was next to Walkers Farm Stand in Little Compton years ago...it was a treat to go and visit then...nice the business has grown and moved...now in the Jewelry District in Providence and also at the farmers market, makes getting delicious bakery goods a little more convenient.

I always love a good cheese...today I bought a Hunters cheese from Farmstead ...a delightful company that offers more than I could ever describe here...there is also a wonderful bistro at their Providence location worth every minute of your time visiting. Check out their Farmstead website...I also picked up some salted rosemary shortbread rounds which I have yet to sample but just the thought of a shortbread with salt and rosemary seems absolutely dreamy.

Produce purchases included celeriac, garlic, little butternuts, and dinosaur kale. Plan is to make a butternut, celeriac and apple creamed soup for later this week. The dinosaur kale also know as Tuscan kale I plan to bake with olive oil, salt and pepper to make kale chips...which seem to be all the rage right now...so I figure I'll join the crowd to see what all the talk is about. Will let you know the outcome!

My gorgeous bouquet was placed in a wonderful antique silver plate basket vase. Ohh La La!!!!!

And now that all is taken care of...time to eat that croissant with a couple of pieces of hunter cheese and a cup of coffee.

What a great Saturday morning...

Elizabeth