Olney Farmers & Artists Market Sunday, October 23!
Stop by to enjoy the last few weeks of the market on October 23!
But don't forget the one-day Holiday Market on December 4th!
Location:
Grounds of the Montgomery General Hospital Thrift Shop
at Route 108 & Prince Philip Drive (see directions).
Dates and Time: Sundays from May 8th to November 6th , 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Chef Tianna Feaster with Butternut Squash!
Tianna Feaster is the owner & Executive Chef of Feast Your Eyes on This, LLC a personal chef service serving the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. She thrives on creating alternative, healthy, and savory dishes for her clientele, which includes individuals, small parties, and social gatherings.
Tianna has always loved to cook. When her parents were at work, she would often grab ingredients to create delightful and tasty dishes. During one summer vacation when Tianna was in the 5th grade and at the disapproval of her parents, she went through her parents’ freezer, grabbed a couple filet minions, marinated & broiled them to perfection for her and her
friends to eat. Tianna’s curiosity and the joy of making food for her friends as a child would soon lay the path to a fruitful career as a professional chef.
As Tianna became an adult she continued to prepare meals for her friends and office colleagues
She would often be amazed how food brings smiles to people’s faces and how it can be the centerpiece of discussion in parties and gatherings. As a result, she was excited and eager to learn more about different types of food and dishes.
Tianna’s mission to educate and empower others began at Towson University where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. After college, Tianna moved back home to become an elementary school teacher where she taught for two years. Tianna still had a desire to explore her creative side and completed her Master’s of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Instructional Systems Design. This new career path further ignited her desire to use her creativity with food. After work hours, she continued to explore and blend various ingredients to make delectable dishes for her family and friends during holiday parties and social gatherings. She then realized that she still had a strong burning desire to become a professional chef.
In 2004, Tianna answered her desire to become a professional chef and enrolled in Stratford University’s culinary program. During this time, she served as an intern at Waterford Banquet Hall and Receptions where she continued to enhance and hone her cooking skills. Two years later, in June 2006, Chef Tianna Feaster earned her Advanced Culinary Arts Professional Certificate
from Stratford University. In addition to earning her diploma, Chef Feaster is an active member of the America Professional Chef Association. She also attended several cooking classes at two local schools, L’Academie de Cuisine and Sur La Table.
Tianna believes that food should not only enliven your taste buds and fill your stomach, but it should also provide nutritional value and be beneficial to your health and lifestyle. She strives and makes a conscious effort to make dishes that will provide nourishment for your body as well as satisfy your appetite.
Feast Your Eyes on This caters to those who work chaotic schedules and have demanding lives. Many of her clients want a healthy, satisfying meal not only for themselves, but for their families after coming home from a long day’s work. When they return home, they often do not want to cook and will microwavable, unhealthy, pre-packaged meals from the grocery store. Feast Your Eyes on This! strives to be a solution to this problem by providing nutritious, delectable meals. Another important mission of Feast Your Eyes on This is to bring families back to the dinner table and allow people to enjoy time with their families & friends whether it is in a home or social setting.
Chef Tianna has been featured in Essence magazine’s April, 2008 issue discussing her personal chef business and how food as a key to good living. Chef Tianna was also featured on the NBC Today show in April of 2008 showcasing how culinary skills can be used as a way for women to supplement their income. Chef Tianna is a monthly-featured chef on CBS affiliate WUSA Channel 9 in Washington, DC. Chef Tianna also brought her message of healthy living to local festivals and youth groups throughout the east-coast. In addition, she became an Essence.com blogger in 2009 with her weekly blogs titled “Tianna’s Tasty Tips”.
Chef Tianna wants to help remove the stress associated with preparing meals & help families reclaim meal time as “their time” – a time to catch up, share, & fellowship together. Tianna’s ultimate goal is to combine her passion for food and love for teaching to educate others on the joy of eating their way to a healthy lifestyle with recipes that are healthy yet always delicious. Her services include consultations & assessments, menu planning, proper grocery shopping, and in-home meal preparation/cooking demonstrations.
Chef Tianna believes that you should “Love what you do and do what you love”. This is her love, and she loves doing it!
Olney Farmers and Artists’ Market this week featuring ...
O Music by Michael Grasso! Stop by to hear him play.
O Zeke’s Coffee will be not attending the market this week, so Eat A Little Something will sell Zeke’s coffee instead.
O Also, hot chocolate will be available at the Info booth if it’s chilly outside.
Don't forget the one-day Holiday Market on December 4th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.! There will be prizes, fun activites, and a visit from Santa! There will also be special vendors such as Bon Vivant. Bon Vivant has all local food. Their animals grass-fed and pasture-raised with no added hormones, antibiotics, or use of pesticides on the farm. Specifically they'll be offering pasture-raised turkeys, lamb, pork and beef, along with cheese made from grass-fed milk and some jarred items like apple pie filling, apple butter and jams. Make sure you mark your calendars for this one time event! Mak =M
Here's a message from Wrap and Rolls: If you like our food, check out our cookbook: Vietnamese Cooking -- My Family's Favorite Recipes. The cookbook contains many of the recipes we use for making the food we have at the market! You can purchase the book at out tent each week, or you can order it directly online from our publisher here. If you order more than 10 books, you get 10% off your order. But if you cannot afford our book, tell your local library they should have a copy!
If you cannot make it to the market, you can now watch a live Internet feed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every week here.
This season, we’ve really ramped up our offerings with about 50 vendors and 15 producer-only farmers. We are excited to welcome back our family of farmers, artists, and food vendors, while also introducing some new family members.
Returning farmers include:
O AvianMead Produce (fruits, vegetables, flowers, preserves)
O Banner Bee Company (artisan honey, jams, beeswax candles, natural body care)
O Falcon Ridge Farm (fruits and vegetables)
O Farmhouse Flowers and Plants
O Homestead Farm (fruits and vegetables)
O Penn Farm/Norma's Produce (vegatables & produce)
O Plantmasters/M&M Plants (fine flowers and plants)
O Pleitez Produce (lettuce, onions, strawberries)
O Sligo Creek Farm (Certified Organic assorted greens)
O Valle Produce (vegetables, flowers & plants)
O Wellspring Gardens, (flowers and plants)
O Woodcamp Farm (angus beef)
Please welcome these new farmers: Westmoreland Produce (fruit, flowers, and plants), Kayam Farm at Pearlstone, with organically grown vegetables, and Palmyra Farm, a dairy farm that will feature its cheeses. Click here for our feature on Palmyra Farm.
New food vendors include: Baklava Couture (Greek pastries), Simple Pleasures Ice Café (homemade ice cream), and Goodman's Goodies--dessert flowers on a stick. See our returning family of food vendors here.
New juried artists: include photographer Sammy Vick and Cathie Chaplan who will showcase her handmade birdhouses. See our returning artists here.
Friends of OFAM
It takes an enormous amount of effort and commitment to keep this market alive. It also takes your support. This season, we’re initiating our Friends of the Olney Farmers and Artists Market program. For a $35 or $50 donation, you’ll get a special OFAM button, along with special discounts and free items all season long. A vendor just might spot your button and hand you something free! Where does the money go? Tent repairs, umbrella replacements, chef demo tent and children’s tent supplies, and special events.
Please remember: The Market is smoke-free and does not allow pets.
How Can You Help?
OFAM needs volunteers!!! With so much to setup and prepare each market day, we sure could use some additonal help. Come on folks - help us to make the Market even better in 2011 !! If interested, please contact us at info@olneyfarmersmarket.org
Community Tent
The Montgomery County Health department allows non-farmers to prepare certain ‘non-hazardous’ baked goods to sell to the public from their home kitchens. You can sign-up by emailing Janet Terry at janetnews9@gmail.com or calling 202-257-5326. Or stop by the Market Information Booth between 9am - 1pm on Sunday.
Examples of acceptable foods:
Breads and Pastries without potentially hazardous toppings or fillings
Pies, turnovers, fruit tart from the fruits listed below.
Baked breads, biscuits, cakes, cookies and muffins.
Approved hot filled canned acid fruit
Fruit butter
Apple, apricot, blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, cherry, cranberry, grape, nectarine, orange, peach, plum, prune, quince, raspberry, red currants, strawberry, tangerine
All food samples must have a plastic cake protector cover and toothpicks or other utensils provided.
All portions must be wrapped, with ingredients clearly labeled, including mention of peanuts, which could cause allergies
Use only fresh, clean, unbroken eggs (with no large blood spots)
Wash hands thoroughly before food preparation
No pets in the kitchen
No changing diapers in the kitchen
Wash all fruit before cooking (this can be a major source of e-coli)
See you on Sunday, October 23rd!
OFAM in partnership with Project Change
Project Change is a youth/adult partnership organization dedicated to promoting opportunities for youth to be engaged in, contribute to, and be satisfied members of their community.
