Grand Opening at Local Roots Market and Cafe

This Saturday, May 15, we're having our Grand Opening celebration at Local Roots Market and Café. It promises to be an exciting day, packed with lots of good things, so you won't want to miss it!

In anticipation of the crowd, I've been busy baking yesterday and today -- and I'm not done yet! Here's what you'll find on my shelves at the market this weekend:

--Sesame thins
--Cheese-herb artisan bread: four varieties -- dill-cheddar, chèvre-rosemary, feta-oregano or Ludlow with sage and tarragon


--Cinnamon pecan bread: this proved popular last week, so I've made more!
--Maple oatmeal bread
--Pain aux noix
--Pumpernickel bread
--Whole wheat pita (in bags of four)
--Zaatar flatbread (another popular item last week)

In the bakery case, I plan to have:

--Buckwheat butter cookies: crumbly but oh so good!
--Honey cake with chèvre from Lucky Penny Creamery and sliced almonds

I plan to host a cooking demonstration in the afternoon, making a variety of ethnic-leaning pizzas from my whole wheat pita breads -- from pesto and tomato to sauteed greens on a spicy Thai peanut sauce.


And best of all, in honor of the Grand Opening, I've made a new bread -- a new original recipe -- to offer as a door prize. Meet the cappuccino chip bread, a tender dark loaf with the right hint of sweetness, it combines a wide variety of local ingredients:

--whole milk and butter from Hartzler Family Dairy
--freshly milled whole wheat flour from Stutzman Farm
--Espresso Blend locally roasted coffee from Al's Beanery
--egg from Autumn Harvest Farm
--maple sugar from Gortner's Maple Syrup

You can't win it if you're not there, so come to the market this Saturday!