I'm going to credit W.W. Norton and their link: http://wwnorton.tumblr.com/post/1313872086/roman-punch
I loved it so I had to share.
Roman Punch
There was a time — when turtle soup was a luxury dish and whiskey was an acceptable pick-me-up — when garnishing an icy-cold drink with a dollop of meringue seemed perfectly normal. And why not? The meringue floats on the surface like a regal, mysterious iceberg. As you mix it in, the sugar and whites add a touch of cream to what’s otherwise a sweet, boozy punch.
Although this one does not, many Roman punch recipes instruct you to freeze the mixture before serving, presumably so it gets nice and slushy before receiving its meringue cap.
Roman punch was served as an intermezzo at society parties and at the White House during Rutherford B. Hayes’s presidency. Hayes and his wife, who was known as “Lemonade Lucy,” were temperance advocates, and to get around their strictures — the rumor was — someone in the kitchen devised the spiked sorbet, which was served to guests. By 1922, the drink was declared passé by Emily Post.
2 cups lemonade
Juice of 2 oranges
8 ounces Champagne
8 ounces rum
2 large egg whites
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1.Stir together the lemonade, orange juice, Champagne, and rum in a punch bowl. Chill
2.When ready to serve, make the meringue: whip the egg whites in a medium bowl until they hold soft peaks, then gradually beat in the confectioners’ sugar. Pile into a serving bowl.
3.Fill punch cups with ice, ladle over the punch, and top each with a dollop of meringue. Serve with cocktail stirrers.
New York Times, August 17, 1879
From The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
New Design
I have a new design. Doesn't this feel sort of earthy and free? I really liked the one called "travel" which looks like an old pied a terre in paris or something, complete with torn vintage wallpaper and cracks in the cement.
Of course all this means is that I want my own pied a terre with torn wallpaper and cracks in the cement. I am so tired of sharing walls with people not of my choosing. I went to college at 17 and have lived in dorms or apartments since. I'm not going to fess to my age but let's just say I have over two decades of irritating neighbors, inconveniently placed trash bins, fighting over parking spaces, appliances that break etc. etc.
I have 3 houses picked out here. If I could find the time to get my act together and go see the mortgage broker and fix my credit report, I might be able to do something about it. Will I get my birthday/Christmas wish??
In the meantime, read this:
Kate Whouley is the author of Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved, a true, sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant account of one woman's quest to move a vacation cottage across Cape Cod.
Of course all this means is that I want my own pied a terre with torn wallpaper and cracks in the cement. I am so tired of sharing walls with people not of my choosing. I went to college at 17 and have lived in dorms or apartments since. I'm not going to fess to my age but let's just say I have over two decades of irritating neighbors, inconveniently placed trash bins, fighting over parking spaces, appliances that break etc. etc.
I have 3 houses picked out here. If I could find the time to get my act together and go see the mortgage broker and fix my credit report, I might be able to do something about it. Will I get my birthday/Christmas wish??
In the meantime, read this:
Kate Whouley is the author of Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved, a true, sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant account of one woman's quest to move a vacation cottage across Cape Cod.
Monday, September 27, 2010
A Small Showing of Commercialism: Wonderful home for sale
WONDERFUL HOME in a good neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Well taken care of with lots of extras and beautiful interior
http://tinyurl.com/908beechwood
908 BEECHWOOD ST NE
Grand Rapids 49505
Kent County Michigan
Residential Listing MLS: 10038914
$ 89,900 Current/Active
Single family Bungalow
Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 1
School District: Grand Rapids
Directions: Plainfield, south of Three Mile to Beechwood, East to home.
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Year Built: 1955
Lot Size: 50x100
Gas/Forced air
Central air
Public Water
Public Sewer
1,670 sq feet
Garage: 1 stall/Un-attached
Vinyl Siding
Full Basement
Features: Encl Porch
Appliances: Fan-Ceiling , Refrg , Range , Dishwasher , Disposal
Please contact Mrs. K. Burns at quina24@gmail.com
Friday, June 18, 2010
Just a hint of magic--good summer reading
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
**Highly recommend listening on audio
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
The Garden Angel: A Novel by Mindy Friddle
Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman
Thief Eyes by Janni Lee Simner
East by Edith Pattou
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Hannah's Winter by Kierin Meehan
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Monday, May 10, 2010
Coconut Chiffon Cake with Coconut-Cranberry Sorbet
Coconut Chiffon Cake with Coconut-Cranberry Sorbet
Active Time: 20 Minutes
Total Time: 1 Hour 25 Minutes
Yield: Makes 10 servings
A delicate light-textured cake. To measure the flour accurately, sift some flour into a bowl. Spoon the sifted flour into a 1 cup measure so cup is overflowing. Stand the edge of a ruler on top of
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
1 cup flaked sweetened coconut (about 3 ounces)
2 cups sugar
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
7 large egg yolks
7 large egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Fresh cranberries (optional)
Fresh mint (optional)
Other necessary recipes:
Coconut-Cranberry Sorbet
DIRECTIONS
Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Blend coconut and 1/4 cup sugar in processor until coconut is finely chopped.
Whisk flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl to blend. Make well in center of dry ingredients. Add coconut milk, oil, lemon juice and vanilla to well; then yolks. Whisk all ingredients until very smooth. Fold coconut mixture from processor into yolk mixture. Using electric mixer, beat whites and cream of tartar in another large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining 1 cup sugar; beat until whites are stiff but not dry. Fold large spoonful of whites into yolk mixture to lighten. Fold in remaining whites in 3 additions.
Transfer batter to 10x4-inch angel food cake pan. Bake cake until golden on top and tester (slender wooden skewer) comes out clean, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Place narrow-neck bottle into center tube of cake pan. Stand bottle upright so cake hangs upside down. Cool cake completely. Cut around cake pan and center tube to loosen cake. Remove cake from pan; place on platter. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and store at room temperature.)
Cut cake into wedges; place on plates. Spoon sorbet alongside. Garnish with fresh cranberries and mint, if desired.
Recipe created exclusively for Cooking.com by Selma Elaine Brown.
Sunny Citrus Chiffon Cake
Sunny Citrus Chiffon Cake
Active Time: 45 Minutes
Total Time: 2 Hours
Yield: 12 servings
Flavored with orange, lemon and lime, this big, beautiful cake is a fitting ending to a celebration. Just three egg yolks give the cake a golden hue and a texture richer than angel food.
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
For the Cake:
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar divided
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
10 large egg whites at room temperature (see Tip)
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
3 large large egg yolks
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur
2 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
2 teaspoons freshly grated lime zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Citrus Glaze:
1 large orange scrubbed
1 lemon scrubbed
1 lime scrubbed
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
Tip: To bring an egg to room temperature: Either set it out on the counter for 15 minutes or submerge it (in the shell) in a bowl of lukewarm (not hot) water for 5 minutes.
DIRECTIONS
FOR THE CAKE:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sift flour, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, baking powder and salt into a small bowl; set aside.
Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in the bowl of an electric mixer just until soft peaks form. Beat in the remaining 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, until the whites are shiny and form soft peaks.
Whisk together egg yolks, orange liqueur, orange, lemon and lime zests, lemon and lime juices, and vanilla in a small bowl. Pour over the egg whites and fold together with a rubber spatula.
Resift the reserved dry ingredients over the beaten egg whites in four parts, folding in gently after each addition. Spoon the batter into an ungreased 10-inch angel food cake pan with a removable bottom. Smooth the top and run a knife or spatula through the batter to remove any air bubbles. Bake until the top is golden and a long skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Invert the pan over the neck of a bottle and let cool completely.
FOR THE CITRUS GLAZE:
Use a citrus zester to remove long threads of zest from the orange, lemon and lime; set aside. Squeeze 4 teaspoons of juice from each of the fruits. Whisk the juices into the confectioners’ sugar in a small bowl to make a smooth glaze.
Loosen the edges of the cake with a knife and invert onto a cake plate. Spoon the glaze over the top, allowing it to drip down the sides. Sprinkle the top of the cake with the julienned zest. Let the cake stand at least 30 minutes for the glaze to set.
© EatingWell Magazine.
Active Time: 45 Minutes
Total Time: 2 Hours
Yield: 12 servings
Flavored with orange, lemon and lime, this big, beautiful cake is a fitting ending to a celebration. Just three egg yolks give the cake a golden hue and a texture richer than angel food.
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
For the Cake:
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar divided
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
10 large egg whites at room temperature (see Tip)
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
3 large large egg yolks
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur
2 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
2 teaspoons freshly grated lime zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Citrus Glaze:
1 large orange scrubbed
1 lemon scrubbed
1 lime scrubbed
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
Tip: To bring an egg to room temperature: Either set it out on the counter for 15 minutes or submerge it (in the shell) in a bowl of lukewarm (not hot) water for 5 minutes.
DIRECTIONS
FOR THE CAKE:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sift flour, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, baking powder and salt into a small bowl; set aside.
Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in the bowl of an electric mixer just until soft peaks form. Beat in the remaining 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, until the whites are shiny and form soft peaks.
Whisk together egg yolks, orange liqueur, orange, lemon and lime zests, lemon and lime juices, and vanilla in a small bowl. Pour over the egg whites and fold together with a rubber spatula.
Resift the reserved dry ingredients over the beaten egg whites in four parts, folding in gently after each addition. Spoon the batter into an ungreased 10-inch angel food cake pan with a removable bottom. Smooth the top and run a knife or spatula through the batter to remove any air bubbles. Bake until the top is golden and a long skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Invert the pan over the neck of a bottle and let cool completely.
FOR THE CITRUS GLAZE:
Use a citrus zester to remove long threads of zest from the orange, lemon and lime; set aside. Squeeze 4 teaspoons of juice from each of the fruits. Whisk the juices into the confectioners’ sugar in a small bowl to make a smooth glaze.
Loosen the edges of the cake with a knife and invert onto a cake plate. Spoon the glaze over the top, allowing it to drip down the sides. Sprinkle the top of the cake with the julienned zest. Let the cake stand at least 30 minutes for the glaze to set.
© EatingWell Magazine.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Thai Iced Tea
My favorite Thai restaurant serves an iced Thai tea that is literally addictive.
I wanted to see what I could create at home.
I've purchased Celestial Seasonings Decaf Sweet Coconut Thai Chai. They have 3 other kinds too. I boil a few bags in hot water and get it as strong as possible. Add sugar until it melts. Taste and make sure it is sweet. Then purchase Turtle Mountain So Delicious Coconut Milk creamer. Our local whole foods/natural food store has it. Let the tea cool and poor over ice until most of the way full, then add creamer. Stir and enjoy!
There are many debates if you try and look on the internet for a recipe. Sweetened condensed milk or coconut milk? Sugar or sweetener?
I like this explanation.
http://www.thaitable.com/Thai/recipes/Thai_Tea.htm
There are two styles of Thai iced tea: with or without milk. Tea with milk is called cha yen. Tea without milk is called cha dum yen.
You will see small coffee/tea shops sprinkled all over Thailand. However, unlike in the US or Europe, Thai people like their iced tea on the go and take it with them in a small plastic bag with a straw sticking out. Very few people sit at the shop and drink it leisurely. In fact, many shops have no place to sit.
Cold Thai Tea - Cha Yen Thai Tea is a real favorite in Thailand. When you buy Thai Tea on the street, you normally get it in a small plastic bag with a straw. Since it's very easy to make it just like you find in Thailand, you can avoid paying $3.50 to Starbucks.
Cha Yen Thai Tea
1-2 tablespoons Thai tea
1 tablespoon sweet condensed milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon milk
1 cup hot water
Add sugar and sweet condensed milk to a glass or cup. Put one tablespoon of Thai tea to a tea sock. Place the tea sock directly above the glass. Pour hot water into the tea sock. Set the tea sock aside. Stir until the sugar and sweet condensed milk are dissolved. Add ice and top the tea with milk.
If you like it hot, reduce the sugar and sweet condensed milk by half. Drink hot.
Cha Dum Yen - Cha Dum Yen
1-2 tablespoons Thai tea
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup hot water
Add sugar to a glass or cup. Put one tablespoon of Thai tea to a tea sock. Place the tea sock directly above the glass. Pour hot water into the tea sock. Set the tea sock aside. Stir until all the sugar is dissolved. Add ice.
If you like it hot, reduce the sugar by half. Drink hot.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Time's 100 Best Novels...but I respectfully disagree
Here's the list of what they say. I'm working on mine.
http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html
The Complete List
In Alphabetical Order
PRINT
A - B
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Appointment in Samarra
John O'Hara
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume
The Assistant
Bernard Malamud
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien
Atonement
Ian McEwan
Beloved
Toni Morrison
The Berlin Stories
Christopher Isherwood
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
C - D
Call It Sleep
Henry Roth
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
The Confessions of Nat Turner
William Styron
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
A Dance to the Music of Time
Anthony Powell
The Day of the Locust
Nathanael West
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
A Death in the Family
James Agee
The Death of the Heart
Elizabeth Bowen
Deliverance
James Dickey
Dog Soldiers
Robert Stone
F - G
Falconer
John Cheever
The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Fowles
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing
Go Tell it on the Mountain
James Baldwin
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
H - I
A Handful of Dust
Evelyn Waugh
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
The Heart of the Matter
Graham Greene
Herzog
Saul Bellow
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
A House for Mr. Biswas
V.S. Naipaul
I, Claudius
Robert Graves
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
L - N
Light in August
William Faulkner
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
Loving
Henry Green
Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis
The Man Who Loved Children
Christina Stead
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
Money
Martin Amis
The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Naked Lunch
William Burroughs
Native Son
Richard Wright
Neuromancer
William Gibson
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
1984
George Orwell
O - R
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
The Painted Bird
Jerzy Kosinski
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
Play It As It Lays
Joan Didion
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
Possession
A.S. Byatt
The Power and the Glory
Graham Greene
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark
Rabbit, Run
John Updike
Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates
S - T
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
The Sot-Weed Factor
John Barth
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
The Sportswriter
Richard Ford
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
John le Carre
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
U - W
Ubik
Philip K. Dick
Under the Net
Iris Murdoch
Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry
Watchmen
Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
White Noise
Don DeLillo
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys
http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html
The Complete List
In Alphabetical Order
A - B
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Appointment in Samarra
John O'Hara
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume
The Assistant
Bernard Malamud
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien
Atonement
Ian McEwan
Beloved
Toni Morrison
The Berlin Stories
Christopher Isherwood
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
C - D
Call It Sleep
Henry Roth
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
The Confessions of Nat Turner
William Styron
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
A Dance to the Music of Time
Anthony Powell
The Day of the Locust
Nathanael West
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
A Death in the Family
James Agee
The Death of the Heart
Elizabeth Bowen
Deliverance
James Dickey
Dog Soldiers
Robert Stone
F - G
Falconer
John Cheever
The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Fowles
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing
Go Tell it on the Mountain
James Baldwin
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
H - I
A Handful of Dust
Evelyn Waugh
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
The Heart of the Matter
Graham Greene
Herzog
Saul Bellow
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
A House for Mr. Biswas
V.S. Naipaul
I, Claudius
Robert Graves
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
L - N
Light in August
William Faulkner
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
Loving
Henry Green
Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis
The Man Who Loved Children
Christina Stead
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
Money
Martin Amis
The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Naked Lunch
William Burroughs
Native Son
Richard Wright
Neuromancer
William Gibson
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
1984
George Orwell
O - R
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
The Painted Bird
Jerzy Kosinski
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
Play It As It Lays
Joan Didion
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
Possession
A.S. Byatt
The Power and the Glory
Graham Greene
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark
Rabbit, Run
John Updike
Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates
S - T
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
The Sot-Weed Factor
John Barth
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
The Sportswriter
Richard Ford
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
John le Carre
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
U - W
Ubik
Philip K. Dick
Under the Net
Iris Murdoch
Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry
Watchmen
Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
White Noise
Don DeLillo
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Losing Spenser
This link is really good...provides an appreciation for Robert B. Parker. Parker was like an old friend. I felt like he'd been around for so long--his books, the TV show, the movies. I even got to meet him once. Plus he reminds me so much of Boston, a place I love. So take a minute and read on...
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/tag/robert-b-parker
Robert B. Parker, the crime writer best known for his Spenser detective series, died today at the age of 77. Fittingly for a writer who published several books a year — many of which routinely made best-sellers lists — Parker is said to have died at his desk...
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Recipe Fun
I'm a huge Mark Bittman fan. His books are great and easy to use. His articles are always interesting. I've been making a lot of potato leek soup lately. My recipe fav is from the NY Times cookbook using the Vichyssoise recipe but not chilling it. While I was searching to see if it was online, I found this Bittman recipe and sounded so good, I decided to post instead.
Grilled White-and-Sweet-Potato Salad
Mark Bittman
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Time About 40 minutes
Ingredients
2 large waxy (new) potatoes, about 1 pound
1 or 2 sweet potatoes, about 1 pound
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon grainy mustard
1 tablespoon sherry or other vinegar, or to taste
1 bunch scallions, both white and green parts, chopped
Method
1. Start a gas or charcoal grill, or heat the oven to 450 degrees. Peel potatoes and cut them into slices 1/2-inch thick. Toss them with half the olive oil and sprinkle them with salt and pepper. Grill potatoes over direct but not-too-hot heat, turning them as they brown. Or roast them on nonstick baking sheet, turning once or twice.
2. Potatoes will cook in about 10 to 15 minutes; remove them as they become tender. When they are done and fairly cool, toss them with remaining ingredients. Taste and adjust seasoning and serve. Or the salad can be covered and refrigerated; bring to room temperature before serving.
Grilled White-and-Sweet-Potato Salad
Mark Bittman
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Time About 40 minutes
Ingredients
2 large waxy (new) potatoes, about 1 pound
1 or 2 sweet potatoes, about 1 pound
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon grainy mustard
1 tablespoon sherry or other vinegar, or to taste
1 bunch scallions, both white and green parts, chopped
Method
1. Start a gas or charcoal grill, or heat the oven to 450 degrees. Peel potatoes and cut them into slices 1/2-inch thick. Toss them with half the olive oil and sprinkle them with salt and pepper. Grill potatoes over direct but not-too-hot heat, turning them as they brown. Or roast them on nonstick baking sheet, turning once or twice.
2. Potatoes will cook in about 10 to 15 minutes; remove them as they become tender. When they are done and fairly cool, toss them with remaining ingredients. Taste and adjust seasoning and serve. Or the salad can be covered and refrigerated; bring to room temperature before serving.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Christmas Cooking Cheer!
From the Food Network
Easy:
White Peppermint Snowballs
(Sandra Lee)
Ingredients
1 package (18-ounce) refrigerated sugar cookie dough, room temperature (recommended: Pillsbury)
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (recommended: McCormick)
1/3 cup crushed peppermint candies, plus more for garnishing
1 cup powdered sugar, divided
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut the cookie dough into 8 pieces. In bowl of electric mixer, on medium speed thoroughly combine the dough pieces, peppermint extract, 1/3 cup crushed peppermint candies, and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar.
Roll the dough into 1-inch diameter balls. Arrange, 2 inches apart, on parchment lined cookie sheets and bake until set, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly on cooling racks.
Add 1/2 cup of the remaining powdered sugar to a small bowl. While the cookies are still warm, roll them in the sugar. Sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies and serve.
As the cookies cool, they will flatten slightly.
INTERMEDIATE
Panettone Bread Pudding (Ina Garten)
Ingredients
1 Italian panettone, about 1.2 pounds
Unsalted butter, for greasing the dish
3 extra-large whole eggs
8 extra-large egg yolks
5 cups half-and-half
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoons pure almond extract
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup sliced almonds
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Trim the dark brown outer crust from the panettone. Cut the rest of the loaf in 1-inch cubes and place on a sheet pan in a single layer. Toast the panettone for 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
Grease a 9 by 12 by 2-inch baking dish with the butter. Place the panettone cubes in the baking dish.
In a large bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, egg yolks, half-and-half, vanilla and almond extracts and sugar. Pour this custard mixture over the panettone. Set aside for 10 minutes so the bread soaks up the custard. Scatter the sliced almonds over the top of the pudding.
Place the baking dish into a larger pan and add very hot tap water to the larger pan until it's halfway up the side of the baking dish. Cover the larger pan with aluminum foil, tenting the foil so it doesn't touch the pudding. Cut a few holes in the foil to allow steam to escape. Bake the pudding for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake for 40 to 45 more minutes, until the custard is set and the top of the pudding is light golden brown. Allow to cool for 15 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Easy:
White Peppermint Snowballs
(Sandra Lee)
Ingredients
1 package (18-ounce) refrigerated sugar cookie dough, room temperature (recommended: Pillsbury)
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (recommended: McCormick)
1/3 cup crushed peppermint candies, plus more for garnishing
1 cup powdered sugar, divided
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut the cookie dough into 8 pieces. In bowl of electric mixer, on medium speed thoroughly combine the dough pieces, peppermint extract, 1/3 cup crushed peppermint candies, and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar.
Roll the dough into 1-inch diameter balls. Arrange, 2 inches apart, on parchment lined cookie sheets and bake until set, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly on cooling racks.
Add 1/2 cup of the remaining powdered sugar to a small bowl. While the cookies are still warm, roll them in the sugar. Sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies and serve.
As the cookies cool, they will flatten slightly.
INTERMEDIATE
Panettone Bread Pudding (Ina Garten)
Ingredients
1 Italian panettone, about 1.2 pounds
Unsalted butter, for greasing the dish
3 extra-large whole eggs
8 extra-large egg yolks
5 cups half-and-half
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoons pure almond extract
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup sliced almonds
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Trim the dark brown outer crust from the panettone. Cut the rest of the loaf in 1-inch cubes and place on a sheet pan in a single layer. Toast the panettone for 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
Grease a 9 by 12 by 2-inch baking dish with the butter. Place the panettone cubes in the baking dish.
In a large bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, egg yolks, half-and-half, vanilla and almond extracts and sugar. Pour this custard mixture over the panettone. Set aside for 10 minutes so the bread soaks up the custard. Scatter the sliced almonds over the top of the pudding.
Place the baking dish into a larger pan and add very hot tap water to the larger pan until it's halfway up the side of the baking dish. Cover the larger pan with aluminum foil, tenting the foil so it doesn't touch the pudding. Cut a few holes in the foil to allow steam to escape. Bake the pudding for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake for 40 to 45 more minutes, until the custard is set and the top of the pudding is light golden brown. Allow to cool for 15 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Time to Cook~Thanks to Bon Appetit!
Bon Appetit
Find original information at: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2009/05/oven_baked_chicken_breasts_with_lemony_mustard_arugula_salad
Oven-Baked Chicken Breasts with Lemon-Mustard Arugula Salad
The New Fried Chicken: Before a revolution breaks out, we want to assure you that we still think real fried chicken—soaked in buttermilk and fried in peanut oil till it's crispy—is the gold standard. But there's no denying that, in the past 20 years, two factors have had a huge influence on how we cook: speed and healthfulness. Oven-baked chicken satisfies both counts, offering a crispy, tasty coating and moist meat with less fat and fewer calories. Plus, it's quick enough to make on a Tuesday night. Add a light, bright arugula salad and you've got dinner.
Ingredients
marinade
1 1/3 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 garlic cloves, pressed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6 chicken breast halves with skin and bones (about 4 pounds)
coating
1 1/3 cups panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
6 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme
1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 tablespoons butter, melted
salad
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon minced shallot
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 5-ounce package arugula
1 ounces Parmesan cheese, shaved with vegetable peeler into strips
Preparation
marinade
Whisk first 7 ingredients in large bowl. Add chicken; turn to coat. Cover and chill overnight, turning occasionally.
coating
Mix first 10 ingredients in another large bowl. Place 1 wire rack on each of 2 rimmed baking sheets. Remove 1 chicken breast from bowl. Turn chicken breast in coating mixture. Transfer to rack, skin side up. Repeat with remaining chicken breasts, arranging 3 breasts on each rack. Let stand 30 minutes.
Position 1 rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 450°F. Drizzle 1/2 tablespoon melted butter over each breast. Place 1 baking sheet on top rack and second sheet on bottom rack.
Bake chicken 20 minutes. Reverse baking sheets. Bake until coating is browned and instant-read thermometer registers 160°F when inserted into thickest part of breast, about 20 minutes longer.
salad
Meanwhile, whisk first 5 ingredients in small bowl. Gradually whisk in oil. Season dressing to taste with pepper.
Place arugula and Parmesan in large bowl. Add some of dressing; toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Place 1 chicken breast on each plate. Divide salad among plates and serve.
Find original information at: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2009/05/oven_baked_chicken_breasts_with_lemony_mustard_arugula_salad
Oven-Baked Chicken Breasts with Lemon-Mustard Arugula Salad
The New Fried Chicken: Before a revolution breaks out, we want to assure you that we still think real fried chicken—soaked in buttermilk and fried in peanut oil till it's crispy—is the gold standard. But there's no denying that, in the past 20 years, two factors have had a huge influence on how we cook: speed and healthfulness. Oven-baked chicken satisfies both counts, offering a crispy, tasty coating and moist meat with less fat and fewer calories. Plus, it's quick enough to make on a Tuesday night. Add a light, bright arugula salad and you've got dinner.
Ingredients
marinade
1 1/3 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 garlic cloves, pressed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6 chicken breast halves with skin and bones (about 4 pounds)
coating
1 1/3 cups panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
6 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme
1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 tablespoons butter, melted
salad
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon minced shallot
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 5-ounce package arugula
1 ounces Parmesan cheese, shaved with vegetable peeler into strips
Preparation
marinade
Whisk first 7 ingredients in large bowl. Add chicken; turn to coat. Cover and chill overnight, turning occasionally.
coating
Mix first 10 ingredients in another large bowl. Place 1 wire rack on each of 2 rimmed baking sheets. Remove 1 chicken breast from bowl. Turn chicken breast in coating mixture. Transfer to rack, skin side up. Repeat with remaining chicken breasts, arranging 3 breasts on each rack. Let stand 30 minutes.
Position 1 rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 450°F. Drizzle 1/2 tablespoon melted butter over each breast. Place 1 baking sheet on top rack and second sheet on bottom rack.
Bake chicken 20 minutes. Reverse baking sheets. Bake until coating is browned and instant-read thermometer registers 160°F when inserted into thickest part of breast, about 20 minutes longer.
salad
Meanwhile, whisk first 5 ingredients in small bowl. Gradually whisk in oil. Season dressing to taste with pepper.
Place arugula and Parmesan in large bowl. Add some of dressing; toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Place 1 chicken breast on each plate. Divide salad among plates and serve.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work (from the NY Times)
Link to original article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/business/10women.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work
YELLING, scheming and sabotaging: all are tell-tale signs that a bully is at work, laying traps for employees at every pass.
During this downturn, as stress levels rise, workplace researchers say, bullies are likely to sharpen their elbows and ratchet up their attacks.
It’s probably no surprise that most of these bullies are men, as a survey by the Workplace Bullying Institute, an advocacy group, makes clear. But a good 40 percent of bullies are women. And at least the male bullies take an egalitarian approach, mowing down men and women pretty much in equal measure. The women appear to prefer their own kind, choosing other women as targets more than 70 percent of the time.
In the name of Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, what is going on here?
Just the mention of women treating other women badly on the job seemingly shakes the women’s movement to its core. It is what Peggy Klaus, an executive coach in Berkeley, Calif., has called “the pink elephant” in the room. How can women break through the glass ceiling if they are ducking verbal blows from other women in cubicles, hallways and conference rooms?
Women don’t like to talk about it because it is “so antithetical to the way that we are supposed to behave to other women,” Ms. Klaus said. “We are supposed to be the nurturers and the supporters.”
Ask women about run-ins with other women at work and some will point out that people of both sexes can misbehave. Others will nod in instant recognition and recount examples of how women — more so than men — have mistreated them.
“I’ve been sabotaged so many times in the workplace by other women, I finally left the corporate world and started my own business,” said Roxy Westphal, who runs the promotional products company Roxy Ventures Inc. in Scottsdale, Ariz. She still recalls the sting of an interview she had with a woman 30 years ago that “turned into a one-person firing squad” and led her to leave the building in tears.
Jean Kondek, who recently retired after a 30-year career in advertising, recalled her anger when an administrator in a small agency called a meeting to dress her down in front of co-workers for not following agency procedure in a client emergency.
But Ms. Kondek said she had the last word. “I said, ‘Would everyone please leave?’ ” She added, “and then I told her, ‘This is not how you handle that.’ ”
Many women who are still in the work force were hesitant to speak out publicly for fear of making matters worse or of jeopardizing their careers. A private accountant in California said she recently joined a company and was immediately frozen out by two women working there. One even pushed her in the cafeteria during an argument, the accountant said. “It’s as if we’re back in high school,” she said.
A senior executive said she had “finally broken the glass ceiling” only to have another woman gun for her job by telling management, “I can’t work for her, she’s passive-aggressive.”
The strategy worked: The executive said she soon lost the job to her accuser.
ONE reason women choose other women as targets “is probably some idea that they can find a less confrontative person or someone less likely to respond to aggression with aggression,” said Gary Namie, research director for the Workplace Bullying Institute, which ordered the study in 2007.
But another dynamic may be at work. After five decades of striving for equality, women make up more than 50 percent of management, professional and related occupations, says Catalyst, the nonprofit research group. And yet, its 2008 census found, only 15.7 percent of Fortune 500 officers and 15.2 percent of directors were women.
Leadership specialists wonder, are women being “overly aggressive” because there are too few opportunities for advancement? Or is it stereotyping and women are only perceived as being overly aggressive? Is there a double standard at work?
Research on gender stereotyping from Catalyst suggests that no matter how women choose to lead, they are perceived as “never just right.” What’s more, the group found, women must work twice as hard as men to achieve the same level of recognition and prove they can lead.
“If women business leaders act consistent with gender stereotypes, they are considered too soft,” the group found in a 2007 study. “If they go against gender stereotypes, they are considered too tough.”
“Women are trying to figure out the magical keys to the kingdom,” said Laura Steck, president of the Growth and Leadership Center in Sunnyvale, Calif., and an executive leadership coach.
Women feel they have to be aggressive to be promoted, she said, and then they keep it up. Then, suddenly, they see the need to be collegial and collaborative instead of competitive.
Cleo Lepori-Costello, a vice president at a Silicon Valley software company, came to the center for training. She got off to a bumpy start when she stormed into her new role “like a bull in a china shop,” Ms. Steck said.
In gathering feedback about Ms. Lepori-Costello, Ms. Steck heard comments like: “Cleo is good at getting things done but may have come on too strong in the beginning. She didn’t read the different cultural unspoken rules like she could have.”
So Ms. Steck and Kent Kaufman, another coach at the center, began a one-year, once-a-week individual coaching program. It included role-playing and monthly group discussions with other female executives who acknowledged that they also had major blind spots about being politic at work. (The group was once nicknamed the Bully Broads.)
When she came to the center, Ms. Lepori-Costello said, she thought her colleagues were not initially open to her ideas. Through coaching and conflict role-playing, she came to realize that her behavior was perhaps “too much overkill” and that she was not always attending to all the people around her.
Joel H. Neuman, a researcher at the State University of New York at New Paltz, says most aggressive behavior at work is influenced by a number of factors associated with the bullies, victims and the situations in which they work. “This would include issues related to frustration, personality traits, perceptions of unfair treatment, and an assortment of stresses and strains associated with today’s leaner and ‘meaner’ work settings,” he said.
Mr. Neuman and his colleague Loraleigh Keashly of Wayne State University have developed a questionnaire to identify the full range of behaviors that can constitute bullying, which could help companies uncover problems that largely go unreported.
Bullying involves verbal or psychological forms of aggressive (hostile) behavior that persists for six months or longer. Their 29 questions include: Over the last 12 months, have you regularly: been glared at in a hostile manner, been given the silent treatment, been treated in a rude or disrespectful manner, or had others fail to deny false rumors about you?
The Workplace Bullying Institute says that 37 percent of workers have been bullied. Yet many employers ignore the problem, which hits the bottom line in turnover, health care and productivity costs, the institute says. Litigation is rare, the institute says, because there is no directly applicable law to cite and the costs are high.
Two Canadian researchers recently set out to examine the bullying that pits women against women. They found that some women may sabotage one another because they feel that helping their female co-workers could jeopardize their own careers.
One of the researchers, Grace Lau, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Waterloo, said the goal was to encourage women to help one another. She said: “How? One way we predicted would be to remind women that they are members of the same group.”
“We believe that a sense of pride in women’s accomplishments is important in getting women to help one another,” Ms. Lau said. “To have this sense of pride, women need to be aware of their shared identity as women.”
In the workplace, however, it is unlikely that women will constantly think of themselves as members of one group, she said. They will more likely see themselves as individuals, as they are judged by their performance.
“As a result, women may not feel a need to help one another,” she said. “They may even feel that in order to get ahead, they need to bully their co-workers by withholding information like promotion opportunities, and that women are easier to bully than men because women are supposedly less tough than men.”
WHAT better place to be a bully than in a prison? Even so, that is exactly where Televerde, a company in Phoenix that specializes in generating sales leads and market insight for high-tech companies, set up shop. About 13 years ago, the company created four call centers in the Arizona state prison in Perryville, employing 250 inmates (out of 3,000).
Through immersion training, mentoring and working with real-world clients, these women can overcome their difficult circumstances, said Donna Kent, senior vice president at Televerde. “Often, they will win over bullies and we see the whole thing transform. That’s what gives us inspiration and our clients inspiration.”
TODAY, about half of Televerde’s corporate office is made up of “graduates” from Perryville, including Michelle Cirocco, the director of sales operations. She has seen how women treat one another in other settings and she thinks the root cause is that women are taught to fight with one another for attention at an early age.
“We’re competing with our sisters for dad’s attention, or for our brother’s attention,” Ms. Cirocco said. “And then we go on in school and we’re competing for our teachers’ attention. We’re competing to be on the sports team or the cheer squad.”
To be sure, the Televerde experience is not for every inmate, and those who are in it still must work hard to maintain a highly competitive position.
“As we get into the corporate world,” Ms. Cirocco added, “we’re taught or we’re led to believe that we don’t get ahead because of men. But, we really don’t get ahead because of ourselves. Instead of building each other up and showcasing each other, we’re constantly tearing each other down.”
Televerde reversed that attitude in Perryville, Ms. Cirocco said, by encouraging women to work for a common cause, much like the environment envisioned by the Canadian researchers.
“It becomes a very nurturing environment,” Ms. Cirocco said. “You have all these women who become your friends, and you are personally invested in their success. Everyone wants everyone to get out, to go on to have a good healthy life.”
If the level of support found at Televerde were found elsewhere, Ms. Klaus said, it would solve a lot of problems.
“The time has come,” she said, “for us to really deal with this relationship that women have to women, because it truly is preventing us from being as successful in the workplace as we want to be and should be.
“We’ve got enough obstacles; we don’t need to pile on any more.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/business/10women.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work
YELLING, scheming and sabotaging: all are tell-tale signs that a bully is at work, laying traps for employees at every pass.
During this downturn, as stress levels rise, workplace researchers say, bullies are likely to sharpen their elbows and ratchet up their attacks.
It’s probably no surprise that most of these bullies are men, as a survey by the Workplace Bullying Institute, an advocacy group, makes clear. But a good 40 percent of bullies are women. And at least the male bullies take an egalitarian approach, mowing down men and women pretty much in equal measure. The women appear to prefer their own kind, choosing other women as targets more than 70 percent of the time.
In the name of Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, what is going on here?
Just the mention of women treating other women badly on the job seemingly shakes the women’s movement to its core. It is what Peggy Klaus, an executive coach in Berkeley, Calif., has called “the pink elephant” in the room. How can women break through the glass ceiling if they are ducking verbal blows from other women in cubicles, hallways and conference rooms?
Women don’t like to talk about it because it is “so antithetical to the way that we are supposed to behave to other women,” Ms. Klaus said. “We are supposed to be the nurturers and the supporters.”
Ask women about run-ins with other women at work and some will point out that people of both sexes can misbehave. Others will nod in instant recognition and recount examples of how women — more so than men — have mistreated them.
“I’ve been sabotaged so many times in the workplace by other women, I finally left the corporate world and started my own business,” said Roxy Westphal, who runs the promotional products company Roxy Ventures Inc. in Scottsdale, Ariz. She still recalls the sting of an interview she had with a woman 30 years ago that “turned into a one-person firing squad” and led her to leave the building in tears.
Jean Kondek, who recently retired after a 30-year career in advertising, recalled her anger when an administrator in a small agency called a meeting to dress her down in front of co-workers for not following agency procedure in a client emergency.
But Ms. Kondek said she had the last word. “I said, ‘Would everyone please leave?’ ” She added, “and then I told her, ‘This is not how you handle that.’ ”
Many women who are still in the work force were hesitant to speak out publicly for fear of making matters worse or of jeopardizing their careers. A private accountant in California said she recently joined a company and was immediately frozen out by two women working there. One even pushed her in the cafeteria during an argument, the accountant said. “It’s as if we’re back in high school,” she said.
A senior executive said she had “finally broken the glass ceiling” only to have another woman gun for her job by telling management, “I can’t work for her, she’s passive-aggressive.”
The strategy worked: The executive said she soon lost the job to her accuser.
ONE reason women choose other women as targets “is probably some idea that they can find a less confrontative person or someone less likely to respond to aggression with aggression,” said Gary Namie, research director for the Workplace Bullying Institute, which ordered the study in 2007.
But another dynamic may be at work. After five decades of striving for equality, women make up more than 50 percent of management, professional and related occupations, says Catalyst, the nonprofit research group. And yet, its 2008 census found, only 15.7 percent of Fortune 500 officers and 15.2 percent of directors were women.
Leadership specialists wonder, are women being “overly aggressive” because there are too few opportunities for advancement? Or is it stereotyping and women are only perceived as being overly aggressive? Is there a double standard at work?
Research on gender stereotyping from Catalyst suggests that no matter how women choose to lead, they are perceived as “never just right.” What’s more, the group found, women must work twice as hard as men to achieve the same level of recognition and prove they can lead.
“If women business leaders act consistent with gender stereotypes, they are considered too soft,” the group found in a 2007 study. “If they go against gender stereotypes, they are considered too tough.”
“Women are trying to figure out the magical keys to the kingdom,” said Laura Steck, president of the Growth and Leadership Center in Sunnyvale, Calif., and an executive leadership coach.
Women feel they have to be aggressive to be promoted, she said, and then they keep it up. Then, suddenly, they see the need to be collegial and collaborative instead of competitive.
Cleo Lepori-Costello, a vice president at a Silicon Valley software company, came to the center for training. She got off to a bumpy start when she stormed into her new role “like a bull in a china shop,” Ms. Steck said.
In gathering feedback about Ms. Lepori-Costello, Ms. Steck heard comments like: “Cleo is good at getting things done but may have come on too strong in the beginning. She didn’t read the different cultural unspoken rules like she could have.”
So Ms. Steck and Kent Kaufman, another coach at the center, began a one-year, once-a-week individual coaching program. It included role-playing and monthly group discussions with other female executives who acknowledged that they also had major blind spots about being politic at work. (The group was once nicknamed the Bully Broads.)
When she came to the center, Ms. Lepori-Costello said, she thought her colleagues were not initially open to her ideas. Through coaching and conflict role-playing, she came to realize that her behavior was perhaps “too much overkill” and that she was not always attending to all the people around her.
Joel H. Neuman, a researcher at the State University of New York at New Paltz, says most aggressive behavior at work is influenced by a number of factors associated with the bullies, victims and the situations in which they work. “This would include issues related to frustration, personality traits, perceptions of unfair treatment, and an assortment of stresses and strains associated with today’s leaner and ‘meaner’ work settings,” he said.
Mr. Neuman and his colleague Loraleigh Keashly of Wayne State University have developed a questionnaire to identify the full range of behaviors that can constitute bullying, which could help companies uncover problems that largely go unreported.
Bullying involves verbal or psychological forms of aggressive (hostile) behavior that persists for six months or longer. Their 29 questions include: Over the last 12 months, have you regularly: been glared at in a hostile manner, been given the silent treatment, been treated in a rude or disrespectful manner, or had others fail to deny false rumors about you?
The Workplace Bullying Institute says that 37 percent of workers have been bullied. Yet many employers ignore the problem, which hits the bottom line in turnover, health care and productivity costs, the institute says. Litigation is rare, the institute says, because there is no directly applicable law to cite and the costs are high.
Two Canadian researchers recently set out to examine the bullying that pits women against women. They found that some women may sabotage one another because they feel that helping their female co-workers could jeopardize their own careers.
One of the researchers, Grace Lau, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Waterloo, said the goal was to encourage women to help one another. She said: “How? One way we predicted would be to remind women that they are members of the same group.”
“We believe that a sense of pride in women’s accomplishments is important in getting women to help one another,” Ms. Lau said. “To have this sense of pride, women need to be aware of their shared identity as women.”
In the workplace, however, it is unlikely that women will constantly think of themselves as members of one group, she said. They will more likely see themselves as individuals, as they are judged by their performance.
“As a result, women may not feel a need to help one another,” she said. “They may even feel that in order to get ahead, they need to bully their co-workers by withholding information like promotion opportunities, and that women are easier to bully than men because women are supposedly less tough than men.”
WHAT better place to be a bully than in a prison? Even so, that is exactly where Televerde, a company in Phoenix that specializes in generating sales leads and market insight for high-tech companies, set up shop. About 13 years ago, the company created four call centers in the Arizona state prison in Perryville, employing 250 inmates (out of 3,000).
Through immersion training, mentoring and working with real-world clients, these women can overcome their difficult circumstances, said Donna Kent, senior vice president at Televerde. “Often, they will win over bullies and we see the whole thing transform. That’s what gives us inspiration and our clients inspiration.”
TODAY, about half of Televerde’s corporate office is made up of “graduates” from Perryville, including Michelle Cirocco, the director of sales operations. She has seen how women treat one another in other settings and she thinks the root cause is that women are taught to fight with one another for attention at an early age.
“We’re competing with our sisters for dad’s attention, or for our brother’s attention,” Ms. Cirocco said. “And then we go on in school and we’re competing for our teachers’ attention. We’re competing to be on the sports team or the cheer squad.”
To be sure, the Televerde experience is not for every inmate, and those who are in it still must work hard to maintain a highly competitive position.
“As we get into the corporate world,” Ms. Cirocco added, “we’re taught or we’re led to believe that we don’t get ahead because of men. But, we really don’t get ahead because of ourselves. Instead of building each other up and showcasing each other, we’re constantly tearing each other down.”
Televerde reversed that attitude in Perryville, Ms. Cirocco said, by encouraging women to work for a common cause, much like the environment envisioned by the Canadian researchers.
“It becomes a very nurturing environment,” Ms. Cirocco said. “You have all these women who become your friends, and you are personally invested in their success. Everyone wants everyone to get out, to go on to have a good healthy life.”
If the level of support found at Televerde were found elsewhere, Ms. Klaus said, it would solve a lot of problems.
“The time has come,” she said, “for us to really deal with this relationship that women have to women, because it truly is preventing us from being as successful in the workplace as we want to be and should be.
“We’ve got enough obstacles; we don’t need to pile on any more.”
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Support Family Literacy!
The South Carolina Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar is designed to be a tool that families, caregivers, educators and librarians can use at home and in the classroom to further develop early literacy skills that help young children become prepared for school or do better in school.
The Calendar is a project of the South Carolina State Library, working in partnership with many agencies and organizations, and primarily funded by a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Order your calendar at http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/sc-day-by-day-calendar
New Moon!
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b149746_new_moon_one_month_away_taylor_gets.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories
Monday, October 12, 2009
Get Smart about Antibiotics
Just want to put a plug in here for a group I'm working with on a local campaign. They of course are the national campaign.
http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart
If you live in South Carolina, all public libraries have at least one copy of a WONDERFUL book that goes along with the campaign: "The Little Elephant with the Big Earache" by Charlotte Cowan. Libraries are doing related progrmaming across the state. It's all good info about how to find information helpful to your family in times of sickness, flu and colds.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Okra and Friends
Living in the south, you can pretty much fry everything. Add that to the fact that under the "vegetables" list, you'll find things like macaroni & cheese. So I wanted to do something totally strange--not fry the okra!
Okra is fuzzy in case you didn't know. Which is weird. So here in my recipe for simple some simple veg, as the Scottish say.
Take a low 9x13 pan. Coat the bottom with light virgin olive oil. Use no more than a couple tablespoons.
I don't know about amounts. I bought the vegetables in packages this time. So I'm going to guess between a half to a full pound of
*Okra
*Yellow squash
Wash and cut the okra into round pieces. Toss away the tips. Wash and cut the squash into yellow rounds and/or half moons. Toss them in a bowl and then softly layer in the pan. Use crumbled goat cheese and sprinkle throughout the vegetables. Use fresh dill, chop and sprinkle throughout the vegetables. Take a few tablespoons of a olive oil vinagrette around the edge of the dish.
Bake at 350. Let the veg roast slowly. About 45mins-1 hr.
You can serve aside fish or mix with fresh fettucine and diced cooked chicken breast. Feel free to use a little sea salt and ground black pepper.
Okra is fuzzy in case you didn't know. Which is weird. So here in my recipe for simple some simple veg, as the Scottish say.
Take a low 9x13 pan. Coat the bottom with light virgin olive oil. Use no more than a couple tablespoons.
I don't know about amounts. I bought the vegetables in packages this time. So I'm going to guess between a half to a full pound of
*Okra
*Yellow squash
Wash and cut the okra into round pieces. Toss away the tips. Wash and cut the squash into yellow rounds and/or half moons. Toss them in a bowl and then softly layer in the pan. Use crumbled goat cheese and sprinkle throughout the vegetables. Use fresh dill, chop and sprinkle throughout the vegetables. Take a few tablespoons of a olive oil vinagrette around the edge of the dish.
Bake at 350. Let the veg roast slowly. About 45mins-1 hr.
You can serve aside fish or mix with fresh fettucine and diced cooked chicken breast. Feel free to use a little sea salt and ground black pepper.
Friday, June 26, 2009
The Sunscreen Speech--original column by Mary Schmich
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
(copyright Mary Schmich and the Chicago Tribune, 1997)
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
(copyright Mary Schmich and the Chicago Tribune, 1997)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
South Carolina Farmer's Markets
Eat fresh! Eat Local!
http://agriculture.sc.gov/lists/LocationByCounty.aspx?ListID=4
Abbeville County
Abbeville Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Rhonda Matthews
Address: P.O. Box 640Abbeville, SC 29620
Hours of Operation: Fridays, 7am-Noon
Seasons of Operation: OPEN AIR/SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: rhonda@clemson.edu
Phone: 864-446-2276
Due West Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Joanne Johnk
Address: Hwy. 184 & Beulah StreetDue West, SC 29639
Hours of Operation: Saturdays: 8:00 am to noon
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: duewestfarms@yahoo.com
Phone: 864-379-3481
Web Site: http://www.duewestfarmers.org
Aiken County
Aiken County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Paul Widener
Address: Williamsburg Street Aiken, SC 29801
Hours of Operation: Mondays and Saturdays, 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: Aiken33back@aol.com
Phone: 803-646-5779
Allendale County
Allendale County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Roy Hollingsworth
Address: Corner of Bay St. & US Hwy 301 Allendale, SC 29810
Hours of Operation: Fridays, 3 pm to 6 pm
Seasons of Operation: OPEN AIR/SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-584-4207
Anderson County
Anderson County Farmers Market
Contact: Brandon Grace
Address: Murray Avenue & Tribble Street Anderson, SC 29624
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10 a.m. – untilSaturdays, 8 a.m.-until
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: bgrace@andersoncountysc.org
Phone: 864-231-1924
Belton Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Charles Campbell
Address: N. Main Street & Blake Street Belton, SC 29627
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays6:00 a.m. until sold out
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 864-338-8188
Pendelton Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Lynne and Bill Parker
Alternate Contact: Lauren McGarry
Address: On the Village GreenPendelton, SC 29670
Hours of Operation: Thursday, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pmSaturday, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Seasons of Operation: June-October
Progams Accepted: WIC
Email: lynne@pendletongraphics.com
Phone: 800-862-1795, 864-324-4901, 864-933-5232
Web Site: lmcgarry@nctv.com
Barnwell County
The Downtown Blackville Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jeanne Johnson
Address: Intersection of Lartiage & Main Street2618 Baltic RoadBlackville, SC 29817
Hours of Operation: Friday, 2:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Seasons of Operation: Operate- June to October
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: jcjohn@bellsouth.net
Phone: 803-266-2463
Beaufort County
Habersham Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Patrick Kelly
Address: 13 Market St.Beaufort, SC 29906
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Seasons of Operation: Year Round
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: pkelly@habershamsc.com
Phone: 843-846-1000
Web Site: http://www.habershamfarmersmarket.com
Pigeon Point Farmers Market
Contact: York Glover
Address: 1512 Pigeon Point Rd.Beaufort, SC
Hours of Operation: 3 pm - 7 pm
Seasons of Operation: May 12 - August 25
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: yglover@clemson.edu
Phone: 843-470-3655
Port Royal Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Kit Bruce
Address: 1615 Ribaut RoadPort Royal, SC 29935
Hours of Operation: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: April 25 - November 21
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: kitbruce@charter.net
Phone: 843-470-0699
Web Site: http://www.portroyalfarmersmarket.com
The Farmers Market of Bluffton
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Deborah Boyd
Address: 40 Calhoun StreetBluffton, SC 29910
Hours of Operation: 2 to 6 pmApril 23- November 19
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: blufftonmarket@aol.com
Phone: 843-290-6831
Web Site: www.farmersmarketbluffton.com
The Mall at Shelter
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Cheryl Jackson
Address: 24 Shelter Cove LaneHilton Head, SC 29928
Hours of Operation: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: May 14 - August 27
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-686-3090
Berkeley County
Goose Creek Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Angela Martin
Alternate Contact: Barbara Nimocks
Address: 512 St. James Avenue (Hwy. 176)Goose Creek, SC
Hours of Operation: April 16 - September 24 2:30pm-6:30pm
Email: bnimocks@cityofgoosecreek.com
Phone: 843-569-4242
Moncks Corner Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Danny Mims
Address: Gulledge & Heatley Streets Moncks Corner, SC 29461
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-257-2727
Calhoun County
Calhoun County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Charles Davis
Address: Independence Street St. Matthews, SC 29135
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. until sold out
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: (803) 874-2354 ext 117
Charleston County
Charleston Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Sarah Cothran
Address: Marion Square King & Calhoun Streets Charleston, SC 29401
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: farmersmarket@ci.charleston.sc.us
Phone: 843-724-7309
James Island Presbyterian Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 West shore Road Columbia SC, 29206 (803) 782-3840
Address: Ft. Johnson & Folly Rd. 1632 Ft. Johnson Rd. Charleston, SC 29412
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-795-3111
Metanoia/Chicora Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Bill Stanfield
Address: 2005 Reynolds Avenue North Charleston, SC 29405
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays, 3pm - dark
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: bill@pushingforward.org
Phone: 843-529-3014
Web Site: www.pushingforward.org
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Ashley McKenzie
Address: Moultrie Middle School Coleman Boulevard and Simmons Street Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays, 3 p.m. - dark
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (April-October)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: amckenzie@townofmountpleasant.com
Phone: 843-884-8517
Web Site: http://www.townofmountpleasant.com/index.cfm?section=11&page=6
MUSC Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Annie Lovering
Address: 171 Ashley Avenue (in horseshoe)Charleston, SC 29401
Hours of Operation: Fridays 7:00 am-3:00 pm
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-792-1245
North Charleston/Hanahan Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Belinda Swindler
Address: 4800 Park CircleNorth Charleston, SC
Hours of Operation: Thursdays, 2 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: spearson77@hotmail.com
Phone: 843-745-1028
Ralph H. Johnson Medical Center Farmers Market
Contact: Nancy Gannon
Address: 109 Bee StreetCharleston, SC 29401
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays 8 am-2 pmApril-December
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: nancy.gannon@va.gov
Phone: 843-789-7607
Cherokee County
Gaffney Station Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Alana West
Address: Corner of Frederick St. and Granard St.Gaffney, SC 29342
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays 4-7 pmSaturdays 7-12 pm
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May - October)
Phone: 863-489-3141 ext. 115
Chesterfield County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Sam Bass
Address: Downtown on Front Street Cheraw, SC 29520
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m./Thursdays, 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-320-9760
Jefferson Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: C.P. Simpson
Address: Highway 151 Jefferson, SC 29718
Hours of Operation: Daily during watermelon season
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Phone: 803-658-3251
Pageland Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Mack Nicholson
Address: Highway 601, north of city Pageland, SC 29727
Hours of Operation: Open 7 days a week Retail and Wholesale Market
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Phone: 803-672-5257
Clarendon County
Manning Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jan McNair
Address: S.C. Highway 261 East Manning, SC 29102
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m./Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-473-5566
Colleton County
Walterboro Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Marilyn Peters
Address: P.O. Box 1086Walterboro, SC 29488
Hours of Operation: Tuesday 2-6, Saturdays 8-12
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May-October)
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: mptrs@clemson.edu
Phone: (843) 549-2595 ext 115
Dillon County
Dillon County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Grady Sampson
Address: Highway 301 Dillon, SC 29536
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May through November)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-774-8218
Dorchester County
Summerville Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Walter Limehouse
Address: North Main Street @ Railroad Crossing Summerville, SC 29483
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL(First Saturday in April - Saturday before Thanksgiving in November)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: lime1212@bellsouth.net
Phone: 843-873-3640
Florence County
Lake City Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Sherri Moore
Address: 111 Henry Street Lake City, SC 29560
Hours of Operation: April - NovemberFriday (4 PM - 7 PM) and Saturday (9 AM - 1 PM)
Email: sherri@nationalbeanmarketmuseum.org
Phone: 854-598-1074
Web Site: sherri@nationalbeanmarketmuseum.org
Pee Dee State Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Tre Coleman
Address: 2513 West Lucas Street Florence, SC 29501
Seasons of Operation: YEAR-ROUND
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: tcoleman@scda.sc.gov
Phone: 843-665-5154
Fax: 843-655-5263
Georgetown County
Georgetown County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jammie Mau
Alternate Contact: Jamie Man
Address: Moving to a new location- address not decided yet.
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (June-August)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: drob812@gmail.com
Phone: 843-545-9451
Pawley's Island Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jamie Mau
Address: Parkersville Park Duncan Ave.Pawleys Island SC
Hours of Operation: Wed. 3:00 pm -3:00 pm
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: jmau@GeorgetownCountySC.Org
Phone: 843-651-7373
Greenville County
Carolina First Saturday Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Morgan Cox
Address: South Main @ McBee Avenue & Court Street Downtown Greenville Greenville, SC 29603
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 am to Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May to November)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: coxm@greatergreenville.com
Phone: 864-467-5784
Web Site: www.saturdaymarketlive.com
Fountain Inn Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Bill Welch
Address: 102 Depot StreetFountain Inn, SC 29644
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: May - October
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: welchandsonfarm@yahoo.com
Phone: 864-275-8801
Greenville State Farmers Market
Contact: Jack Watson
Address: 1354 Rutherford RoadGreenville, SC 29609
Hours of Operation: 8:00 am-6:00 pmMonday to Saturdays
Seasons of Operation: YEAR-ROUNDCovered facilities
Email: gmarket@scda.sc.gov
Phone: 864-244-4023
Fax: 864-244-4024
Greenwood County
Greenwood Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Newton Odell
Address: 123 Oakridge Dr.Greenwood, SC 29549
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 7 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONALMid June - Mid October
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 864-223-6305
Hampton County
Yemassee Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jessica Loring
Address: Yemassee, S. C. 29945
Hours of Operation: Fridays 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: joring@oakcanyon.com
Phone: 707-321-2711
Hampton County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Roger Winn
Address: 500 Jackson Avenue EastHampton, SC 29924
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONALMay 15- December 31
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: pegsparker@gmail.com
Phone: 803-942-2324
Horry County
Downtown Conway Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Blake Lanford
Address: 1949 Industrial Park RoadConway, SC 29526
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (June 6 to October 31)
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: blakel@clemson.edu
Phone: 843-365-6715 Ext. 115
Myrtle's Market (Myrtle Beach Farmers Market)
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Neal Williamson
Address: 10th Avenue & Oak Street Myrtle Beach, SC 29578
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: Seasonal (April 15th to October 29th)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-457-5618
Web Site: www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com
St. Michael Catholic Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 West Shore Road Columbia, SC 29206 (803-782-3840)
Address: 542 Cypress Avenue Garden City, SC
Hours of Operation: Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-782-3840
Jasper County
Jasper County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Honey Johnson
Address: 9935 South Jacob Smart Blv. (Hwy. 17 S.)Ridgeland, SC 29936
Hours of Operation: Friday only- 1-6:00pm
Seasons of Operation: Starts April 24
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: sjadrni@clemson.edu
Phone: 843-549-2595 X113
Web Site: http://www.jaspercountysc.org/secondary
Kershaw County
Kershaw County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Michael Simmons
Alternate Contact: donaf@exchange.clemson.edu
Address: West Dekalb Street & Church Street Camden, SC 29020
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONALApril - December
Email: simmonsmarketman@hotmail.com
Phone: 803-432-9071
Web Site: www.kcfarmersmarket.org
Lancaster County
Lancaster County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Don Gowan
Address: 3 miles E. of city on Highway 9 PO Box 446 Lancaster, SC 29721
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 6:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May-October)
Progams Accepted: WIC
Phone: 803-288-0202
Laurens County
Laurens Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jonathan Irick
Address: Historic Downtown LaurensLaurens, SC 29360
Hours of Operation: July to SeptemberSaturdays 8 am-12 pm
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Email: mail@mainstreetlaurens.org
Phone: 864-984-2119
Lexington's Old Mill Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Heidi Black
Address: 711 East Main StreetLexington, SC 29072
Hours of Operation: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Seasons of Operation: Every 3rd Thursday
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-957-3602
Marion County
Marion County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Irene Coleman
Address: Highway 76 Mullins, SC 29574
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m./Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-464-9694
Marlboro County
Marlboro County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Grady Sampson
Address: P.O. Box 80Bennettsville, SC 29512
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m./Tuesdays & Thursdays 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May to December)
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: gsampso@clemson.edu
Phone: 843-479-6851
Newberry County
Grow Newberry Main Street Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Kristen Lindsay
Address: Memorial SquareMain Street Newberry, SC 29108
Hours of Operation: June 13, 2009 - August 8, 20099:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Email: grownewberry@bellsouth.net
Phone: 803-276-9423
Oconee County
Seneca Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Howard Hillar
Address: Main Street Seneca, SC 29678
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 7 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 864-638-5889, ext 115
Walhalla Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Howard Hillar
Address: Church Street Walhalla, SC 29691
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays & Fridays, 7 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 864-638-5889
Orangeburg County
Elloree Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: John Singh
Address: Cleveland & Railroad Ave. Elloree, SC 29431
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 8 a.m. - Noon
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-897-2821
Orangeburg Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Molly Smith
Alternate Contact: Margie Roberts
Address: Hwy. 301 SouthOrangeburg, SC 29115
Hours of Operation: Tuesday - SaturdayApril - December8AM - 1PM
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-378-0249
Richland County
1800 St. Julian Place
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 1800 St. Julian PlaceColumbia, SC
Hours of Operation: Thursdays, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-782-3840
2600 Bull Street Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 2600 Bull St.Columbia, SC
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-782-3840
All-Local Farmers Market-1
Contact: Amanda McClain
Address: Gervais & Vine Patio in the VistaColumbia, SC 29225
Hours of Operation: 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 noon
Email: stateplate@gmail.com
Web Site: localharvest.org
All-Local Farmers Market-2
Contact: Amanda McClain
Address: ROSEWOOD MarketRosewood Drive at Maple StreetColumbia, SC
Hours of Operation: 2nd and 4th Saturdays, 8 a.m. - Noon
Email: stateplate@gmail.com
Web Site: www.localharvest.org
Ashland United Methodist Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 West Shore Road Columbia, SC 29206 (803-782-3840)
Address: 2600 Ashland Road (Between St. Andrews and Bush River Rd./picnic area behind church) Columbia, SC 29210
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-798-5350
Blythewood Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: John Perry
Alternate Contact: Louise Chavous
Address: In Front of Town Hall171 Langford Rd.Blythewood, S.C. 29016
Hours of Operation: Every 3rd Saturday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May to October)
Email: perryj@townofblythewood.com
Phone: 803-754-0501
Brookland Baptist Church
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Joseph J. James
Alternate Contact: Cal Kohn
Address: 1066 Sunset Blvd.West Columbia, SC 29169
Seasons of Operation: April - November Saturdays 11-5:00pm
Email: jjjames@bellsouth.net
Phone: 803-463-1588
Columbia State Farmers Market
Contact: David Tompkins
Address: 1001 Bluff Road Columbia, S.C. 29201
Hours of Operation: 6AM-9PM Mon - Sat / 1PM-6PM Sun
Seasons of Operation: Yearly
Product List: Wholesale & Retail SalesHorticultural & Plant MaterialsSpecial Events & Promotions
Email: dtompkin@scda.sc.gov
Phone: 803-734-2506
Fax: 803-737-4667
Ebenezer Lutheran Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 1310 Richland Street Columbia, SC 29201
Hours of Operation: Thursdays, 8 a.m. – Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-765-9430
Grace United Methodist Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 410 Harbison Blvd Columbia, SC 29212
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-732-1899
Healthy Carolina Farmers Market
Contact: Holly Harring
Address: Greene St. (USC campus in front of the Russell House)
Hours of Operation: June 9, 23 (10:00am-2:00pm)July 14, 28 (10:00am-2:00pm)
Product List: Features fresh produce, breads, and specialty goods
Email: harrinha@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: 803-777-0597
Web Site: http://www.sc.edu/healthycarolina
Main Street Marketplace
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Alicia Morgan
Address: Corner of Hampton Street & Main Street Columbia, SC 29201
Hours of Operation: Every Friday in May & June from 10 AM - 2 PM
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (Early Spring & Early Fall)
Email: alicia@cartertodd.com
Phone: 803-779-4005
Web Site: http://www.citycentercolumbia.sc
Northeast Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Alan Lattanzi
Address: Lake Carolina Town Center100 Long Pointe LaneColumbia, SC 29229
Hours of Operation: Thursday afternoon 3:00 - 7:00 PM
Seasons of Operation: Seasonal May-November
Email: lattanzi@bellsouth.net
Phone: 803-432-0150
Riverbanks Garden Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Amanda Segura
Address: Riverbanks Botanical Garden Parking Lot1300 Botanical ParkwayWest Columbia, SC 29169
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays 2PM-7PM
Seasons of Operation: Season of operation: April - October
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: asegura@riverbanks.org
Phone: 803-978-1131
Web Site: www.riverbanks.org
Sandhill Farmers Market
Contact: Judy Gaskins
Address: Clemson Research and Education Center900 Clemson Road (across from Village at Sandhill in Northeast Columbia)Columbia, SC
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.(or sold out)April 21, 2009 - November 24, 2009
Email: jgaskin@clemson.edu
Phone: 803-788-5700, ext. 42
Fax: 803-736-4418
Shandon United Methodist Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 3407 Devine Street Columbia, SC 29205
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. – Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-256-8383
Tree of Life Congregation Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 6719 N. Trenholm Rd. Columbia, SC 29206
Hours of Operation: Thursday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-787-2182
Trinity Episcopal Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 1100 Sumter Street Columbia, SC 29201
Hours of Operation: Sundays, 8:30 a.m. to Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: WIC
Phone: 803-771-7300
Unitarian Universal Fellowship Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 2701 Heyward Street Columbia, SC 29205
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-799-0845
Virginia Wingard United Methodist Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 1500 Broad River Road Columbia, SC 29210
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. – Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-782-3840
Washington Street United Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 1401 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. –Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-256-2417
Wesley Memorial United Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 2501 Heyward Street Columbia, SC 29205
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m.– Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-771-4540
Whaley Street United Methodist Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 517 Whaley Street Columbia, SC 29201
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 am – Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: WIC
Phone: 803-799-4104
Saluda County
Saluda County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Phil Perry
Address: City Hall Parking Lot Main Street Ridge Spring, SC 29129
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 am to Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: prperry@clemson.edu
Phone: 864-445-8117
Spartanburg County
Hub City Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Ali Revan
Address: Magnolia Street Train Depot298 Magnolia StreetSpartanburg, SC 29302
Hours of Operation: Saturday, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.Wednesday, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May - October)
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: ali@hubcityfm.org
Phone: 864-585-0905
Web Site: www.hubcityfm.org
Inman Farmers Market
Contact: Ali Revan
Address: 45 Park Road (at the Armory)Inman, SC 29349
Hours of Operation: Thursdays 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Seasons of Operation: June 25 thru mid September
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: jallen@hubcityfm.org
Phone: 864-585-0905
Web Site: http://www.hubcityfm.org
Sumter County
South Sumter Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Wygelia E. Palmer
Address: 327 Manning AvenueSumter, SC 29151
Hours of Operation: Monday thru Saturday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: YEAR-ROUND
Progams Accepted: WIC
Email: wpalmer@sumter-sc.com
Phone: 803-436-2575
Sumter County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Dorothy Rinehart
Address: 700 West Liberty StreetSumter, SC 29153
Hours of Operation: Mondays to Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (April-October)
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-468-1590
Union County
Union Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Mike Loveless
Address: North Mountain StreetUnion, SC 29379
Hours of Operation: Daily, 8 a.m. until sold out
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (April-October)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 864-427-6259
Williamsburg County
Williamsburg County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Rosalind Gamble
Address: East Main StreetKingstree, SC 29556
Hours of Operation: Thursdays & Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-382-8248
York County
Springs Farm Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Ronald Edwards
Address: 1002 Springfield ParkwayFort Mill, SC 29715
Hours of Operation: April to SeptemberMonday - Saturday, 7 am - 7 pmSundays, 1:00 pm - 7 pm
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Product List: Pre-picked or pick-your-own strawberries, peaches & other local produce- home made ice cream.
Email: ron@springsfarm.com
Phone: 803-371-6044
Web Site: www.springsfarm.com
York County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: JB Woods
Address: Elizabeth Lane & Black Street-Municipal Parking LotRock Hill, SC 29745
Hours of Operation: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays, 6 a.m. – Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-684-7189
York Downtown Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Signa Curry
Address: 10 Smith St.York, SC 29745
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.April-October (includes Christmas season market weekend prior to Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve.)
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Product List: FREE 10X10 vendor space, all items must be homegrown, homemade, or handmade.
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: signamarie@gmail.com
Phone: 704-299-2322
Web Site: www.yorkfarmersmarket.blogspot.com
http://agriculture.sc.gov/lists/LocationByCounty.aspx?ListID=4
Abbeville County
Abbeville Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Rhonda Matthews
Address: P.O. Box 640Abbeville, SC 29620
Hours of Operation: Fridays, 7am-Noon
Seasons of Operation: OPEN AIR/SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: rhonda@clemson.edu
Phone: 864-446-2276
Due West Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Joanne Johnk
Address: Hwy. 184 & Beulah StreetDue West, SC 29639
Hours of Operation: Saturdays: 8:00 am to noon
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: duewestfarms@yahoo.com
Phone: 864-379-3481
Web Site: http://www.duewestfarmers.org
Aiken County
Aiken County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Paul Widener
Address: Williamsburg Street Aiken, SC 29801
Hours of Operation: Mondays and Saturdays, 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: Aiken33back@aol.com
Phone: 803-646-5779
Allendale County
Allendale County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Roy Hollingsworth
Address: Corner of Bay St. & US Hwy 301 Allendale, SC 29810
Hours of Operation: Fridays, 3 pm to 6 pm
Seasons of Operation: OPEN AIR/SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-584-4207
Anderson County
Anderson County Farmers Market
Contact: Brandon Grace
Address: Murray Avenue & Tribble Street Anderson, SC 29624
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10 a.m. – untilSaturdays, 8 a.m.-until
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: bgrace@andersoncountysc.org
Phone: 864-231-1924
Belton Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Charles Campbell
Address: N. Main Street & Blake Street Belton, SC 29627
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays6:00 a.m. until sold out
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 864-338-8188
Pendelton Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Lynne and Bill Parker
Alternate Contact: Lauren McGarry
Address: On the Village GreenPendelton, SC 29670
Hours of Operation: Thursday, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pmSaturday, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Seasons of Operation: June-October
Progams Accepted: WIC
Email: lynne@pendletongraphics.com
Phone: 800-862-1795, 864-324-4901, 864-933-5232
Web Site: lmcgarry@nctv.com
Barnwell County
The Downtown Blackville Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jeanne Johnson
Address: Intersection of Lartiage & Main Street2618 Baltic RoadBlackville, SC 29817
Hours of Operation: Friday, 2:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Seasons of Operation: Operate- June to October
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: jcjohn@bellsouth.net
Phone: 803-266-2463
Beaufort County
Habersham Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Patrick Kelly
Address: 13 Market St.Beaufort, SC 29906
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Seasons of Operation: Year Round
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: pkelly@habershamsc.com
Phone: 843-846-1000
Web Site: http://www.habershamfarmersmarket.com
Pigeon Point Farmers Market
Contact: York Glover
Address: 1512 Pigeon Point Rd.Beaufort, SC
Hours of Operation: 3 pm - 7 pm
Seasons of Operation: May 12 - August 25
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: yglover@clemson.edu
Phone: 843-470-3655
Port Royal Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Kit Bruce
Address: 1615 Ribaut RoadPort Royal, SC 29935
Hours of Operation: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: April 25 - November 21
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: kitbruce@charter.net
Phone: 843-470-0699
Web Site: http://www.portroyalfarmersmarket.com
The Farmers Market of Bluffton
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Deborah Boyd
Address: 40 Calhoun StreetBluffton, SC 29910
Hours of Operation: 2 to 6 pmApril 23- November 19
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: blufftonmarket@aol.com
Phone: 843-290-6831
Web Site: www.farmersmarketbluffton.com
The Mall at Shelter
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Cheryl Jackson
Address: 24 Shelter Cove LaneHilton Head, SC 29928
Hours of Operation: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: May 14 - August 27
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-686-3090
Berkeley County
Goose Creek Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Angela Martin
Alternate Contact: Barbara Nimocks
Address: 512 St. James Avenue (Hwy. 176)Goose Creek, SC
Hours of Operation: April 16 - September 24 2:30pm-6:30pm
Email: bnimocks@cityofgoosecreek.com
Phone: 843-569-4242
Moncks Corner Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Danny Mims
Address: Gulledge & Heatley Streets Moncks Corner, SC 29461
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-257-2727
Calhoun County
Calhoun County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Charles Davis
Address: Independence Street St. Matthews, SC 29135
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. until sold out
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: (803) 874-2354 ext 117
Charleston County
Charleston Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Sarah Cothran
Address: Marion Square King & Calhoun Streets Charleston, SC 29401
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: farmersmarket@ci.charleston.sc.us
Phone: 843-724-7309
James Island Presbyterian Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 West shore Road Columbia SC, 29206 (803) 782-3840
Address: Ft. Johnson & Folly Rd. 1632 Ft. Johnson Rd. Charleston, SC 29412
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-795-3111
Metanoia/Chicora Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Bill Stanfield
Address: 2005 Reynolds Avenue North Charleston, SC 29405
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays, 3pm - dark
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: bill@pushingforward.org
Phone: 843-529-3014
Web Site: www.pushingforward.org
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Ashley McKenzie
Address: Moultrie Middle School Coleman Boulevard and Simmons Street Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays, 3 p.m. - dark
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (April-October)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: amckenzie@townofmountpleasant.com
Phone: 843-884-8517
Web Site: http://www.townofmountpleasant.com/index.cfm?section=11&page=6
MUSC Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Annie Lovering
Address: 171 Ashley Avenue (in horseshoe)Charleston, SC 29401
Hours of Operation: Fridays 7:00 am-3:00 pm
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-792-1245
North Charleston/Hanahan Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Belinda Swindler
Address: 4800 Park CircleNorth Charleston, SC
Hours of Operation: Thursdays, 2 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: spearson77@hotmail.com
Phone: 843-745-1028
Ralph H. Johnson Medical Center Farmers Market
Contact: Nancy Gannon
Address: 109 Bee StreetCharleston, SC 29401
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays 8 am-2 pmApril-December
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: nancy.gannon@va.gov
Phone: 843-789-7607
Cherokee County
Gaffney Station Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Alana West
Address: Corner of Frederick St. and Granard St.Gaffney, SC 29342
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays 4-7 pmSaturdays 7-12 pm
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May - October)
Phone: 863-489-3141 ext. 115
Chesterfield County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Sam Bass
Address: Downtown on Front Street Cheraw, SC 29520
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m./Thursdays, 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-320-9760
Jefferson Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: C.P. Simpson
Address: Highway 151 Jefferson, SC 29718
Hours of Operation: Daily during watermelon season
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Phone: 803-658-3251
Pageland Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Mack Nicholson
Address: Highway 601, north of city Pageland, SC 29727
Hours of Operation: Open 7 days a week Retail and Wholesale Market
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Phone: 803-672-5257
Clarendon County
Manning Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jan McNair
Address: S.C. Highway 261 East Manning, SC 29102
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m./Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-473-5566
Colleton County
Walterboro Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Marilyn Peters
Address: P.O. Box 1086Walterboro, SC 29488
Hours of Operation: Tuesday 2-6, Saturdays 8-12
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May-October)
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: mptrs@clemson.edu
Phone: (843) 549-2595 ext 115
Dillon County
Dillon County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Grady Sampson
Address: Highway 301 Dillon, SC 29536
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May through November)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-774-8218
Dorchester County
Summerville Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Walter Limehouse
Address: North Main Street @ Railroad Crossing Summerville, SC 29483
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL(First Saturday in April - Saturday before Thanksgiving in November)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: lime1212@bellsouth.net
Phone: 843-873-3640
Florence County
Lake City Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Sherri Moore
Address: 111 Henry Street Lake City, SC 29560
Hours of Operation: April - NovemberFriday (4 PM - 7 PM) and Saturday (9 AM - 1 PM)
Email: sherri@nationalbeanmarketmuseum.org
Phone: 854-598-1074
Web Site: sherri@nationalbeanmarketmuseum.org
Pee Dee State Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Tre Coleman
Address: 2513 West Lucas Street Florence, SC 29501
Seasons of Operation: YEAR-ROUND
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: tcoleman@scda.sc.gov
Phone: 843-665-5154
Fax: 843-655-5263
Georgetown County
Georgetown County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jammie Mau
Alternate Contact: Jamie Man
Address: Moving to a new location- address not decided yet.
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (June-August)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: drob812@gmail.com
Phone: 843-545-9451
Pawley's Island Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jamie Mau
Address: Parkersville Park Duncan Ave.Pawleys Island SC
Hours of Operation: Wed. 3:00 pm -3:00 pm
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: jmau@GeorgetownCountySC.Org
Phone: 843-651-7373
Greenville County
Carolina First Saturday Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Morgan Cox
Address: South Main @ McBee Avenue & Court Street Downtown Greenville Greenville, SC 29603
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 am to Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May to November)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: coxm@greatergreenville.com
Phone: 864-467-5784
Web Site: www.saturdaymarketlive.com
Fountain Inn Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Bill Welch
Address: 102 Depot StreetFountain Inn, SC 29644
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: May - October
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: welchandsonfarm@yahoo.com
Phone: 864-275-8801
Greenville State Farmers Market
Contact: Jack Watson
Address: 1354 Rutherford RoadGreenville, SC 29609
Hours of Operation: 8:00 am-6:00 pmMonday to Saturdays
Seasons of Operation: YEAR-ROUNDCovered facilities
Email: gmarket@scda.sc.gov
Phone: 864-244-4023
Fax: 864-244-4024
Greenwood County
Greenwood Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Newton Odell
Address: 123 Oakridge Dr.Greenwood, SC 29549
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 7 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONALMid June - Mid October
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 864-223-6305
Hampton County
Yemassee Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jessica Loring
Address: Yemassee, S. C. 29945
Hours of Operation: Fridays 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: joring@oakcanyon.com
Phone: 707-321-2711
Hampton County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Roger Winn
Address: 500 Jackson Avenue EastHampton, SC 29924
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONALMay 15- December 31
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: pegsparker@gmail.com
Phone: 803-942-2324
Horry County
Downtown Conway Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Blake Lanford
Address: 1949 Industrial Park RoadConway, SC 29526
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (June 6 to October 31)
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: blakel@clemson.edu
Phone: 843-365-6715 Ext. 115
Myrtle's Market (Myrtle Beach Farmers Market)
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Neal Williamson
Address: 10th Avenue & Oak Street Myrtle Beach, SC 29578
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: Seasonal (April 15th to October 29th)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-457-5618
Web Site: www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com
St. Michael Catholic Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 West Shore Road Columbia, SC 29206 (803-782-3840)
Address: 542 Cypress Avenue Garden City, SC
Hours of Operation: Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-782-3840
Jasper County
Jasper County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Honey Johnson
Address: 9935 South Jacob Smart Blv. (Hwy. 17 S.)Ridgeland, SC 29936
Hours of Operation: Friday only- 1-6:00pm
Seasons of Operation: Starts April 24
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: sjadrni@clemson.edu
Phone: 843-549-2595 X113
Web Site: http://www.jaspercountysc.org/secondary
Kershaw County
Kershaw County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Michael Simmons
Alternate Contact: donaf@exchange.clemson.edu
Address: West Dekalb Street & Church Street Camden, SC 29020
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONALApril - December
Email: simmonsmarketman@hotmail.com
Phone: 803-432-9071
Web Site: www.kcfarmersmarket.org
Lancaster County
Lancaster County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Don Gowan
Address: 3 miles E. of city on Highway 9 PO Box 446 Lancaster, SC 29721
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 6:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May-October)
Progams Accepted: WIC
Phone: 803-288-0202
Laurens County
Laurens Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Jonathan Irick
Address: Historic Downtown LaurensLaurens, SC 29360
Hours of Operation: July to SeptemberSaturdays 8 am-12 pm
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Email: mail@mainstreetlaurens.org
Phone: 864-984-2119
Lexington's Old Mill Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Heidi Black
Address: 711 East Main StreetLexington, SC 29072
Hours of Operation: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Seasons of Operation: Every 3rd Thursday
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-957-3602
Marion County
Marion County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Irene Coleman
Address: Highway 76 Mullins, SC 29574
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m./Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-464-9694
Marlboro County
Marlboro County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Grady Sampson
Address: P.O. Box 80Bennettsville, SC 29512
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m./Tuesdays & Thursdays 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May to December)
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: gsampso@clemson.edu
Phone: 843-479-6851
Newberry County
Grow Newberry Main Street Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Kristen Lindsay
Address: Memorial SquareMain Street Newberry, SC 29108
Hours of Operation: June 13, 2009 - August 8, 20099:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Email: grownewberry@bellsouth.net
Phone: 803-276-9423
Oconee County
Seneca Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Howard Hillar
Address: Main Street Seneca, SC 29678
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 7 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 864-638-5889, ext 115
Walhalla Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Howard Hillar
Address: Church Street Walhalla, SC 29691
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays & Fridays, 7 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 864-638-5889
Orangeburg County
Elloree Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: John Singh
Address: Cleveland & Railroad Ave. Elloree, SC 29431
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 8 a.m. - Noon
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-897-2821
Orangeburg Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Molly Smith
Alternate Contact: Margie Roberts
Address: Hwy. 301 SouthOrangeburg, SC 29115
Hours of Operation: Tuesday - SaturdayApril - December8AM - 1PM
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-378-0249
Richland County
1800 St. Julian Place
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 1800 St. Julian PlaceColumbia, SC
Hours of Operation: Thursdays, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-782-3840
2600 Bull Street Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 2600 Bull St.Columbia, SC
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-782-3840
All-Local Farmers Market-1
Contact: Amanda McClain
Address: Gervais & Vine Patio in the VistaColumbia, SC 29225
Hours of Operation: 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 noon
Email: stateplate@gmail.com
Web Site: localharvest.org
All-Local Farmers Market-2
Contact: Amanda McClain
Address: ROSEWOOD MarketRosewood Drive at Maple StreetColumbia, SC
Hours of Operation: 2nd and 4th Saturdays, 8 a.m. - Noon
Email: stateplate@gmail.com
Web Site: www.localharvest.org
Ashland United Methodist Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 West Shore Road Columbia, SC 29206 (803-782-3840)
Address: 2600 Ashland Road (Between St. Andrews and Bush River Rd./picnic area behind church) Columbia, SC 29210
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-798-5350
Blythewood Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: John Perry
Alternate Contact: Louise Chavous
Address: In Front of Town Hall171 Langford Rd.Blythewood, S.C. 29016
Hours of Operation: Every 3rd Saturday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May to October)
Email: perryj@townofblythewood.com
Phone: 803-754-0501
Brookland Baptist Church
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Joseph J. James
Alternate Contact: Cal Kohn
Address: 1066 Sunset Blvd.West Columbia, SC 29169
Seasons of Operation: April - November Saturdays 11-5:00pm
Email: jjjames@bellsouth.net
Phone: 803-463-1588
Columbia State Farmers Market
Contact: David Tompkins
Address: 1001 Bluff Road Columbia, S.C. 29201
Hours of Operation: 6AM-9PM Mon - Sat / 1PM-6PM Sun
Seasons of Operation: Yearly
Product List: Wholesale & Retail SalesHorticultural & Plant MaterialsSpecial Events & Promotions
Email: dtompkin@scda.sc.gov
Phone: 803-734-2506
Fax: 803-737-4667
Ebenezer Lutheran Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 1310 Richland Street Columbia, SC 29201
Hours of Operation: Thursdays, 8 a.m. – Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-765-9430
Grace United Methodist Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 410 Harbison Blvd Columbia, SC 29212
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-732-1899
Healthy Carolina Farmers Market
Contact: Holly Harring
Address: Greene St. (USC campus in front of the Russell House)
Hours of Operation: June 9, 23 (10:00am-2:00pm)July 14, 28 (10:00am-2:00pm)
Product List: Features fresh produce, breads, and specialty goods
Email: harrinha@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: 803-777-0597
Web Site: http://www.sc.edu/healthycarolina
Main Street Marketplace
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Alicia Morgan
Address: Corner of Hampton Street & Main Street Columbia, SC 29201
Hours of Operation: Every Friday in May & June from 10 AM - 2 PM
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (Early Spring & Early Fall)
Email: alicia@cartertodd.com
Phone: 803-779-4005
Web Site: http://www.citycentercolumbia.sc
Northeast Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Alan Lattanzi
Address: Lake Carolina Town Center100 Long Pointe LaneColumbia, SC 29229
Hours of Operation: Thursday afternoon 3:00 - 7:00 PM
Seasons of Operation: Seasonal May-November
Email: lattanzi@bellsouth.net
Phone: 803-432-0150
Riverbanks Garden Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Amanda Segura
Address: Riverbanks Botanical Garden Parking Lot1300 Botanical ParkwayWest Columbia, SC 29169
Hours of Operation: Wednesdays 2PM-7PM
Seasons of Operation: Season of operation: April - October
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: asegura@riverbanks.org
Phone: 803-978-1131
Web Site: www.riverbanks.org
Sandhill Farmers Market
Contact: Judy Gaskins
Address: Clemson Research and Education Center900 Clemson Road (across from Village at Sandhill in Northeast Columbia)Columbia, SC
Hours of Operation: Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.(or sold out)April 21, 2009 - November 24, 2009
Email: jgaskin@clemson.edu
Phone: 803-788-5700, ext. 42
Fax: 803-736-4418
Shandon United Methodist Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 3407 Devine Street Columbia, SC 29205
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. – Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-256-8383
Tree of Life Congregation Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 6719 N. Trenholm Rd. Columbia, SC 29206
Hours of Operation: Thursday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-787-2182
Trinity Episcopal Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 1100 Sumter Street Columbia, SC 29201
Hours of Operation: Sundays, 8:30 a.m. to Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: WIC
Phone: 803-771-7300
Unitarian Universal Fellowship Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 2701 Heyward Street Columbia, SC 29205
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. - Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-799-0845
Virginia Wingard United Methodist Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 1500 Broad River Road Columbia, SC 29210
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. – Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-782-3840
Washington Street United Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 1401 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m. –Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-256-2417
Wesley Memorial United Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 2501 Heyward Street Columbia, SC 29205
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 a.m.– Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-771-4540
Whaley Street United Methodist Church Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Donna Bryan
Alternate Contact: Donna Bryan 6222 Westshore Road, Columbia SC 29206 (803 782 3840)
Address: 517 Whaley Street Columbia, SC 29201
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 am – Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: WIC
Phone: 803-799-4104
Saluda County
Saluda County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Phil Perry
Address: City Hall Parking Lot Main Street Ridge Spring, SC 29129
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 8 am to Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: prperry@clemson.edu
Phone: 864-445-8117
Spartanburg County
Hub City Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Ali Revan
Address: Magnolia Street Train Depot298 Magnolia StreetSpartanburg, SC 29302
Hours of Operation: Saturday, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.Wednesday, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (May - October)
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: ali@hubcityfm.org
Phone: 864-585-0905
Web Site: www.hubcityfm.org
Inman Farmers Market
Contact: Ali Revan
Address: 45 Park Road (at the Armory)Inman, SC 29349
Hours of Operation: Thursdays 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Seasons of Operation: June 25 thru mid September
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Email: jallen@hubcityfm.org
Phone: 864-585-0905
Web Site: http://www.hubcityfm.org
Sumter County
South Sumter Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air/Covered
Contact: Wygelia E. Palmer
Address: 327 Manning AvenueSumter, SC 29151
Hours of Operation: Monday thru Saturday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: YEAR-ROUND
Progams Accepted: WIC
Email: wpalmer@sumter-sc.com
Phone: 803-436-2575
Sumter County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Dorothy Rinehart
Address: 700 West Liberty StreetSumter, SC 29153
Hours of Operation: Mondays to Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (April-October)
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-468-1590
Union County
Union Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Mike Loveless
Address: North Mountain StreetUnion, SC 29379
Hours of Operation: Daily, 8 a.m. until sold out
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL (April-October)
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 864-427-6259
Williamsburg County
Williamsburg County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Rosalind Gamble
Address: East Main StreetKingstree, SC 29556
Hours of Operation: Thursdays & Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 843-382-8248
York County
Springs Farm Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Ronald Edwards
Address: 1002 Springfield ParkwayFort Mill, SC 29715
Hours of Operation: April to SeptemberMonday - Saturday, 7 am - 7 pmSundays, 1:00 pm - 7 pm
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Product List: Pre-picked or pick-your-own strawberries, peaches & other local produce- home made ice cream.
Email: ron@springsfarm.com
Phone: 803-371-6044
Web Site: www.springsfarm.com
York County Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: JB Woods
Address: Elizabeth Lane & Black Street-Municipal Parking LotRock Hill, SC 29745
Hours of Operation: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays, 6 a.m. – Noon
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Progams Accepted: EBT, Senior Checks, WIC
Phone: 803-684-7189
York Downtown Farmers Market
Facility Type: Open-Air
Contact: Signa Curry
Address: 10 Smith St.York, SC 29745
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.April-October (includes Christmas season market weekend prior to Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve.)
Seasons of Operation: SEASONAL
Product List: FREE 10X10 vendor space, all items must be homegrown, homemade, or handmade.
Progams Accepted: Senior Checks, WIC
Email: signamarie@gmail.com
Phone: 704-299-2322
Web Site: www.yorkfarmersmarket.blogspot.com
Friday, June 12, 2009
Summer Reading and More
If you have children, your first stop after their last day of school should be to the local public library. Nearly every library has some kind of Summer Reading Program: most states belong to the Collaborative Summer Reading Program. The art this year is fun and festive celebrating the theme "Be Creative!" There are libraries who have special programs for very young kids, teens and even adults. Summer Reading helps to keep children up at the same reading level all summer as to not lose what they've been learning all year. It also serves as a way to spend time together as a family, enjoying the special programs at the library. For many of our families whose belts are tightening as a result of the economy, the library is becoming absolutely essential from the access to books and music, computer and internet access, and special educational and fun programs. So head on over to your library...and make sure you thank your librarian for all they do. Libraries change lives!
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