vacation

We are on vacation at the moment, taking the last two weeks of December off, and there are no farmer's markets those weeks. We will resume delivering on January 6, and the farmers market will move to the Senior Center on January 7. 

Our poem of the week:

Delight

A spirit that is limited, small as "I imagine," one that flutters on 

the shoulder between concrete and abstract, a bird's call, not its 

song, in the distance. It is the fragrance of your voice or the colors 

in what you say, the floral prints, not the solids. Palms laid out like

tables spread, mangos with salt, fried potatoes. It is the feeling you

perhaps learned as a child leading your mute twin by the hand,

pointing out the yellow-headed blackbirds. Delight you must

have learned in order to speak for him. Sweet Heart. Red Clover.

Cardinals strung along the fence like paper lanterns. We want to

go out in the world no matter what. We want to come back home

with plans to plant things. Salutations, oh pigeon! And fireworks

for graduation! Pine and fir so we can tell the difference between

them. The mind thinks of all the boughs and stars it wants to give,

unaware of all that's lost at the periphery. Dear Epicurean. Dear

Carnation. Dear Frivolously Blue. 

- Melissa Kwasny

Delivery menu for November 11

Cress Spring Bakery Home Delivery for November 11

Hello friends,

It's time to hit the road again, bringing fresh bread and treats to your doorstep. We've had a few personnel changes at the bakery in the last few six months. After six years of keeping everything rolling smoothly here, Biggie Lemke has opened her own bakery and cafe in Blue Mounds, called The Naked Elm. She's focusing on wood-fired pizza and bagels, and will also be making a variety of breads and pastries. You can check it out at thenakedelm.com. The next time you're in the vicinity, stop on by. Biggie easily did the work of two people here, and our current bakers, Morgaine Reinl and Nicole Williams, are doing their best to fill her shoes. Morgaine will also be driving a delivery route on Fridays, so some of you will meet her soon. For those of you familiar with Isaac, he will still be delivering occasionally when we need an extra driver.   

Although we traditionally have baked and delivered the week of Thanksgiving, this year we are taking that week off. There will be no delivery on Friday, November 25, and we will not be at the market on Saturday, November 26. 

As we did last year, we will be alternating our two raisin breads, starting off this week with our traditional raisin bread with orange and anise. Next week we'll have raisin kamut, a bright sunny bread with lemon zest and a hint of fennel. We will also have our pumpkin wild rice bread available this week and next week. We stop making this bread after Thanksgiving, so get it while you can.

 

The muffins available this week will be pumpkin and raspberry chocolate chip. 

The truffles available this week are: 

Dark Chocolate

White Dog

The white dog truffles are made with Death's Door White Whiskey, along with hints of cherry and toasted almond. "White dog" refers to a new whiskey that has not been aged in barrels. Death's Door whiskey is made in Door County using Washington Island wheat. It's fragrant and fruity, smelling like warm apple cider. We also have our original Dark Chocolate Truffles available every week. You may order boxes of either variety, or mixed boxes. We will mix in whatever quantities you desire. Our truffles will last for several weeks if refrigerated, although for optimum flavor they should be eaten warm. We prefer to have truffle orders by Monday instead of Wednesday, but late orders will usually be accommodated. We will be rotating through our other truffle varieties each week, and will have all of them available for Christmas.

See you all soon!

Jeff

Our poem of the week:

Emily Dickinson and Elvis Presley in Heaven

They call each other “E”. Elvis picks

wildflowers near the river and brings

them to Emily. She explains half-rhymes to him.

In heaven Emily wears her hair long, sports

Levis and western blouses with rhinestones.

Elvis is lean again, wears baggy trousers

and T-shirts, a letterman’s jacket from Tupelo High.

They take long walks and often hold hands.

She prefers they remain just friends. Forever.

Emily’s poems now contain naugahyde, Cadillacs,

Electricity, jets, TV, Little Richard and Richard

Nixon. The rock-a-billy rhythm makes her smile.

Elvis likes himself with style. This afternoon

he will play guitar and sing “I Taste a Liquor

Never Brewed” to the tune of “Love Me Tender.”

Emily will clap and harmonize. Alone

in their cabins later, they’ll listen to the river

and nap. They will not think of Amherst

or Las Vegas. They know why God made them

roommates. It’s because America

was their hometown. It’s because

God is a thing without

feathers. It’s because

God wears blue suede shoes.

- Hans Ostrom

Bread Varieties for November 11        Loaves are 1.5 lbs., unless otherwise noted.        Price

Swiss Rye     Organic whole rye, water, unrefined sea salt                                                           4.00

Whole Wheat     Organic whole wheat, water, unrefined sea salt.                                    4.00

Sesame Wheat    Organic whole wheat, water, organic sesame seeds, unrefined sea salt.            4.50

Caraway Rye     Organic whole wheat, organic whole rye, water, carob, caraway,                       4.50

                              unrefined sea salt              

Kamut             Organic whole kamut, water, unrefined sea salt.                               4.50

Sunny Spelt       Organic whole spelt, organic whole barley, organic whole kamut,           5.00

                                     water, organic sunflower seeds, organic flax seeds, unrefined sea salt.  

Potato Kamut   Organic whole kamut, water, organic potatoes, organic basil,                          5.00

                                  unrefined sea salt. 

Raisin          Organic whole wheat, organic whole rye, water, organic raisins,                          5.00

             organic oranges, anise, unrefined sea salt.   

Expedition      Organic whole wheat, water, organic whole rye, org. oats, org. barley,                5.00                                           

                             org. flax, org. millet, org.corn, org. buckwheat, unrefined sea salt

Rustic French    Organic unbleached wheat flour, water, organic whole wheat,                            5.00

                               organic whole rye, unrefined sea salt.                 

French Walnut   Organic unbleached wheat flour, water, organic whole wheat,                      5.50

                        organic walnuts, organic whole rye, unrefined sea salt.

Cranberry Walnut Organic unbleached wheat flour, water, organic whole wheat, organic         6.00

                                   cranberries, organic walnuts, organic rye, unrefined sea salt.

Pumpkin Wild Rice   Organic wheat, organic pumpkin, water, organic wild rice, sorghum,           5.50

                                        unrefined sea salt, organic coriander

Big Country  2lbs    Organic whole wheat, organic whole rye, water, unrefined sea salt.             5.00

Big Country  4lbs.   Organic whole wheat, organic whole rye, water, unrefined sea salt              8.00

Granola    1.5 pound bags    

Raisin Walnut   Organic Oats, Maple Syrup, Organic Raisins, Organic Sunflower Oil,                 6.50

          Organic Walnuts, Organic Oranges, Vanilla, Unrefined Sea Salt                     

              

Maple Almond   Organic Oats, Maple Syrup,  Organic Butter, Organic Almonds,                         7.75

          Organic Sunflower Seeds, Organic Almond Extract, Unrefined Sea Salt 

Cranberry Almond   Organic Oats, Maple Syrup,  Organic Cranberries, Organic Butter,            9.00         

         Organic Almonds,  Organic Sunflower Seeds, Organic Almond Extract, Unrefined Sea Salt 

Sweets       

Raspberry Chocolate Chip Muffins   Organic Whole Spelt, Organic Chocolate Chips,           1.50

              Organic Raspberries, Honey, Eggs, Organic Sunflower Oil, Organic Rye, 

              Organic Corn, Organic Buckwheat, Organic Millet, Organic Oats, Baking Powder, 

              Organic Cinnamon, Baking Soda, Unrefined Sea Salt

Pumpkin Muffins Organic pumpkins, Organic Spelt, Maple Syrup, Sorghum, Organic              1.50

     Canola Oil, Spices, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Organic Vanilla, Unrefined Sea Salt

Chocolate Fire Cookies  Organic Spelt, Organic Butter, Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar,         1.75

        Organic Chocolate Chips, Eggs, Organic Cocoa Powder, Organic Oranges, Organic 

        Cinnamon, Baking Soda, Unrefined Sea Salt, Organic Black Pepper, Organic Cayenne

  

Chocolate Chip Cookies  Organic Chocolate Chips, Organic Whole Wheat,                              1.75

               Organic Rolled Oats, Organic Butter, Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar, 

               Eggs, Organic Vanilla, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Unrefined Sea Salt,  

Gingersnaps (wheat free) Organic Barley, Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar, Organic Butter,    1.50

           Eggs, Organic Ginger, Organic Cinnamon, Baking Soda, Cloves

Trail Cookies (no dairy or eggs)  Organic Whole Wheat, Maple Syrup, Organic Raisins,        1.50

   Organic Chocolate Chips, Organic Oats, Organic Peanut Butter, Organic Sunflower Oil, 

   Organic Sunflower Seeds, Sorghum, Organic Peanuts, Organic Walnuts, Organic Vanilla, 

   Baking Soda, Unrefined Sea Salt

Raisin Walnut Scones Organic Whole Spelt, Milk, Organic Butter, Organic                                 2.00

            Raisins,Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar, Organic Walnuts, Baking Powder, 

           Unrefined Sea Salt, 

Chocolate Chip Scones  Organic Whole Wheat , Organic Unbleached Wheat Flour,                   2.00

           Milk, Organic Chocolate Chips, Organic Butter, Organic Unrefined 

          Cane Sugar, Baking Powder, Organic Vanilla, Unrefined Sea Salt, 

Dark Chocolate Truffles:  Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor,  Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Vanilla), Organic Cream, Organic Butter   

White Dog Truffles:  Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor,  Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Vanilla), Organic Cream,  Organic Butter, 

                                          Death's Door Whiskey, Organic Almonds, Cherry Extract, Organic Almond Extract

           Box of 6 - $9.50           Box of 10 - $15.00             Box of 24 - $36.00

Our truffles will last for several weeks if refrigerated, although for optimum flavor they should be eaten warm. We prefer to have truffle orders by Monday instead of Wednesday, but late orders will usually be accommodated. 

Orders may be placed by phone or email, and must be in on Wednesday  for Friday delivery. We will usually accommodate  late orders, but there is a $2 fee for all orders coming in after Wednesday.

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Order Total    Under $6.00       $6.00 to $8.00        Over $8.00

Delivery Charge   $1.00                    50¢                no charge

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home delivery begins soon

Hello friends,

The outdoor market season is winding down in a lovely succession of frosty mornings and sunny days and sweet-smelling thunderstorms. We will be outdoors on the square for two more weeks. We will move to the indoor market at Monona Terrace on Saturday, November 12, and our first home delivery of the season will be on Friday, November 11. As always, the ordering menu will be sent out on Sundays, and orders are due on Wednesdays for Friday delivery.

We will not be baking the week of Thanksgiving this year, so there will be no delivery on November 25, and we will not be at the market on November 26. 

Last night I opened the back door to listen to the rain and suddenly the whole sky lit up and there was boom boom thunder and it was pouring, and here's our poem of the week:

Rain Travel

By W.S. Merwin

I wake in the dark and remember

it is the morning when I must start

by myself on the journey

I lie listening to the black hour

before dawn and you are

still asleep beside me while

around us the trees full of night lean

hushed in their dream that bears

us up asleep and awake then I hear

drops falling one by one into

the sightless leaves and I

do not know when they began but

all at once there is no sound but rain

and the stream below us roaring

away into the rushing darkness

bakery vacation

Hello friends,

We will not be selling at the market on Saturday, July 9. The Art Fair on the square will take place that day, and we always skip that market, so we will be on vacation that week. We will be at the market this week, on July 2. 

July 2     yes!

July 9      no!

I hope you're all having the best summer ever, falling in love with old friends and making new ones, blessed with unexpected gifts and the kindness of strangers. Here's our poem of the week:

Cucumbers  and  Prayers

all  day  long

the earth  shouts

“ Gee,  Thanks ! ”

such an exuberant  gee,

it  starts  throwing

things

as  if  God  were  passing  by  in  a  parade  encouraging

rowdy  behavior

by  looking  so  beautiful –

that  a  whole  avalanche  of  mania  swoops  in !

I  like  this  idea  of  throwing  things  at  God,

and  especially – his  making  us  rowdy !

thus,  as  soon  as  Hafiz  is  out  of  bed

I  start  stuffing  large  sacks

with  old  shoes,  cucumbers, 

and

prayers

for  the  upcoming

consecrated

free – for – all –

and  who  knows

what  else.

  

Hafiz

last home delivery

Cress Spring Bakery Home Delivery for April 9

Hello friends,

The end is near. This will be our last home delivery of the season, and Saturday will be the last indoor market. The outdoor market will begin on Saturday, April 16, and I hope to see you all there. I've truly enjoyed bringing fresh bread to your homes - the personal connections I have with so many of you is the best thing about this gig. When we first started our home delivery service, it was small enough that I knew everyone. As it's grown, I find myself delivering to many of you whom I've never met. If you're among the anonymous strangers I know only as a name and address, feel free to introduce yourself at the market! 

Although we receive an overwhelming amount of positive feedback, I'm sure we don't please everyone all the time, and in our ongoing efforts to improve our business, it's often the dissatisfied customers who provide the most valuable insight. To that end, I want to encourage any complaints, criticisms, grumbles, groans, gripes, grievances, protests, laments, wails, gnashing of teeth, or accusations that you might have about our delivery service, our products, our quotations, our general disposition, anything at all. This is your chance. Let us have it, don't hold back. And, as always, if anyone wishes to be removed from this list at any time, please let me know. 

Thanks to your generosity and support, we were able to donate $550 to Peace-Winds Japan last week. Thanks especially to those of you who added your own donations to the total.

The muffins available this week will be ginger spice and raspberry chocolate chip. 

The truffles available this week are: 

Dark Chocolate

Maple Ginger

You may order boxes of either variety, or mixed boxes. We will mix in whatever quantities you desire. Our truffles will last for several weeks if refrigerated, although for optimum flavor they should be eaten warm. We prefer to have truffle orders by Monday instead of Wednesday, but late orders will usually be accommodated. 

Our quotation of the week:

"We live in and through a complex interaction of spirit and matter, of the powers inside of us and the stuff “out there" in the world. External reality does not impinge upon us as an ultimate constraint: if we who are privileged find ourselves confined, it is only because we have conspired in our own imprisonment.

The spiritual traditions do not deny the reality of the outer world. They simply claim that we help make that world by projecting our spirit on it, for better or for worse. If our institutions are rigid, it is because our hearts fear change; if they set us in mindless competition with each other, it is because we value victory over all else; if they are heedless of human well-being, it is because something in us is heartless as well.

We can make choices about what we are going to project, and with those choices we help grow the world that is. Consciousness precedes being: consciousness, yours and mine, can form, deform, or reform our world. Our complicity in world-making is a source of awesome and sometimes painful responsibility—and a source of profound hope for change. It is the ground of our common call to leadership, the truth that makes leaders of us all."

- Parker J. Palmer

Peace to you all, 

Jeff

Bread Varieties for April 9         Loaves are 1.5 lbs., unless otherwise noted.          Price

Swiss Rye     Organic whole rye, water, unrefined sea salt                                                           4.00

Whole Wheat     Organic whole wheat, water, unrefined sea salt.                                    4.00

Sesame Wheat    Organic whole wheat, water, organic sesame seeds, unrefined sea salt.            4.50

Caraway Rye     Organic whole wheat, organic whole rye, water, carob, caraway,                       4.50

                              unrefined sea salt              

Kamut             Organic whole kamut, water, unrefined sea salt.                               4.50

Sunny Spelt       Organic whole spelt, organic whole barley, organic whole kamut,           5.00

                                     water, organic sunflower seeds, organic flax seeds, unrefined sea salt.  

Potato Kamut   Organic whole kamut, water, organic potatoes, organic basil,                          5.00

                                  unrefined sea salt. 

Raisin Kamut   Organic whole kamut, water, organic raisins, organic lemons,                         5.00

                                  unrefined sea salt, organic fennel    

Expedition      Organic whole wheat, water, organic whole rye, org. oats, org. barley,                5.00                                           

                             org. flax, org. millet, org.corn, org. buckwheat, unrefined sea salt

Rustic French    Organic unbleached wheat flour, water, organic whole wheat,                            5.00

                               organic whole rye, unrefined sea salt.                 

French Walnut   Organic unbleached wheat flour, water, organic whole wheat,                      5.50

                        organic walnuts, organic whole rye, unrefined sea salt.

Cranberry Walnut Organic unbleached wheat flour, water, organic whole wheat, organic         6.00

                                   cranberries, organic walnuts, organic rye, unrefined sea salt.

Big Country  2lbs    Organic whole wheat, organic whole rye, water, unrefined sea salt.             5.00

Big Country  4lbs.   Organic whole wheat, organic whole rye, water, unrefined sea salt              8.00

Granola    1.5 pound bags    

Raisin Walnut   Organic Oats, Maple Syrup, Organic Raisins, Organic Sunflower Oil,                 6.50

          Organic Walnuts, Organic Oranges, Vanilla, Unrefined Sea Salt                     

              

Maple Almond   Organic Oats, Maple Syrup,  Organic Butter, Organic Almonds,                         7.75

          Organic Sunflower Seeds, Organic Almond Extract, Unrefined Sea Salt 

Cranberry Almond   Organic Oats, Maple Syrup,  Organic Cranberries, Organic Butter,            9.00         

         Organic Almonds,  Organic Sunflower Seeds, Organic Almond Extract, Unrefined Sea Salt 

Sweets       

Raspberry Chocolate Chip Muffins   Organic Whole Spelt, Organic Chocolate Chips,           1.50

              Organic Raspberries, Honey, Eggs, Organic Sunflower Oil, Organic Rye, 

              Organic Corn, Organic Buckwheat, Organic Millet, Organic Oats, Baking Powder, 

              Organic Cinnamon, Baking Soda, Unrefined Sea Salt

Ginger Spice Muffins  Organic Rye, Organic Barley, Sorghum, Honey, Organic Canola Oil,    1.25

     Eggs, Cinnamon, Ginger, Organic Vanilla, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Nutmeg,

     Cloves, Unrefined Sea Salt

Chocolate Fire Cookies  Organic Spelt, Organic Butter, Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar,         1.75

        Organic Chocolate Chips, Eggs, Organic Cocoa Powder, Organic Oranges, Organic 

        Cinnamon, Baking Soda, Unrefined Sea Salt, Organic Black Pepper, Organic Cayenne

  

Chocolate Chip Cookies  Organic Chocolate Chips, Organic Whole Wheat,                              1.75

               Organic Rolled Oats, Organic Butter, Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar, 

               Eggs, Organic Vanilla, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Unrefined Sea Salt,  

Gingersnaps (wheat free) Organic Barley, Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar, Organic Butter,    1.50

           Eggs, Organic Ginger, Organic Cinnamon, Baking Soda, Cloves

Trail Cookies (no dairy or eggs)  Organic Whole Wheat, Maple Syrup, Organic Raisins,        1.50

   Organic Chocolate Chips, Organic Oats, Organic Peanut Butter, Organic Sunflower Oil, 

   Organic Sunflower Seeds, Sorghum, Organic Peanuts, Organic Walnuts, Organic Vanilla, 

   Baking Soda, Unrefined Sea Salt

Raisin Walnut Scones Organic Whole Spelt, Milk, Organic Butter, Organic                                 2.00

            Raisins,Organic Unrefined Cane Sugar, Organic Walnuts, Baking Powder, 

           Unrefined Sea Salt, 

Chocolate Chip Scones  Organic Whole Wheat , Organic Unbleached Wheat Flour,                   2.00

           Milk, Organic Chocolate Chips, Organic Butter, Organic Unrefined 

          Cane Sugar, Baking Powder, Organic Vanilla, Unrefined Sea Salt, 

Dark Chocolate Truffles:  Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor,  Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Vanilla), Organic Cream, Organic Butter   

Maple Ginger Truffles:  Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor,  Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter), Organic Cream, Organic Butter, Maple                   Syrup, Organic Ginger   

           Box of 6 - $9.50           Box of 10 - $15.00             Box of 24 - $36.00