Introduction: This blog is about the entrepreneurial adventures of Kei and Aly at Abuquerque's Downtown Growers Market. Good Nosh will be serving up sweet and savory items that feature local, seasonal ingredients prepared with global flavors. This blog will keep readers up to date on the produce at the market, how to use seasonal ingredients, and what we're up to at Good Nosh. We really want to hear what you think about the blog, about our food, about the company (really, it's true).

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Report on Week 1

Wow! We did it. After an early start on Saturday we set up our booth in the center section of Robinson Park. Perhaps predictably, our brand new 10'x10' canopy was missing a frame screw. Luckily it held up.

I set up the portable 90,000 BTU grill. While unassuming in appearance, this grill is a turbo-charged, modular transformer-ific, take-no-prisoners thing of beauty. I had to get a special valve for the propane line since normal valves peter out at 40,000 or 60,000 BTUs. For comparison, the two heaters that warm my parents' entire adobe home total fewer BTU's. Nice....

Here the grill is cranking out flatbread and chicken:


Once we got the booth set up we had a chance to scan the park. Downtown growers really is a great market. There is space to sit down and enjoy the scene, plenty of diverse vendors, and live music like last week's group playing umm... wooden box thingies... that sounded like the best, deep toned wind chimes ever.

Here is a shot of Kei's son, Elton, with last week's menu board:


And here's a shot of the menu board later in the day:
Yep, as the photo shows, we sold out! We got quite a few compliments on the food and a few repeat customers. The day went pretty smoothly - thanks in large part to our two volunteer assistants Lionel Betsch (Kei's husband) and Andrea Plaza.

Here are a some shots of the flatbread items (photos courtesy Mikal Altomare):





What's Up for This Weekend
We are doing a French theme again for Saturday, June 21. Madeleines and canneles will be back.



We'll also have sweet and savory crepes made with local ingredients from Nativo Organic Wheat, Rasband Dairy, and Lorie's Farm. The Raspberry and Cream Crepes feature Heidi's Raspberry Preserves, fresh whipped cream, chocolate, and Erda Garden mint over two folded crepes. The Chicken and Mushroom Crepe is a rolled crepe with organic chicken, Chispas Farm garlic scapes, and crimini mushrooms in a Gruet wine veloute sauce:


Photo courtesy Mikal Altomare

A Taste of Things to Come
For June 28th and July 5th we'll be cooking with flavors from the Caribbean region. Jerk chicken, cubano sandwiches, and other dishes will take advantage of spring onions, scapes, and herbs.
Posted by Aly Sanchez at 9:48 PM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Welcome to the Market. We're folk artists beginning our seventh summer as vendors there. It truly is the best Growers' Market in the metro area for many reasons, including the spirit of community. Stop by for a visit, we're to the north of you, facing Copper, about mid-way.

Jay and Janet
Red Crow Folk Art

June 20, 2008 3:18 PM
Aly Sanchez said...

Thanks for the warm welcome. We've really enjoyed meeting other vendors. There's a great spirit about the Downtown market. We'll come by your booth for a visit.

Aly and Kei

June 24, 2008 9:55 PM

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