Berries, Berries, and More Berries!

Hope you all had a great Labor Day Weekend! My family always goes up North for this holiday to enjoy a camping weekend with family and friends. This year, our friends couldn't make their usual stop-over in Mora to pick raspberries at Salman Raspberry Ranch since the crop wasn't yet ripe. But for market this week we're lucky that Heidi's Raspberry Farm in Corrales is a-ready-for-the-picking!

We're making summer berry tarts -- light flaky crusts bubbling over with four kinds of berries: raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and blueberries. If this doesn't prolong the taste of summer for you, I don't know what will! And with a bite of death-by-chocolate, you'll be in pure heaven...

Kei's tart test-run...someone's gotta eat em'!

On the savory side, we're taking advantage of the abundance of veggies still in season. We're going Greek this week, and will be grilling some Lemon Chicken Pita Folds, using local tomatoes, onions, garlic, and cucumber. Our chicken is all natural and antibiotic-free, our tzatziki sauce is made from real Greek yogurt, and we'll be featuring hand-made pita bread from local favorite eatery Yasmine's Cafe (on Central and University).

The following week, we'll continue Greek, but because Aly will be in a weekend triathlon (Go, Aly!), we'll be shutting down the grill so she's not inhaling smoke for several hours. We'll offer some wonderful sweet and savory appetizers straight off our catering menu. Think hand-made baklava and delicate phyllo cheese triangles...

We missed you last week (but loved the break!) -- can't wait to see y'all on Saturday!