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Squash lessons

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

Smells of basil, garlic, onions and warming olive oil made for a drooling crowd gathered around the entrance to the Carrboro Farmers’ Market on June 16 for another installment of the Carrboro Culinary Series.

As part of the monthly series, Adam Rose, guest chef from Il Palio restaurant in the Siena Hotel, and his small staff began the afternoon with furious chopping, then started sautéing zucchini, squash, eggplant, Sun Gold tomatoes and garlic for their caponata on crostini. Later the chefs topped Chapel Hill Creamery Mozzarella Ravioli with a Sun Gold tomato sauce with a white wine base.

“I look forward to cooking with Sun Golds all year round,” Chef Rose said.

Isaiah Allen was another of the chefs at the demonstration, providing small tips to people trying to find new ways to cook summer produce. “You don’t want to kill the veg,” Allen explained as he added the garlic after sautéing the squash for a while.

“Events like these have brought a new crowd to the Wednesday Farmers’ Market,” said Jackie Helvey, website designer for carrborofarmersmarket.com. All summer, culinary demonstrations are filmed and can be found on the website along with listings of other farmers’ market events.

– Josie Hollingsworth

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