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MCFM Holiday Gift Guide: 2023 edition

Buying local and sustainable gifts has never been easier. Take a scroll through our 2023 Holiday Gift Guide to check out over a dozen gift ideas that you can all find in one place… Saturday, December 16th from 10am until 1pm inside the Mill City Museum! For the mushroom lover: Morel, shiitake or truffle butter…  Read More

Southern Style Squash Chili

Southern Style Squash Chili

This chili has the basic chili formula—tomato base and beans, and then some unusual ingredients—squash or yams, and spinach, to amp up the color, the nutritional value and the texture. A kiss of maple syrup cuts the acid and pulls the flavors together. The creaminess of the squash adds a new dimension to a familiar…  Read More

Seasonal Market Salad

This is a Market Salad in the truest sense. Only the dressing ingredients are not from the market. The idea is to use whatever is available, and not rely on lettuce as the foundation for the salad. This time of year (summer) offers hearty vegetables and proteins (legumes, meat, and there are local tofu, tempeh,…  Read More

Curried Potato Salad with Seasonal Vegetables

by Community Cooking with Kate I love potato salad, and this one is always a big hit!  It has huge flavors, and my favorite quality, a non-mayonnaise based dressing! No need to worry about keeping this one on ice, so it is perfect for a summertime picnic or potluck.  This presents beautifully on a big…  Read More

2022 Holiday Gift Guide

Give the gift of local food and art with gifts from Mill City Farmers Market this holiday season. We’ve rounded up one-of-a-kind, sustainably sourced and handmade items from our winter vendors to make this Saturday a one-stop-shop for everyone on your list. All vendors on this list will be at the market on December 17th…  Read More

Roasted Red Bell Pepper Butter

Mill City Sofrito

Sofrito is a flavor foundation in Mediterranean, Latin American, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese cooking. It typically consists of aromatic ingredients cut into small pieces and sautéed in oil. Use sofrito as a base to add flavor to meals (like in Market Chef Nettie Colón’s Farmer’s Market Galinhada) or on its own as a delicious sauce.…  Read More

Cafe Palmira Carlos with bags

From Guatemala to Minnesota: Cafe Palmira’s family farmed coffee

Mill City Farmers Market vendor Carlos Palacios, owner of Cafe Palmira, shares the story behind his 4th-generation family coffee farm and the changes and challenges facing the industry. By Victoria Blanco When the pandemic hit, Carlos Palacios, owner of Cafe Palmira, stayed connected with clients the way he has for the past fourteen years: by…  Read More