This Saturday night will be the second appearance of the New Taste Marketplace at St. Gregory’s.The marketplace is a melange of homemade specialties, both to go and to be eaten hot, on site. Homemade tofu, bacon chocolate, SF’s own BBQ sauce or pickled grapes – this market is overflowing with culinary treats you never knew you loved.  The market got the ball rolling, but the second one is looking even better, with an expanded line up of vendors hawking their stocking stuffers (or in my case, very belated 6th night of Chanukah gifts.)  And I’m not just saying that because if I don’t the market director will make me sleep on the couch, it’s a great time with other community minded shoppers and local handmade edible goods.

Photo by Jordan Ching

For my part, I’m going big time with my sodas.  Expanding on the success of my fresh squeezed ginger ale, I’ve I’ll be serving it again, along with two new flavors: Maple Vanilla, and Lemongrass Kaffir Lime Leaf.  All of these flavors are made fresh by hand, then gently carbonated using yeast.  All three are non-alcoholic sodas that aim to balance bright, clean flavors with just enough sweetness to make them really pop. The natural carbonation gives the sodas a slightly earthly yeast note, as well as super-fine champagne style carbonation. Try the Thai flavored soda with Urban Chef’s Thai chicken stew, or the Gingerale with Mission Gastoclub’s head cheese tacos (I’m really excited about those.)

The essential details: The New Taste Marketplace is this Saturday the 18th, from 4-9 pm at 500 De Haro Street, across the street from Anchor Brewing. Admission is a sliding donation to The Food Pantry, from $0-10.

The full vendor list:

Jade Chocolates – Mindy Fong = Artisan chocolates blended with teas and spices from Asia and the Pacific Islands.

12/19 Natural Cookery; Cookery- Maggie Weber-Striplin & Kerry Allen = Vegan and Vegetarian Pierogies

Mission GastroClub – Neil Davidson = Goat cheese, head cheese, persimmon jelly, head cheese tacos, grain salad with goat cheese, and persimmon tarts.

Urban Chef – Kevin Kroger =  Thai chicken stew and chipotle chocolate bacon bar

Goat Hill Granola – Juliet Gardner = Spiced Granola

Morgans Menu – Morgan Woolley & Jason Henry = Pickled Grapes, Japanese Somen Salad, and more

Casey’s Pizza – Casey Crynes = Old New York Style Handcrafted Pizza

Nosh This – Kai Kronfield = Bacon Crack, Rocky Road and other artisanal sweets

Let’s Get Pho’d Up – Liz Tran = Chicken Pho, Cafe Sua Da, Lemon Mint Soda

Three Little Birds Sweet Shoppe – Elizabeth Shapiro = organic hot fudge sauce, vegan cupcakes, and cookie making kits

Nana Joes – Michelle Pusateri = Granola and Gift baskets with cookies and bags of cookies.

Snapdragon Baking Co. – Hway-ling Hsu = Hot Dr. Pepper peanut brittle, Ginger peanut brittle, Cashew brittle and Pumpkin seed brittle

Tutmak Coffee – Matt and T. L. Lipner = Small batch, whole bean organic coffee

Peter’s Sausage – Peter Gardner = Hot and Mild Italian Chicken Sausage

Beer and Nosh – Jesse Friedman = Ginger Ale and Maple Soda

Dulceria – Marisa Williams = Cookies, Cakes and Ice Cream

Neo Cocoa – Christine Doerr = Handmade Chocolate Truffles made @ La Cocina

Nute’s Cupcakes – Nute Chulasuwan = Gourmet Mini Cupcakes with a touch of Asian flair

PierogiSF – Ben Dudek = Traditional mashed-potato-and-onion-filled pierogi

SFQ – Michele Manfredi = The Original San Francisco BBQ Sauce

Rocket Ship Ice Cream – Sarah Smart = Vegan, organic ice cream

Rachel & Rachel – Rachel Reynaga & Rachel Mejia = jams, pickles, and baked goods

Cooky – Dario Barbone = bacon, pancetta, miso and more

Churn – Andrea Barton-Elson = handmade butter, flavored butter, and buttermilk

Red Circle Tea – Sina Carroll = Artisan, traditionally processed tea

Aunt Kitty’s Kreations – Kitty Myers =  chutneys, relishes, wine vinegars and assorted jams & jellies including lavender jelly and kiwi jam

PS – I’m taking suggestions for names for my new found natural soda production outfit.  Leave suggestions in the comments.

Tags: market, new taste marketplace

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