Sweet and Savory... New Local Products at City Market

We're glad to have been able to add 5 new Local and Made in Vermont products to our shelves in the past few weeks. I highly recommend sampling them all (and in the case of the bourbon barrel aged maple syrup, you might want to go back for seconds).

Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup

Randolph, VT

Aisle 1

When Al Wood emailed asking if we’d  be interested in sampling his bourbon barrel aged maple syrup, I knew we’d found a new local product for our shelves.

Al ages syrup from his sugar bush in Randolph for 4 to 6 months in bourbon barrels he gets from a distillery in upstate New York. The syrup, as a result, takes on the tones of the bourbon layered with the flavors of the syrup, all while remaining a non-alcoholic product. It seems, for once, Vermont is on the cutting edge of a food trend – a quick search of some of the leading foodie magazines revealed just one blog post from Bon Appetit last May. But, with a new twist on maple syrup, especially one involving bourbon, I predict we’re going to see a lot more people talking about this amazing product in the years to come. 

Michelle’s Spicy Kimchi

Craftsbury, VT

In the Hippy Cooler  

Michelle’s provides offers an alternative take on kimchi to our long-standing option from Flack Family Farm. Michelle is sourcing as much of her cabbage and daikon radish from local farms as possible, and transforming them into the Korean traditional fermented food at the newly opened Vermont Food Venture Center in Hardwick. 

Local Organic Apple Cider Vinegar from Dwight Miller and Son Orchard

Dummerston, VT

Bulk Liquids

Technically this isn’t a new product for us: we’ve had bottled apple cider vinegar on our shelves from Dwight Miller and Son Orchard for a few years.

Now we’re happy to offer the product in bulk. Bring your own container and get as much or as little as you like, at a lower price than you would pay in our grocery aisle.

Hummish from Vermont Bean Crafters

Waitsfield, VT

In the Hippy Cooler

Hummish is the local and organic version of hummus: chickpeas don’t grow in Vermont but lots of other types of beans do. Joe at Vermont Bean Crafters is taking these locally and organically grown black beans and jacob’s cattle beans, pureeing them with locally grown veggies, local sunflower oil, and local apple cider vinegar, and ending up with two flavorful spreads that I’m looking forward to making into sandwiches and dipping carrot sticks into. We sell the Parsnippity Garlique Mash and the Chipotle New Moon Miller. Joe is making all his products in the newly opened Mad River Food Hub facility, a new great element of Vermont infrastructure to increase our supply of local food, and which oddly enough opened just 10 days after the Vermont Food Venture Center!

Pizzaz from Red Hen Baking Company

Middlesex, VT

Bakery

Pizzaz are hand-tossed, hearth-baked pizza crust from one of our favorite local bakeries. Top with some fun pizza toppings, pop in the oven, and 5 minutes later you have an amazing pizza. Check out Red Hen’s suggested recipes including Apple Blue Pizzaz with fig preserves, sliced apple, and Jasper Hill Farm’s Bayley Hazen Blue cheese.