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FIRST FRIDAY STAFF PICKS: FEBRUARY 2020 EDITION
02/07/20 — Ada Broussard
In case it hasn't been on your radar, we publish this fabulous staff-favorite-centric post every first Friday of the month! We thought it deserved a highlight since it's one of our long-time favorites and definitely a skim-worthy feature if you're in the market for new ideas and inspiration. Ever wonder what your local farmers do off the fields? Cue: FIRST FRIDAY STAFF PICKS!
We think that our staff is the best in the business (okay, okay, we are a little biased), but the JBG family hails from all over the place and covers the gamut in talents and interests. We love sharing events, adventures, and side projects that inspire and excite our JBG-ers (food-related or not) with the community. Check out the staff-curated list of favorites below!
Fawn: First, I'd like to give a shout out to the HOPE market, where I started working the JBG booth back in 2010. A few months ago, I switched to working the Hi-Fi Mycology booth at HOPE (see my second staff pick.) The HOPE market will be hosting it's last market February 23, so come and see us before the end! I'm pretty sad to see this small, eclectic east side market go...
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Fawn at the Hope Market 10 years ago! We couldn't help ourselves, and found several photos of Fawn at the Home Market over the years. Scroll to the end of this post for the full timeline.
My second pick: Hi-Fi Mycology! (IG: @hifimyco) I started working at the Hi-Fi farm late last summer. Talk about the best of both worlds with Hi-Fi and JBG: mushrooms and veggies! It's been a great learning experience, delving into a new kingdom. Mushrooms are amazing. Here's a picture of some reishis I grew at home. I've currently got these brewing in a tincture, and I've been thankful for reishi's immune boosting properties this season!
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Fawn's beautiful reishis.
The Farm: Our Annual Transplant Sale is live! Order your transplants online for delivery to a farmers' market... or better yet, just make a day trip out to the greenhouse! Details and list of available transplants here.
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Scott: I am showing some new work and there is an opening for the group show this Friday.
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I Picked You A Flower
Opening February 7th, 7-10pm February 8th - March 14th Open hours: Saturdays 12-4pm
This visual arts group exhibit features paintings, photographs, and sculptural works that explore the thin line between the romantic and sinister. In the shadow of grand gesture, they steer around notions of obsession, entanglement, regrowth, gender expectations, and coded communication. Floral and bright, with a hint of musk.
Works by: Alison Sagebiel , Carlos Carballo, M Laursen , Jaime Reynolds , Navasota Sering , Rohitash Rao, Scott David Gordon
Vault Stone Shop 4361 S Congress Ave, Suite 103 Austin, TX 78745
Faith: I made this collage a few weeks ago as a gift for someone and am very happy with how it turned out. First time using glass! It's off getting framed in eggplant matting and cherry wood framing right now. I can't wait to see it in its final form this month.
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Cut paper, broken glass, glue. Photo and collage by the talented, Faith!
Heydon: I am working my way through The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, and I am totally enthralled. It is shocking, sad, and mind-boggling. Turns out I am very into scientific nonfiction.
We've been watching HBO's The Outsider on Sunday nights and, man, if you want to get spooked... watch it. It's a brilliant adaptation of Stephen King's novel by the same name with players, Cynthia Erivo, Mare Winningham, Jason Bateman, and Ben Mendelsohn (among many other talents) shaking me up weekly with their performances. Check it out.
Finally, this picture of recipe developer extraordinaire, Megan Winfrey, shining like the star she is. I took a couple of weeks ago and already have it framed in my house.
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Curious what recipes this cowgirl has contributed to the JBG blog? Just search "Megan Winfrey" in the search bar and her archive will come up!
Hector: Hola y'all! I'll be joining the famous Cream Team for the 14th Annual Chili Cook-Off on 2/9 at Jo's Coffee on 1300 S. Congress Ave. Come try all the chilis!
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Daniel: I want to plug a really cool screening of my documentary film Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters with a Q&A session afterwards on Saturday February 29 at 5:30. It's going to be held at the outdoor amphitheater at Community First! Village, which is a 51-acre master planned community that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. The film is collection of stories celebrating the growth of basketball in Africa, centered around the philosophy of Ubuntu. Tours of the village start at 5:30, film screening is at sunset (around 6:30) and your ticket includes a meal combo from the resident run food truck, Community Grille.
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Ada: Club Home Made (the meal prep club I started!) has a Chicken Soup class that coming up on Monday 1/10 and it's going to be awesome! A dear college friend of mine (who is now a local chef) will be helping teach this class. Plus, the chicken we're using is coming from Yonder Way Farm- folks that I've had the pleasure of knowing for many years through JBG! This communion of college friend, farm friends, and incredible ingredients is why I started this meal prep club. There are still some tickets left, and you should come! You'll leave class with everything you need to make a gigantic pot of nutritious (and delicious) chicken soup. Details and tickets here!
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This is a Club Home Made class! They're no fun.... no fun at all.
Stephanie: I've only worked the Farmers Markets for JBG for years; however, I had the pleasure of filling in on a CSA neighborhood delivery route last week. I was reminded of how special CSA is to a community, and how JBG is such a staple of the Austin scene. A door of one CSA member left a special note about how much she loves her vegetables, another supporter had a sign in their yard about loving their CSA JBG membership. When I was lucky enough, I met the people receiving their order in-person. We are really lucky to have our JBG CSA!
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Fawn 10 years ago and Fawn this year. The cauliflower has gotten bigger!
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We think that our staff is the best in the business (okay, okay, we are a little biased), but the JBG family hails from all over the place and covers the gamut in talents and interests. We love sharing events, adventures, and side projects that inspire and excite our JBG-ers (food-related or not) with the community. Check out the staff-curated list of favorites below!
Fawn: First, I'd like to give a shout out to the HOPE market, where I started working the JBG booth back in 2010. A few months ago, I switched to working the Hi-Fi Mycology booth at HOPE (see my second staff pick.) The HOPE market will be hosting it's last market February 23, so come and see us before the end! I'm pretty sad to see this small, eclectic east side market go...
Fawn at the Hope Market 10 years ago! We couldn't help ourselves, and found several photos of Fawn at the Home Market over the years. Scroll to the end of this post for the full timeline.
My second pick: Hi-Fi Mycology! (IG: @hifimyco) I started working at the Hi-Fi farm late last summer. Talk about the best of both worlds with Hi-Fi and JBG: mushrooms and veggies! It's been a great learning experience, delving into a new kingdom. Mushrooms are amazing. Here's a picture of some reishis I grew at home. I've currently got these brewing in a tincture, and I've been thankful for reishi's immune boosting properties this season!
Fawn's beautiful reishis.
The Farm: Our Annual Transplant Sale is live! Order your transplants online for delivery to a farmers' market... or better yet, just make a day trip out to the greenhouse! Details and list of available transplants here.
Scott: I am showing some new work and there is an opening for the group show this Friday.
I Picked You A Flower
Opening February 7th, 7-10pm February 8th - March 14th Open hours: Saturdays 12-4pm
This visual arts group exhibit features paintings, photographs, and sculptural works that explore the thin line between the romantic and sinister. In the shadow of grand gesture, they steer around notions of obsession, entanglement, regrowth, gender expectations, and coded communication. Floral and bright, with a hint of musk.
Works by: Alison Sagebiel , Carlos Carballo, M Laursen , Jaime Reynolds , Navasota Sering , Rohitash Rao, Scott David Gordon
Vault Stone Shop 4361 S Congress Ave, Suite 103 Austin, TX 78745
Faith: I made this collage a few weeks ago as a gift for someone and am very happy with how it turned out. First time using glass! It's off getting framed in eggplant matting and cherry wood framing right now. I can't wait to see it in its final form this month.
Cut paper, broken glass, glue. Photo and collage by the talented, Faith!
Heydon: I am working my way through The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, and I am totally enthralled. It is shocking, sad, and mind-boggling. Turns out I am very into scientific nonfiction.
We've been watching HBO's The Outsider on Sunday nights and, man, if you want to get spooked... watch it. It's a brilliant adaptation of Stephen King's novel by the same name with players, Cynthia Erivo, Mare Winningham, Jason Bateman, and Ben Mendelsohn (among many other talents) shaking me up weekly with their performances. Check it out.
Finally, this picture of recipe developer extraordinaire, Megan Winfrey, shining like the star she is. I took a couple of weeks ago and already have it framed in my house.
Curious what recipes this cowgirl has contributed to the JBG blog? Just search "Megan Winfrey" in the search bar and her archive will come up!
Hector: Hola y'all! I'll be joining the famous Cream Team for the 14th Annual Chili Cook-Off on 2/9 at Jo's Coffee on 1300 S. Congress Ave. Come try all the chilis!
Daniel: I want to plug a really cool screening of my documentary film Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters with a Q&A session afterwards on Saturday February 29 at 5:30. It's going to be held at the outdoor amphitheater at Community First! Village, which is a 51-acre master planned community that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. The film is collection of stories celebrating the growth of basketball in Africa, centered around the philosophy of Ubuntu. Tours of the village start at 5:30, film screening is at sunset (around 6:30) and your ticket includes a meal combo from the resident run food truck, Community Grille.
Ada: Club Home Made (the meal prep club I started!) has a Chicken Soup class that coming up on Monday 1/10 and it's going to be awesome! A dear college friend of mine (who is now a local chef) will be helping teach this class. Plus, the chicken we're using is coming from Yonder Way Farm- folks that I've had the pleasure of knowing for many years through JBG! This communion of college friend, farm friends, and incredible ingredients is why I started this meal prep club. There are still some tickets left, and you should come! You'll leave class with everything you need to make a gigantic pot of nutritious (and delicious) chicken soup. Details and tickets here!
This is a Club Home Made class! They're no fun.... no fun at all.
Stephanie: I've only worked the Farmers Markets for JBG for years; however, I had the pleasure of filling in on a CSA neighborhood delivery route last week. I was reminded of how special CSA is to a community, and how JBG is such a staple of the Austin scene. A door of one CSA member left a special note about how much she loves her vegetables, another supporter had a sign in their yard about loving their CSA JBG membership. When I was lucky enough, I met the people receiving their order in-person. We are really lucky to have our JBG CSA!
Fawn & The Hope Farmers' Market: A Decade Long Love Affair
Fawn 10 years ago and Fawn this year. The cauliflower has gotten bigger!
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