FALL(ish)

This week at PRFM…

Photo: Heidi Geldhauser

Chef Demo
What better way to celebrate Fall-eve (oh, it’s a thing) than with a rock-star chef demo from Miller Union’s Steven Satterfield? There isn’t a better way, so be sure to drop by the demo tent this Saturday 9/21 at 10:00 a.m. to watch Chef Satterfield work some seasonal magic. Chef Demos are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial.

Happy Nest Kids’ Activities
Check out the Happy Nest tent for family fun from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday!

Save the Date…

4th Annual Market Mash-up
Saturday, October 5
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Sponsored by
COUNTRY Financial
For the last three years, your favorite PRFM vendors have paired up to create some amazing dishes at PRFM's Mash-up event, and you won’t want to miss what they’ve got in store for you to taste and vote on this year. Plus, the silent auction is back with some incredible lots—just to name a few of the more than 60...a day of shopping, cooking, and feasting with Chef Linton Hopkins, goodies from Miller Union, Garnish & Gather, and Laughing Skull Lounge, an iPad sleeve from WellPutGoods.com, a cheese-making workshop from Many Fold Farm complete with stay at Serenbe, and a Local Three dinner with courses and pairings until you cry "Mercy!" The market will be open as usual during the Mash-up, so come ready to shop, taste, and bid on great auction items. This fundraiser pays for PRFM’s city-of-Atlanta-required police officer—thanks in advance for helping to support this part of the market! Tasting tickets will go on sale at PRFM on September 28.


- Jennifer Maley

Market Mash!

Save the Date
4th Annual Market Mash-up
Saturday, October 5
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Sponsored by 
COUNTRY Financial
For the last three years, your favorite PRFM vendors have paired up to create some amazing dishes at PRFM's Mash-up event, and you won’t want to miss what they’ve got in store for you to taste and vote on this year. Plus, the silent auction is back with some incredible lots—just to name a few...a day of shopping, cooking, and feasting with Chef Linton Hopkins, goodies from Miller Union, Garnish & Gather, and Laughing Skull Lounge, an iPad sleeve from WellPutGoods.com, and a Local Three dinner with courses and pairings until you cry "Mercy!" The market will be open as usual during the Mash-up, so come ready to shop, taste, and bid on great auction items. This fundraiser pays for PRFM’s city-of-Atlanta-required police officer—thanks in advance for helping to support this part of the market!


- Jennifer Maley

This week at PRFM

Chef Demo by Aaron Russell of Restaurant Eugene, 10:00 a.m.

Live Music by Alex Gordon, Happy Nest Kids Activities, all morning

Chef Demo with Aaron Russell
of Restaurant Eugene

10:00 a.m. on 8/17

Chef Demos are sponsored by

COUNTRY Financial

Aaron Russell, Pastry Chef at Restaurant Eugene, worked his way through culinary school while baking bread at night at Breadgarden, Atlanta's finest bakery at the time. After graduation, he became pastry chef at Nikolai's Roof, the first restaurant in the Southeast to receive 4 Mobil Stars. This led to a position as Assistant Pastry Chef at The Dining Room in the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, which cemented his career path. While there, he was promoted to become the youngest 5 Mobil Star Pastry Chef in the nation. Aaron then took the position of Pastry Chef at Guenter Seeger's namesake restaurant Seeger's. Chef Seeger's austere approach to local, organic ingredients and simple preparations has held the most influence on Aaron's current style.

In 2008 and 2009, Russell was nominated for "Outstanding Pastry Chef" by the James Beard Foundation while working at The Chocolate Bar. In 2010, Chef Linton Hopkins invited Aaron to take charge of the pastry kitchen at Restaurant Eugene, where Russell has received three more James Beard Award nominations. This Saturday, Chef Russell surprises us with a summer dessert!

Local Nation

Chef Demo
with Peter Dale of The National
10:00 a.m. on 8/10
Chef Demos are sponsored by
COUNTRY Financial
Y'all know Hugh Acheson. Meet Hugh's executive chef from his Athens restaurant The National—Peter Dale. No, really, you should come meet him this Saturday. A UGA grad, Peter pursued his culinary passion shortly after college. With family heritage from Ecuador and Greece, he had experienced an array of cuisines and was ready to get his start in the field. He began as an apprentice at Hugh's Five & Ten restaurant, with plans to attend culinary school thereafter. Instead, he chose travel as his education and spent time in Europe (mostly Spain) where he found further inspiration and honed his skills. In 2007, Dale and Hugh opened The National, combining their interests in cooking, travel, and food politics. The daily-changing menu features ingredients from local farms and pairs the seasons of Georgia with the flavors of Spain, France, North Africa, Greece, the eastern Mediterranean, and the Middle East. This weekend you don't have to travel around the world, or even to Athens, to get a taste for Peter's fantastic dishes—you just have to stop by PRFM!

Canning with Martha
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Welcome back our canning expert Martha McMillin—she’ll be on hand all morning to share tasty summer canning recipes (like how to freeze corn) and answer all of your questions about home canning—yes, you (can) CAN!


- Jennifer Maley

Digging In

Chef Demo with Hilary White
of The Hil at Serenbe
10:00 a.m. on 8/3
Chef Demos are sponsored by
COUNTRY Financial
Chef Hilary talks the talk and walks the walk, y’all. Having grown up around the rural farmland of Ohio, she was drawn to the Serenbe community and its ethos of sustainability when picking the location of her namesake restaurant, The Hil. Before that, she had built her knowledge and experience traveling the globe, earning a degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and working her way up as the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group’s first female executive chef. But the farmland called in 2007, and Chef Hilary opened The Hil at Serenbe with her husband, Jim, and her mother, Sandy Pitsch, at her side. She spends time tending the farm and growing produce, using the fruits of her labor to create comforting dishes worth the short drive to Serenbe. The critics love her (she’s been lauded by the likes of Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, and The New York Times) and her community does, too (she’s involved with Les Dames d’Escoffier, Southern Foodways Alliance, Georgia Grown, Share Our Strength, and Wholesome Wave). When she’s not spending her spare time volunteering or mentoring young chefs, you can find Chef Hilary exploring the roads on her Harley. Or, we might recommend spotting her at PRFM this Saturday, where she’ll show us how to make some quick and delicious fridge pickles.

AgSouth AgAware Day at PRFM
August 3 from 8:30 a.m. to noon
Join us on Saturday, when AgSouth Farm Credit will dedicate a picnic bench to PRFM volunteers, build a raised flower bed and herb garden for the Market, and host the “Ag Experience” for youth and their families—kids will learn what it takes to farm, including getting money from the bank, buying seeds, planting, harvesting, and selling. Then they’ll use the “profits” to play games!


- Jennifer Maley

AgSouth AgAware Day at PRFM

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?

Chef Demo with Todd Richards
of The Shed at Glenwood
10:00 a.m. on 7/27
Chef Demos are sponsored by
COUNTRY Financial
Check out last year’s love letter to Iron Chef and Today alum Chef Todd Richards. He’s still throwing down at The Shed, with a new fried chicken night for the people, and has some exciting plans in the works for Atlantic Station—there, he and The Shed owner Cindy Shera will open the Pig and the Pearl in January 2014. We can’t wait for the smokehouse’s offerings: locally sourced meats and fish, a raw bar with fresh oysters, and of course a cool cocktail menu. In the meantime, visit Chef Todd under our demo tent this Saturday (and at The Shed anytime). P.S. look out for the COUNTRY Financial folks handing out PRFM bags—they’ll also have a chance for you to win a Shed gift certificate!

Save the date…
On Saturday, August 3, bring the kids for AgSouth AgAware activities from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Learn what it takes to farm, including getting money from the bank, buying seeds, planting, harvesting, and selling. Then use the “profits” to play games!


- Jennifer Maley