Apple Press at the Sebastopol Farmers Market for the 2017 Season

The Apple Press at the Sebastopol Farmers Market for the 2017 Season

Slow Food Russian River will bring the Apple Press at the Sebastopol Farmers Market and serve free samples of Gravenstein Apple juice. Yea!

We invite you to taste freshly pressed, luscious apple juice. Drop by and say hi!

Sebastopol Farmers Market’s Honor the Gravenstein Apple Celebration

Dominique Cortara

Slow Food Russian River’s own Dominique Cortara will be making her famous Gravenstein Apple Pies for this Sunday’s Market at add to the fun around the Apple Press at the Sebastopol Farmers Market for the 2017 Season.   

Have a piece and if you want to take home an entire pie for yourself you can order one by emailing dominique@dominiquesweets.com.

Dominique is the owner of Dominique’s Sweets. She says that her mission is to provide an out of this world experience to her customers when they bite into beautiful, affordable and wholesome products, made by hand and from local ingredients.

Dominique’s Sweets supports our community, our local farmers and our local producers so we can become economically independent as we follow our dreams. Her apple pies fit our Apple Press at the Sebastopol Farmers Market beautifully.

Don’t miss Paula Downing’s interview with Dominique. Paula is the semi-retired market manager at the Sebastopol Farmers Market. We recommend you like the market on Facebook.

*Why do we call her “our own”? As a local chef with deep roots in the farming community, Dominique is super supportive of the Slow Food vision. She has been on the Board of Slow Food Russian River and lent her cooking genius to numerous events of Slow Food Russian River, such as the two strawberry events, Strawberry Feast Forever and Strawberry Feasts at Glen Oak Ranch.

Marianna Gardenhire

Guest Chef Marianna Gardenhire from Backyard Restaurant Is Serving Luscious Apple Crumble with Ice Cream.

Chef Marianna Gardenhire began her restaurant career in San Francisco in 2002. Four years later, she decided to combine her two loves: fine art and cooking by attending The Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, California. Over the next few years, she established herself as an executive pastry chef at The General’s Daughter in Sonoma and at Cafe Rouge in Berkeley and P/30 in Sebastopol. With a leap of faith (and a ton of love and support) she opened Backyard, in 2012, with her co owner and husband, Chef Daniel Kedan. Together they strive to bring the bounties of their surroundings to every dish.

Amanda Hopkins

Amanda Hopkins from The Garden Art Studio After School Program will be face painting and teaching your children how to make apple bird feeders and apple prints.In addition, Margaret, also from the Garden Art Studio After School Program, will be doing face painting. 

See her ideas on our Facebook page.