Market day: Issue 1 by Russell Wasserfall

Most people have visited the Neighbourgoods
Market in Woodstock at least once.Now Russel
Wasserfall takes you behind the scenes and into
the lives of the vendors who operate there.And
as Wasserfall points out,they and the goods
they produce,are constantly changing.

In this edition,which is the first of four,he
looks at some of the vendors:Rosetta Roastery;
Breakfast Porn;Woodstock Bakery;Ondersteun
Handelaars;Funky Funghi;Wilde At Heart;The
Charcuterie and The Creamery.

Karen Dudley,famous for her eatery,The
Kitchen in Woodstock,and her “Love
Sandwich”who is a veteran of the market,
gives her tips on how and what to buy and her
favourites from the Neighbourgoods Market.
There is also a selection of recipes from The
Kitchen including Baba Ganouch;Beetroot
Fennel Fig Salad and Slaphakskeentjies,to
name a few.

And if you want to know about bees and
honey then the go-to-guy is Mark Farah of
Honeyguide,often called the Honey Guy,and
who has a passion for bees,and there is a black
and white photographic essay by Sarah Schafer,
who also wrote the words,on his daily activities
with the bees.

You can also read about how artesan ice
cream maker, Kate Shirer’s creamery grew from
a kitchen project into a thriving ice cream
business.

She has also provided a few recipes from
The Creamery and you could try making the
plum or the mango and chilli ice creams.
Market Dayis an entertaining look at the
Neighbourgoods Market and the characters
that bring it to life.The images,some in black
and white,some taken by “citizen journalists”
are mouth-watering.