PCC Sound Consumer | Your community, September 2010

Your community
September 2010

PCC Natural Markets partners with a number of groups to sponsor community events and educational opportunities. The focus of these partnerships is to assist PCC members and neighborhood communities as they strive for health.
 
 

New Chinook Book

The 2011 Chinook Book will be available for purchase at PCC beginning September 1, 2010. Save hundreds of dollars while discovering the best of what’s green and local with coupons for shopping at PCC, restaurants, bike shops, home and garden stores, theaters and much more.

PCC Cooks

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It’s time to get into the kitchen and explore new ideas for fall weather cooking and baking. Our new fall class lineup starts September 7 with more hands-on classes, such as Russian Dumplings, Not Your Mother’s Sauces, and Chinese Steaming Techniques.

Demonstration classes include Thai Comfort Foods, Protein for a Vegetarian Diet, Southern Italian Food and Wine and much more.

Holiday baking and gifts, kids’ cooking, Guest Chefs, Dinner Events, The Basics of Cooking, and The Main Course series round out this jam-packed season of fun, informative topics.

We’ve added a new website feature, too. If a desired class is full, click the “Add to wait list” button and you’ll be notified if any spots open up.

For details on all classes, visit PccCooks.com or see the PCC Cooks catalog, available in stores. Register for classes online, by mail, or call 206-545-7112.

PCC’s Healthy Living Fair

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  • Saturday & Sunday
    September 11 & 12
    10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Issaquah PCC

For PCC’s Eastsiders, the Healthy Living Fair moves to Issaquah this month. This year’s fair at Issaquah flows into the inside of the store from outdoors, offering more samplings and displays than ever before. More than 100 different vendors will sample foods and body care products while PCC Cooks instructors demonstrate fresh meal ideas.

The PCC Kid Picks Mobile will keep the little ones busy judging products and you’ll get to try an assortment of PCC’s prepared salads, baked goods, local cheeses, and organic fruit.

Longtime foodies as well as those new to quality organics can’t help but learn new things about our product lines at this venue! If you haven’t attended a Healthy Living Fair, you are missing one of the most enjoyable, low-key outdoor fairs anywhere.

Learn more ... about PCC's Healthy Living Fair.

Seattle Tilth Harvest Fair

  • Saturday, September 11, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
    (behind the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford)

Learn about growing, preparing and preserving the harvest; raising urban livestock; and community issues. Participate in activities for all ages, eat tasty food, and listen to local bands. This is Seattle’s urban garden festival! See seattletilth.org for more info.

Washington Organic Week

  • September 12 through 19

September is designated Organic Harvest Month, with a number of celebrations including a week of fun events and promotions throughout Seattle. Our local, organic bounty is honored in the middle of the month: Washington Organic Week (known as WOW!) helps consumers connect with local growers and learn more about organics. Seattle Tilth’s Harvest Fair, organic wine tastings, an organic cocktail contest, and special organic meals at local restaurants are some of the highlights.

Visit washingtonorganicweek.com or call 206-632-7506 for more information.

Volunteer to package bulk foods

Every other month, PCC volunteers meet at local food banks to package bulk foods purchased with PCC Food Bank Program donations. September packaging parties will be held at 7 p.m. at the following locations:

PCC’s bagging contest

Have you ever noticed how good grocery bagging is an art form, like solving a puzzle? You may even have seen stories on TV about bagging contests held by the Washington Food Industry and the National Grocers Association. Now, PCC has joined the fun.

Over the summer, each PCC store held its own contest. The winners from our nine stores will compete at a PCC-wide contest at our Edmonds location on Saturday, September 25 at 9 a.m. Watch for the results in our November Sound Consumer.

Celebrate Fair Trade

These sampling events feature Fair Trade Certified products, such as certified coffee, tea and chocolate. Hear the vendors’ amazing stories about fair trade.