A Basket of Baked Goods for Your Holiday Table
Cornucopias, overflowing with nature’s late-season bounty, bring to mind images of festive centerpieces and early settlers sharing the harvest with Native Americans.Consider creating a cornucopia filled with breads and pastries from the Saratoga Farmers’ Market to symbolize the breaking of bread at that first Thanksgiving. From savory meat pies to scones in fall flavors, from gourmet cookies to loaves of crusty flavored breads, the Saratoga Farmers Market has something for everyone.
Visit these vendors at the Market to purchase baked goods for your cornucopia:
Argyle Cheese Farmer offers cinnamon rolls and savory rolls.
Bakery Suzanne specializes in high-quality sourdough loaves and french pastries.
Goodway Gourmet Bakery is known for artisan rum cakes.
Great Northern Pantry specializes in handcrafted meat pies and pasties.
Halfmoon Harvest offers fresh-baked sourdough loaves and baguettes.
Katie Bakes is the gluten-free option at the market for artisanal scones, cinnamon buns, and sugar cookies.
Kokinda Farms offers mini loaves of various sweet breads.
Night Work Bread uses ingredients from regional farms for their sourdough breads, babkas, and scones.
Parchment Baking Company is inspired by Scandinavian traditions, such as cardamom rolls and thin cookies.
Pierogi, Pierogi, Pyroogi offers babkas in a variety of flavors.
Saratoga Sweet Treats specializes in cinnamon rolls and cookies.
Seven Pines Family Farm is known for their sourdough English muffins.
Take a few moments to chat with the bakers about the ingredients and where they get their inspiration for flavors.
The farmers’ market has dozens of other vendors to visit. During the winter months, you can find lots of late-season vegetables like squash, sweet potatoes, and apples. Meats, cheeses, homemade jams, and pickles can all be found at the market year-round, along with a variety of prepared foods to make your holidays a little less stressful.
An Ancient Custom
In a popular tale from Greek mythology, the infant Zeus had a nursemaid-a goat named Amalthea. Unaware of his own strength, the infant Zeus grabbed Amalthea by the horns and accidentally broke one off. Zeus blessed the horn with the magical power to refill itself with endless food and drink.
Regardless of how the tradition began, the cornucopia, or “horn of plenty,” still graces holiday tables around the world as a festive centerpiece. The cornucopia made its way to American tables from early European festivals celebrating successful harvests. The basket’s horn shape comes from western Asia and Europe, where farmers would wear it slung over their backs to leave their hands free for picking.
The Saratoga Farmers’ Market is open Saturdays, 9:30 AM–1:30 PM, at the Wilton Mall Food Court in Saratoga Springs, near the Scene ONE Cinemas entrance. Visit www.saratogafarmersmarket.org to sign up for our weekly newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for market updates.
