Otto's Market

You can now find Block Factory Tamales at Otto's Market in Germantown NY! 

Otto's is a great Main Street market carrying local products, meats and dairy, and locally produced foods from the Hudson Valley area.

 

Otto’s Market is both a hometown, intimate old-time grocery with a supermarket-sized selection. Make sure you stop by and visit Otto next time you're in town!

Picklefest Sunday November 20

We will be at the Rosendale Picklefest this Sunday. In addition to a selection of empanadas, tamales and quesadillas, I'll be offering sides of pickled beets and a salsa of pickled farm stand tomatoes with jalapenos. 

The 14th Annual International Pickle Festival Celebrating 14 Years of Picklefest! Sunday, November 20th, 2011 10:00AM to 5:00PM The Pickle Festival is held at the Community Center Route 32 South Rosendale, New York

Last weekend for outdoor markets

This is the last outdoor market weekend so make sure to stock up on your tamales! 

But don't worry, if you need your tamale fix during the winter months, you can always place an order by sending us an email blockfactorytamales@gmail.com. 

Prepping for Thanksgiving

Free-range oven roasted turkey from North Wind Farm for our Thanksgiving in a Corn Husk tamales.

Cranberries for our cranberry chipotle chutney. 

Try these Thanksgiving Tamales at the markets or pre-order them for your Thanksgiving Holiday. 

Don't forget, if you live in NYC, we are making a special delivery November 16. Place your orders by this Thursday, November 10! For details on some specials we are offering and other delicious menu items you can go here. 

Vegan Tamales

One of the farms we get our produce from is Migliorelli Farm. They are a family run fruit and vegetable farm in Tivoli, NY. 

We've adjusted our recipe for a few of our tamales and are pleased to be able to offer you our new Vegan Curried Shiitake Mushroom and Bok Choy Tamales, featuring Bok Choy from Migliorelli and Shiitake mushrooms from Wiltbank Farm. Our Butternut Squash Tamale is also now Vegan. 

Wiltbank Farm

We've mentioned him before, but wanted to make another introduction. This is Gary from Wiltbank Farm. He brings the most beautiful mushrooms to the Rhinebeck Farmers Market. We use these in our Curried Shiitake/Bok Choy Tamales and our Shiitake Empanadas. Sometimes we make Shiitake AND Oyster Mushroom tamales with Grilled Veggies. 

Here, Gary is telling us about these amazing oyster mushrooms. They usually grow in warmer climates but Gary is set up to farm these indoors so he can still bring us these beauties in the colder temperatures.