DOWNTOWN BETHESDA RESIDENTS AND WORKERS: THERE MAY BE $5 WAITING FOR YOU IN THE LOBBY!

The hunt is on to find $5 in Bethesda FreshFarm bucks in downtown Bethesda.

Some apartment/condo residents report finding these FreshFarm flyers, with $5 in "FreshFarm Markets Dollars" attached, in their buildings' lobbies.

Redeemable only at this Saturday's and next Saturday's markets on Norfolk Avenue by Veterans Park, $5 is a fairly generous amount.

So check your lobbies!  Maybe they are in some office buildings, too.  It's the Willy Wonka Purple Ticket, and worth grabbing if you can find one.

Have you found the Purple Ticket around downtown Bethesda?  What do you recommend spending the 5 bucks on at Saturday's market?

IT'S ALL ABOUT ZE GERMAN SAUSAGE AT BETHESDA CENTRAL FARM MARKET TODAY

Today's Bethesda Central Farm Market (9 AM - 1 PM at Bethesda ES) comes to you by way of Germany today.

Meatcrafters will have its newest sausage, Landjaeger.  It is does not contain Jagermeister, but would probably pair well with it!

Instead, Landjaeger is a German Hunter's sausage made with organic beef and pork.  Try a bite of this traditional German snack at the market today.  Then take some home.

Finish off your buy-local Father's Day feast with German potato salad made with 2012's first crop of potatoes from Bending Bridge Farm, and a Peach-Blackberry pie from Westmoreland Berry and Toigo Farms.

NEW FRESH YOGURT BAR AT FANCY CAKES BY LESLIE

Bethesda Row has many dessert options, ranging from cupcakes and ice cream to crepes and gelato.

But what if you are still sticking to that New Year's resolution of a healthier diet?

Fancy Cakes by Leslie on Elm Street has the answer:  a brand-new Fresh Yogurt Bar inside their shop!

Photo:  Fancy Cakes by Leslie

Even if you're just waiting to pick up a cake, stop by the bar.  Don't be expecting mass-produced, packaged yogurt - these flavors are made locally from milk produced by grass-fed cows.  That's right, locavores, it's time to buy local yogurt.  In addition, there are 3 Greek yogurts, which are the current fad in yogurt.

Flavors include maple, raspberry and chocolate, and toppings are available to customize your treat.

Stop by Fancy Cakes by Leslie today and find out how fresh yogurt can be!

Fancy Cakes by Leslie, 4939 Elm Street.  301-652-9390.

TAKE YOUR BETHESDA CENTRAL FARM MARKET BAG WITH YOU THIS SUMMER AND WIN!

It's Sunday morning, and that means its time for the Bethesda Central Farm Market at Bethesda ES, from 9 AM to 1 PM.

You now have one more reason to come out to the market:

The "Where in the World is Your Little Red Bag?" Contest is underway!

Pick up your FREE Little Red Central Farm Market Bag at the Pelican Kitchen and Bath tent.

Take your bag with you this summer, and photograph it in interesting or unusual locations here and abroad.  Then upload your photo, and BCFM Facebook fans will choose a winner in each of 2 categories.

For all the details, and to enter, CLICK HERE!

What's going on at today's market?

The first Garlic Scapes are here.

Another Buy 4, Get 1 FREE special on ground beef from Walnut Hills Farm.

Heirloom Soups has 2 summer vegetable soups with fresh herbs.

A Boordy Vineyards Maryland wine tasting.

Also, Infusion Hot Sauce Company!

Live music by The Nick Mendez and Ted Bazil Duo.

BETHESDA CENTRAL FARM MARKET MEMORIAL DAY SPECIALS

Pick up foods for your Memorial Day celebrations today at the Bethesda Central Farm Market, 9-1 at Bethesda ES.

Stop by the info tent to receive your FREE FLAG!

Buy 4 packs of Walnut Hills Farm ground beef for your grilled burgers, and get a 5th pack FREE!

The berries arrive today:  Blueberries, sweet cherries, red raspberries.

First local baby zucchini, squash, snap peas and broccoli.

Buy 4 packs of Meatcrafters sausage, and get a FREE Meatcrafters hat - while they last!

Plus, a Boordy Vineyards wine tasting.

FARMSTEAD CHEESE

AT

BETHESDA CENTRAL

FARM MARKET

Farmstead cheese is rare in both the U.S. and Europe. But not Sundays at the Bethesda Central Farm Market at the Elm St. parking lot from 9 AM to 12:30 PM.

What is "farmstead cheese?" It is cheese made on the same farm where the livestock that produced it graze. Stonyman Gourmet Farmer is selling farmstead cheese every week at the market, so you can try this rare cheese for yourself.

Stonyman has another Bethesda connection: they designed a cheese plate for Food Wine & Co. on Wisconsin Avenue.

So stop by Stonyman at the market; their mission in life is to help you create the perfect cheese plate for you, while fostering local and sustainable dairy production.