This mild pepper from Japan has become quite the culinary rage over the last handful of years. I first had them as a snack in a benefit cooking master class for Slow Food NYC, and have been growing them in my garden ever since. Shishito peppers are slender, bright green, and about the length… Continue reading Eat these now: Shishito Peppers
Tag: farmers market
Rhubarb and White Cherry Ice Pop
I’m back. My hands have been very, delightfully full these last many months, but I feel like we are all finally starting to figure out a good rhythm together. And being a mom is, well, utterly remarkable, and it is hard to not devour every minute. Even with our full hands, we did manage to… Continue reading Rhubarb and White Cherry Ice Pop
Market Watch: Spaghetti Squash
Spaghetti squash at the Jean-Talon market in Montreal. A complete delight and mystery, spaghetti squash was my favorite vegetable growing up. Though not terribly popular or widely available in the late 70s, somehow my grandmother was able to procure one at least once a fall. Into the oven as a hard, nubby, squash, then magically… Continue reading Market Watch: Spaghetti Squash
One more bit of cherry tomato inspiration with which to send you off into the weekend…
I just discovered the Telepan TV channel on youtube. Bill Telepan is one of my most favorite NYC chefs, who I had the great, great pleasure of cooking with for many months that the start of his inspirational and important Wellness in the Schools school lunch campaign. He has started to put together videos, sharing… Continue reading One more bit of cherry tomato inspiration with which to send you off into the weekend…
happycherrytomatomonday.
Though disappearing soon, cherry tomatoes are still adorning the tables of the farmers markets, and a few are hanging on to the vines for dear life in our gardens. I am trying to take advantage of them now as much as I can, as I know that too shortly I’ll be making deals with the… Continue reading happycherrytomatomonday.
Freeze some corn! Now!
Glorious cobs of corn will still be around at the farmers’ markets for a couple of weeks. Sweet, meltingly tender, golden or pearly white, they are never better (or cheaper) than right now. We eat it with dinner nearly every night for the month when it is at it’s best, just barely cooking it, as… Continue reading Freeze some corn! Now!
happycornmonday.
happyzucchiniwednesday.
Market Watch: Basil
Basil has definitely arrived at the party. Bunch upon fragrant bunch are cramming tables at the markets. Not surprisingly we mostly think green and the same familiar scent and flavor when basil comes to mind. But there are loads of heirloom varieties that are becoming much easier to track down. (and grow yourself!)… Continue reading Market Watch: Basil
happyrampmonday
A walk in our woods today very pleasantly revealed that these ramps… which we dug up from friends’ woods last spring, which is overrun with them, and attempted to transplant to our woods…have successfully made it through this relentless winter and have become these ramps… having successfully taken root and are now growing for us… Continue reading happyrampmonday
Pan-Seared Sea Scallops, with Pickled Watermelon Radish and Microgreen Salad
Here’s a great little dish using those irresistable watermelon radishes and microgreens now growing at a farmers’ market near you. Ready in under a half hour, this would be a deceptively easy, super impressive first course for a local-chic dinner soiree. Or triple the scallops, and pair it with cool buckwheat soba noodles dressed… Continue reading Pan-Seared Sea Scallops, with Pickled Watermelon Radish and Microgreen Salad
Market Watch: Microgreens
Micro Mesclun from Windfall Farms, Union Square Greenmarket, NYC. Spring is here, and the farmers’ market offerings are slowly transitioning from squash, root vegetables, and cold storage foods to fresh spring produce in the weeks ahead. One of the first fresh spring finds to look for are microgreens. Microgreens are similar to hippy, 70’s sprouts,… Continue reading Market Watch: Microgreens
Market Watch: Watermelon Radish
At the Union Square Greenmarket, this past Saturday in Manhattan, I came across giant, stunning Watermelon Radishes. A relative of the Daikon, it is also called Chinese Red Meat, Beauty Heart, and Rose Heart. This is one of the most mild radishes (which, incidentally was the one food I wouldn’t touch as a child),… Continue reading Market Watch: Watermelon Radish
Turnip Soup
This remarkably simple, and remarkably comforting recipe has always been a part of our holiday meals. When she first started making it, my grandmother used to enjoy quizzing unsuspecting guests as to what the star ingredient was in the soup. It is so mellow, and balanced, and not cluttered with leek or potato, that it… Continue reading Turnip Soup
Use those apples
Though apples are excellent long-keepers, and will be around for months at the markets, they never taste better to me than right now–sun still warm in the sky, “transition” jacket getting pulled out of the closet, leaves crunching beneath my feet, and halloween fast approaching. Grab a few extra apples at the farmers’ market this… Continue reading Use those apples
Ramps!
It is that time of year. The ramps have arrived. Ramps are wild leeks, and belong to the same genus as onions, garlic and chives. Their flavor is a wild and woodsy combination of the three. You can eat the entire plant, the bulb, stalk, and leaves, and can use them in recipes where you’d… Continue reading Ramps!
Earl Grey and Lavender Granita recipe
A lovely and unexpected flavor combination, that serves as a small sweet forecast of warmer weather ahead. I saw a new stand at the market this week I hadn’t noticed previously. Lavender by the Bay is a lavender farm in East Marion, NY. They were selling a variety of dried lavender sachets and bouquets, but… Continue reading Earl Grey and Lavender Granita recipe
Polenta with Goat Cheese, Shallots, and Greens recipe
On a trip to the farmers market it doesn’t serve you to bring a list or to have rigid expectations. The most effective shopping there is always done by just discovering what is the very best of this week’s offerings. As mentioned before, that can sometime be rough in the less produce-friendly times of year.… Continue reading Polenta with Goat Cheese, Shallots, and Greens recipe
Baked Apple Galette
I have some Mutzu apples from a recent trip to the farmers’ market. These apples are softball-huge and bright lime green, and immediately caught my attention as I was perusing the Migliorelli Farm stand. They are such gorgeous specimens it seemed blasphemous to peel them and cut them up into chunks—or toss them with a… Continue reading Baked Apple Galette
Pea Shoot, Celeriac, Apple and Hazelnut Salad
One of the toughest parts of eating almost exclusively locally in Upstate, NY, is the lack of bright, refreshing, crunchy, raw foods and salads in the colder months. We are overflowing in hearty carrot and squash soups, but there are definitely days I would kill for the snap of a thick slice of fresh cucumber.… Continue reading Pea Shoot, Celeriac, Apple and Hazelnut Salad
Sweet Potato Pecan Teacakes
Yesterday I received in the mail some adorable vintage aluminum baking molds that I purchased a little while back from the great upcycle shop AntiNu on Etsy.com. I had sweet potatoes from the market, and got to work. A handful of years ago the Center for Science in the Public Interest did a study comparing… Continue reading Sweet Potato Pecan Teacakes
Winter Chicken “Noodle” Soup, with Dill Parmesan Crisps
After the 3+ feet of snow we had this past week, I find it impossible to believe that I am watching even more flurries outside today. The blizzard this week caused the farmers, whose work ethic is only outdone by their good sense, to not come to NYC for the greenmarket this Friday. Union Square,… Continue reading Winter Chicken “Noodle” Soup, with Dill Parmesan Crisps
Blood Orange Braised Chicken, with Sesame Kale & King Oyster Mushrooms
So the very first meal of the blog, and of this year’s project: to cook from the farmers market, or my garden, and post recipes every week. As mentioned previously, this week’s trip to the Union Square farmers market included finding some gorgeous king oyster mushrooms and kale. The first time I saw king oyster… Continue reading Blood Orange Braised Chicken, with Sesame Kale & King Oyster Mushrooms