Recently I was in the Batali/Bastianich Italian food megastore Eataly in NYC. Always a recipe-provoking stop, particularly mid-week when not utterly tourist-jammed and you can actually see the counters and food. The variety of food and ingredient offerings is as impressive as the block-wide size of this culinary cathedral. Rarely do I go there and… Continue reading Market Watch: Green Almonds
Tag: spring
Asparagus Ricotta Galette
As hinted at earlier this week, asparagus is bustin’ out all over on our micro-farm. One of the very first signs of a long season of fresh food from the gardens, this perennial faithfully returns each May, basically without us having to do a thing. (That’s my kind of garden vegetable!) Since it is never… Continue reading Asparagus Ricotta Galette
happyasparagusmonday.
happyrhubarbmonday.
The first inch and a half of Victoria rhubarb poking up from the muddy March ground. Pies and jams to follow.
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
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!
Spring’s ahead.
Upstate New York, March 14, 2010.