Archive for 'Union Square Greenmarket'
OBSESSION: THE PRESS POT THAT STAYS HOT
My husband drinks coffee, and I prefer green tea. I’m not taking any moral or health-related high road here; I simply lost my craving for coffee* a few years back after a nasty bout with the flu, and it never returned. That said, if I find myself in a place with wonderful coffee (Seattle! Miami! […]
Posted: April 28th, 2011 under food, kitchen equipment, obsession, people + places, Union Square Greenmarket.
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SPRING FLING: BROCCOLI RABE AND GARLIC (A SCRATCH SUPPER)
For the past few weeks, we have not been able to get enough of broccoli rabe (pronounced rahb), an assertive green that’s actually closer kin to the turnip than to common broccoli. Descended from the wild mustard that flourishes in Sicily, it was introduced to the United States in 1927, by the immigrant D’Arrigo Brothers […]
Posted: April 20th, 2011 under cooking, recipes, scratch supper, spring, Union Square Greenmarket.
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FOWL PLAY: SOUP HENS, SOUPED-UP HENS, AND SUPER-DUPER HENS
“I need fowl!” Susan announced, as she materialized at my side. “For chicken soup. It’s almost Passover.” She threw an icy blue stare at the unfortunate shopper who had just avoided tripping over the tote bags at our feet. It was Saturday morning at the Union Square Greenmarket. The sun hadn’t yet climbed above the buildings […]
Posted: April 14th, 2011 under cooking, people + places, spring, Union Square Greenmarket.
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GREENSLEAVES
I’ve been on the road lately, to a few unfamiliar cities. And I’ve been struck by the fact that whenever I ask the people who live in these places about the most interesting food story going, nine out of ten of them will tell about a restaurant or chef. But 18 rich, full years at […]
Posted: November 11th, 2010 under cooking, early autumn, food, Gourmet magazine, people + places, Union Square Greenmarket.
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SCRATCH SUPPER: EGGPLANT TIAN
Admittedly, the bases are loaded. The refrigerator contains small amounts of all sorts of things. Leftover kale that had been cooked with red-pepper flakes and lots of garlic. Cooked chickpeas, ditto garlic. Tomato sauce. Parsley. A hunk of sheep’s-milk cheese. A crumbly wedge of Parmigiano-Reggiano, picked up on the fly while dodging the San Gennaro […]
Posted: October 14th, 2010 under cooking, early autumn, scratch supper, Union Square Greenmarket.
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EAT A PEACH
The last of summer’s peaches are larger than baseballs. They make me think of Dori Sanders, South Carolina novelist and peach farmer extraordinaire. The last time I stopped at her farm stand, there was a peach calendar, of sorts (“Expect Albertas about the first week of August”), so you could plan a trip accordingly, and […]
Posted: September 29th, 2010 under cooking, food, people + places, summer, Union Square Greenmarket.
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SCRATCH SUPPER: A FRY-UP WITH BLACKBERRY JAM
“I got blackberries, I got blackberries, blackberries.”—street cry, New Orleans blackberry seller Yesterday at the Greenmarket, I ignored the signs of early autumn—the first apples and acorn squash, collards and kale—and instead stubbornly lugged home corn, tomatoes, melon, and the other usual summer suspects. Fat, shiny blackberries were going for a song, and I bought […]
Posted: September 24th, 2010 under early autumn, food, Union Square Greenmarket.
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SCRATCH SUPPER: ROMANO BEANS WITH GREEN GODDESS
Scratch—adj. Informal usage. done by or dependent on chance: a scratch shot. These days, my life doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for planning and cooking meals. I do make the effort, almost every Saturday morning, to get to the Greenmarket at Union Square—I enjoy the actual shopping for provisions as much as I […]
Posted: September 20th, 2010 under cooking, early autumn, scratch supper, Union Square Greenmarket.
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TOMATOES: A MARKET STORY
This hot dry summer has produced staggeringly great tomatoes, and I’ve even taken a shot at growing a few varieties in a sunny corner on Long Island that belongs to my in-laws. As much as I’ve enjoyed cultivating the little crop, I think what has delighted me the most is the chance to eat them […]
Posted: September 13th, 2010 under cooking, Market Stories, summer, Union Square Greenmarket.
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THE BEET GOES ON: A MARKET STORY
Early summer is the juiciest time of year. Cherries, berries, tomatoes, spring onions and garlic—even the lettuces and new potatoes are heavy with juice. But this day at the Union Square Greenmarket, I find myself gravitating toward a heap of the season’s first beets. They are so fresh that their thick, leafy tops still feel […]
Posted: September 9th, 2010 under cooking, Market Stories, summer, Union Square Greenmarket.
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