This week at the farmers market: 1/24/2009

This week my friend Amy emailed me to see if I wanted to go to the farmers market together today. I wasn’t feeling too optimistic about what we would find there, but I hadn’t seen Amy in ages, so I figured why not? We tried a bunch different sheep’s milk cheeses. I got a piece [...]

The New Amsterdam Public Market

I’m a sucker for all things old-timey. Especially old-timey New York. And I really, really like grocery shopping. So I was really excited about going to the New Amsterdam Public Market on Sunday. Preserving the traditional function of a neighborhood that’s all but lost to tourist schlock by creating a new place for me [...]

This week at the farmers market: 6/7/2008

It’s really summer now. Yesterday I got my first summer squash of the season. Little tiny ones. Aren’t they cute? Strawberries are everywhere and shelling peas are out now too. I got some young red onions and green garlic and a head of deep red, curly-leafed lollo rosso lettuce. And I got some milk and [...]

This week at the farmers market: 5/10/2008

This week I brought home two of my favorite spring treats, asparagus and rhubarb. Those mesclun greens smell so amazing it’s a shame the whole smell-o-vision thing never took off. I tried a new kind of cheese from Cato Corner, less creamy than their delicious Bloomsday cheese, with a bit more bite. Its really good. [...]

This week at the farmer’s market: 4/11/2008

It seems that I always get more or less the same things at the farmers market. Soon things will get more interesting. This week I came home with some milk which I’m going to use to make some rice pudding, I think. And some arugula and crimini mushrooms and some teeny, tiny potatoes. Some are [...]