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 [...]

This week at the farmers market: 8/2/2008

This Week at the Farmers Market: 7/5/2008

This morning I emerged from the subway at Union Square just in time for a sudden torrential downpour. I briefly considered turning back but luckily by the whole thing was over in about 5 minutes and the market was a little less crowded than it usually is. I got some milk and a big pile [...]

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 [...]

Rhubarb French Toast

I learned to eat french toast buttered and then and coated with a thick, even layer of white sugar. So much sugar that it was crunchy. I don’t think I realized that this was strange until I got to college. Eventually I graduated to maple syrup, but lately I’ve become enamored with french toast with [...]