Entries tagged with 'market scene'
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Squash from Sycamore Farm. Red raspberries from Terhune Farms. The last time I set foot in the Union Square Greenmarket, it was a sea of green: spinach, sorrel, and lettuce galore, with not a single fruit in sight (except...
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Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, and just about anyone who’s ever taken a road trip would agree: one reason this country is fat and diabetic is the sheer convenience of buying processed food, compared with, say, scoring a reservation at...
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"The chevre was saltier and firmer than your typical log from the grocery store, perhaps because the cheesemaker hand-ladles each chunk, so the curd remains well unified." Only a block long, with some unfortunate scaffolding hiding the stands, the Carroll...
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The Greenmarket this weekend was at that awkward, adolescent stage of late spring. The veggies of its early days were becoming gangly and overgrown, while the bountiful, beautiful produce of summer still looms in the distance. Nevertheless, those Union...
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"Sorry, Dan Barber, but the greenhouse-grown raspberries were absolutely delicious." Greenhouse-grown raspberries from Fruit Valley Orchard in Oswego, New York We headed back to the Union Square Greenmarket this weekend, mainly to pick up some sheep’s milk ricotta from Valley...
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"Although meat, milk, and eggs have been available all winter, the animals are out on pasture now. That means egg yolks are taking on a deeper yellow, milk is a bit more vitamin-rich...." Spring has arrived in New York in...
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Ramps. Photograph from dano272 on Flickr Family Heirlooms: Heirloom vegetables and heirloom tomato plants are for sale at Union Square Greenmarket, along with springtime mesclun [Lucy’s Greenmarket Report] Ramping Up: "Max Creek is not the only ramp purveyor—diagonally across...
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Scallions. Photograph from mapper-montag on Flickr Primavera: Young scallions, herbs, and microgreens paint the Union Square Greenmarket even greener this early spring [Greenmarket Report] Post-Easter Egg Hunt: Pullet eggs, chicken eggs, pheasant eggs, and duck eggs are all available at...
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Ramps. Photograph from dano272 on Flickr On Ramp: Ramps have arrived at Union Square Greenmarket! [Lucy’s Greenmarket Report] Edible Bouquet: Edible flowers, including arugula flowers, are in bloom at Union Square Greenmarket [Lucy’s Greenmarket Report] Get Your Goat: Patches...
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Salad Greens. Photograph from Trinity on Flickr Mary Had a Little Lamb’s Lettuce: Mâche, tiny mesclun, salad greens, and sprouts herald in spring at Union Square Greenmarket [Lucy’s Greenmarket Report] Talkin’ Trash: Fort Greene residents have been so zealous about...
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