Late this past Friday we had invited a visitor from far outside New York, who was only going to be here for another week, to join us for dinner the next evening. I calculated that I had enough vegetables, and fruit, for 3, but the next day I would have to go down the street …
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marinated baby squid, baby corn, savory; baby cukes, dill
They really were all ‘baby’ things, as I tweeted last night, baby squid, baby corn, and baby cucumbers (even if only the corn had been labelled as such), and all of them came from the Union Square Greenmarket. It certainly wasn’t something I had been after; it just happened, but fortunately, as I added then, it …
buffalo steak, shallot; potato, scallion; radicchio, red onion
Our dinner Thursday night turned out looking fairly wintry, given its many shades of brown, and the fact that each of its 3 parts included a different allium. In fact however most of the meal was determined by my wanting to include several ingredients that I’d been shifting around the kitchen for a while. The …
tautog, tomato water, olives, herbs; grilled scapes; tomato
After a week away, yesterday was my first day back at the Greenmarket and last night my return to actually cooking from the ground up, but parts of this meal is actually composed of ingredients I had assembled sometime before our little long weekend. The ‘tomato water‘ I used on the fish was processed from …
culotte steak, shallot blossom; tomatoes, dill flowers; okra
‘Heil sei dem Tag!’ It was the Fourth of July. We had a nonpareil steak, ripe tomatoes, the first okra of summer, and a sturdy and particularly American red wine. While the opera was German, the music sings of liberty and justice, and the plot is particularly apposite in jailhouse America. For what it’s worth, …
sautéed sea bass, tomato/olive salsa, dill; braised fennel
It was a very hot afternoon, and the bass lying on ice inside the fisher’s plexiglas-top display case at Saturday’s Down to Earth Farmers Market on 23rd Street caught my eye. Even though we’d enjoyed some only 2 weeks earlier, it’s a fine fish and I knew I’d be able to cook these filets on …
spaghettoni with spring garlic, fennel, gold cherry tomato
I’ve decided to post a description of this simple meal because it, and an infinite number of variations of it, works so well as a refreshing break from dinners, or a series of dinners, centered on protein. one small spring fennel bulb from Alewife Farm, the stems removed, cut lengthwise into wedges, each piece retaining …
herb-marinated, breaded swordfish, sugar snap peas, mint
This rather simple meal was one of the best I’ve ever put onto a table. Both the fish and the vegetable were extraordinarily fresh, which is a great start, and I’d already worked with both of the recipes fairly often. Swordfish had been a favorite of mine since I was quite young (I can hardly …
fennel-grilled tuna; tomatoes; treviso with balsamic, lovage
We’re really crazy about tuna steaks prepared this easy way, and I don’t object to the fact it’s simpler than pie to do. What surprised me this time was how formidable a rival the vegetable accompaniment I’d chosen turned out to be. It too could hardly have been easier to prepare, which was also a …
duck breast, micro mustard; rosemary potatoes; cardoon
It was the 3rd of June; it wasn’t supposed to be a day for a wintry meal, but as I considered my stocks, and the cold outside temperature, my original conception of it gradually evolved into something looking and feeling like something more appropriate for a cooler month. one 14-ounce duck breast from Hudson River Duck Farm, the fatty …