There was mustard. But so much more. I found the haddock first (I almost always head for the fish stands before looking at anything else), and then, while looking for vegetables, I spotted a farmer new to the Union Square Greenmarket: She was offering a beautiful selection of mushrooms, along with 5 different sizes of …
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prosciutto, mizuna; mushroom ravioli, 3 alliums, 2 olives
The meal was Italian, with some tweaks. The antipasto was domestic, and much of it local. three ounces of La Quercia Ridgetop Prosciutto, from Whole Foods Market, served with baby mizuna from Norwich Meadows Farm, the prosciutto and greens drizzled with a very good Sicilian olive oil, Agricento, Azienda Agricola Mandranova (exclusively Nocellara olives), the greens also dressed with organic …
pumpkin gnocchi, sauce of burnt butter, walnut, balsamic
It was very simple, and very satisfying. about one fourth of a cup of shelled walnuts, spread onto a small vintage rolled-edge tin baking sheet, toasted in a 350º oven for 8 to 12 minutes, or until fragrant, shaking them a couple times to keep from burning, removed, chopped roughly and added to a medium-size vintage …
breakfast without Scrapple
There was supposed to be fried scrapple. I have absolutely no experience serving scrapple, so I enlisted a little help on line after I had found some in the Union Square Greenmarket for the first time ever. I’m sure I read somewhere yesterday that it would be much easier to get a firm, proper slice for frying if …
‘Americauna’ breakfast: Amish blue eggs and thick bacon
(sunlight reflected from the north on its rare stretch across an ancient table) The Amish generally have a reputation for their traditional ways, and their reluctance to adopt modern conveniences, although this hasn’t always meant always abjuring actual modern technologies, and there are major variations in the practice of their many communities. Still, it’s interesting to find the Amish …
duck sausage, toasted couscous, tomato, spices, sultanas
I had picked up the duck sausage at Hudson River Duck Farm in the Union Square Greenmarket on Wednesday, along with what has become a regular choice, one fresh duck breast. Both were part of what I had thought of as a catalog of the makings of good sturdy meals for the duration of our current cold snap. …
costolette d’agnello a scottadito con inguazato; mizuma
Thursday’s meal started with some really luscious inguazato (basically a tomato couscous with capers, chilis, and green olives) left over from an earlier meal. We both thought that a grilled meat might give it a fresh take the second time around. Then I thought of a Roman dish that had always sounded intriguing, but had so far eluded me: lamb chops …
grilled lemon/oregano-marinated squid; fennel, tomatoes
Really, really good. It was also very good for anyone’s budget, regardless of how small: The squid was $6.95 per pound, and I brought home enough for both of us for $6. We couldn’t decide whether the seafood or the vegetable part of this meal was more delicious; they both were pretty awesome, so we called …
breakfast with a few herbs and spices, and Luigi Rossi
What we enjoy early on Sundays (well, not really so early, and not every Sunday) is basically an American kitchen table or diner counter breakfast, except that the ingredients are always very fresh and very local, and the extras would be at least a little exotic on most plates. today there were eggs from pastured Pennsylvania chickens …
basil/garlic-stuffed scallops, garlic flowers; rainbow chard
The results were not spectacular this time (by the way, I would say that these were close to nonpareil), but while the scallops were certainly not big, I blame their shortcomings on the way I cooked them (the height of the flame, the amount of the oil, too long?). Still, it would be very hard to ruin …