This morning, I took the train over the bridge on my way to Union Square Greenmarket, as has become Wednesday morning tradition:

You emerge from the subway into flowers,

and this morning, into the Italian broccoli kin, spigariello.

Ruby crescents gleamed (not sure what I’ll do with these yet),

and I wanted to share this wonderful Evolutionary Organics sign opining the origins of toraziroh.

The white currants I’m still (inexplicably) resisting, but I did buy blackberries for the office from this vendor,

who keeps the leaves in the cherries, which makes me smile.

This afternoon, I met Kushal of Vittana (one of the PopTech 2008 Social Innovation Fellows) for a video on the microfinancing-student-loans-for-the-developing-world company that we’ll post today on the PopTech blog (part of my job is to hang out with amazing social entrepreneurs).

And heading back toward Brooklyn, I found a mobile food vendor, @StreetSweets, I’ve been tracking. The lovely woman inside the cart handed me a card for return visits, saying, “you’re local, right?” (Sweet words for me as I wrap myself in this New York minute.)

A clever cupcake collar kept the vanilla frosting peaks intact as I walked (their frosting is great),

and it didn’t spoil my late dinner of simmered spigariello (simmer 1/2 cup of the stems in stock for ten minutes on med-high, then add the leaves, 1 tablespoon of oil and 1 chopped clove of garlic and stir for about a minute), eggs, and toast.

I closed my eyes, imagined I was in a kitchen in Italy (just outside Urbino, perhaps?), and remembered the first dessert of today—a Ronnybrook Farms’s sample of panna cotta, the firm vanilla custard that is my favorite way to begin or end a summer day…

Related posts:

1. sparkly morning at the greenmarket
2. and dessert will be simple
3. heirloom cucumber and shoots of corn

1. Mica:
   August 6th, 2009 at 9:11 am

   Street Sweets’ cupcake looks much better than Magnolia’s! It also has the right cake:frosting ration, which I can appreciate, even through the Internet. Put that on a list of things we’ll do when I come to Brooklyn!

2. Kristen:
   August 6th, 2009 at 11:57 am

   Mica, it is all about the ratio! It’s on the list–

3. Amanda:
   August 6th, 2009 at 2:12 pm

   Oh man, I think I needed my “kthread farmer’s market post” fix! The photos are gorgeous (those flowers!) and I am now simultaneously salivating for cupcakes and greens. :)

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