What to do with the pile of beautiful zebra tomatoes I returned to this sweltering afternoon? Past ripe, the green streaked with gold became a fresh Bloody Mary: Purée quartered ripe tomatoes in a food processor with a dab of sun-dried tomato paste, a squeeze of lemon, a hearty pinch of sea salt, and—this is [...]

Wednesday morning the cut flowers at Union Square Greenmarket winked at the heat, and some of the bouquets looked like the season ahead, some like the height of summer, near the beautiful berries of Berried Treasures that were profiled in the Serious Eats video on Mountain Sweet Berry Farm this week. My favorite booth, Evolutionary [...]

Last night, the heel of the peasant boule proved too stale for spreading with homemade butter, so I crisped a few slices of bacon, then a few slices of bread in a pan, setting them aside to cool with a beautiful heirloom tomato, a shallot, and a baby leek. Panzanella, the cheerful name for an [...]

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 [...]

Clever farmers’ market vendors like Evolutionary Organics hang informative, happy little signs introducing the small wonders within a given bin: And so, yesterday in the rain, I had sunny squash in a pasta that’s friendly to additions—while farfalle cooked (the shape matches all those bow ties at summer weddings), I sautéed sliced squash (2 baby [...]