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 [...]

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 [...]

My friend Solana is coming over for dinner tonight, and I walked the Union Square Greenmarket this morning, talking with the lovely people at Evolutionary Organics who like my bright dresses as much as I like their lettuces. With squash blossoms from Evolutionary (along with lettuce), ears of corn, chantrelles, baby leeks—what would you make? [...]