This morning, the Mushroom Man at Union Square Greenmarket explained the basket next to the Chicken of the Woods mushrooms (below—I like my mushrooms to taste like mushrooms), and the mystery mushrooms looked potent and ancient. Buying elderberries from him (what should I make? a sauce for game or an infusion for cocktails?), I stopped [...]

This morning, insouciant pink and white flowers at the Union Square Greenmarket defied the heat of the coming day, and nearby were two curiosities: refreshing Mexican Sour Gherkins—a type of heirloom cucumber that sours later, but these have a sweet pop to them now, and for something slightly different, corn shoots sprouted from popcorn kernels [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]