Friday, June 12, 2009

May at the Greenmarket, Rhubarb, Flowers, Asparagus and plenty of other fresh produce!

Strawberries! First of the season

Yellow Calla Lilies

Beautiful purple flowers

Lilacs

Irises

Bunches of Lily of the Valley


Asparagus beautifully displayed

And more asparagus

Rhubarb Jam to taste

More Rhubarb

And yet more rhubarb
Spinach

Fresh Mint

Chives that apparently flower, who knew?

Organic Kohlrabi

Oyster mushrooms

And more oyster mushrooms, couldn't help myself, I loved both images

Mung bean sprouts

Onions


Radishes
Peppers

Golden Delicious apples, my fav!

Cold Cider, sign of the time of year

Jars of Sauerkraut
Sausage being cooked

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Selected Images from Brooklyn Uncorked

Asparagus waiting to be served..

Spinach, Red pepper, chick pea and other veggie stirfry

The remains of various bruschettas, with goats cheese and roasted veggies!

Shrimp and clam amuse bouche

Shrimp toast

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Inside the Sweet Life, 63 Hester Street, NY, NY

From the outside..

Homemade halvah and various homemade chocolate bars

Candided Oranges dipped in chocolate

Lollypops, peanut and raisin clusters

All sorts of sucking candies...

Bagels at Russ and Daughters, 179 East Houston Street, NY, NY

Plain Bagel with plain cream cheese, sable and tomato

Everything bagel with gravalax, tomato, and fresh farmer's cheese

Dinner at the Green Zebra in Chicago - May 3rd, 2009

Squash puree amuse bouche

Fresh burrata cheese, grilled ramp pesto, grapefruit, pine nut crumble

Beets, market greens, goats cheese croquettes

Foraged mushroom dumplings, tofu, thai basil, baby bok choy, star anise broth

Ricotta gnocchi, Spence Farm ramps, green garlic, lemon cream

Miso Risotto with scallions, glazed turnips, baby bok choy, and baby carrots

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Ferry Building's Saturday Greenmarket - San Francisco

This market has plenty of delectables, tons of fresh produce, artisanal and homemade goods and food being cooked right there in case your tummy starts growling...a nice counterpoint to my shots of the Union Square Greenmarket

Californian Strawberries

Cosmetically Challenged Apples, I couldn't resist the shot!

Oranges and more oranges

Artichokes

Amazingly delish looking sugar snaps

Fava Beans

Lettuce and more lettuce

Rainbow swiss chards

Onions

Maitake and King Trumpets Mushrooms

Ugly Shitakes


An example of the "grow your own" mushrooms

Rancho Gordo beans

Rancho gordo beans ready to go!

Wild Fir tree teas

NeoCocoa -- artisanal chocolates

Home
Andante Dairy cheeses

California Crottins from Redwood Hill Farm, delish!!!

Jars of tomatoes for sauces or whatever you please

Artisanal Olive Oils

Lavendar + Salt? Lavendar Salt, definitely a little weird, but definitely delish and unique

A large assortment of Indian spices

A selection of homemade honeys

Dried fruit by the pound, anything and everything you can think of...

Baskets of Tangerine Glazed Almonds

Picking 0ut some fresh flowers

Flowers and more flowers

Along with the greenmarket produce, there's food being cooked for mass consumption, here are some sausages

Chickens being roasted