Local Gourmands 4/27/09-5/3/09

Dear Local Gourmands, Whether you’re enjoying the perfectly marvelous ramps that have finally made their entrance at the market (for me this always feels like the curtain is up, the orchestra is poised, the show will now begin), or sipping on local wine at a backyard barbecue, the plug I really want to make this [...]

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Local Gourmands 4/20/09-4/26/09

Dear Local Gourmands, Maybe it was just the optimism of an outstanding spring day, but the carrots I spotted at the market on Saturday seemed lighter, golden even, compared to those I’ve been making soup out of since November– these carrots were downright sprightly. Lately I’ve been thinking about the city’s fixation on banh mi, [...]

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Local Gourmands 4/13/09-4/19/09

Dear Local Gourmands, A few weekends ago, a friend recently returned from a four-month stint in California looked around our farmers’ market and said she was glad to be back in Brooklyn, but oh how she missed the local Cara Cara oranges! I carried home a bunch of spring onions from Union Square last night, [...]

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