You can’t get much better than a fresh heirloom tomato salad in the heat of the summer. Well, you can if you make a delectable raspberry vinaigrette and basil crackers to go with it! Here’s what we are serving for the Market Menu this week. And if you want to try to make the salad [...]
Category Archive for 'farmers market'
Market Menu Recipe – Week of August 16 – Basil Crackers and Raspberry Vinaigrette
Posted in farmers market, market menu, sustainable food on August 18th, 2010
Market Menu Recipe – week of July 28 – vegetable chili
Posted in farmers market, general info, market menu, sustainable food, ZINC New Haven on July 26th, 2010
Here is the this week’s market menu recipe! We are featuring a vegetable chili for you all to try. Remember to keep checking back for more recipes being posted. And if you’re curious, take a look at the rest of our recipes too. -D
Market Menu Recipe – week of July/22 – creamy corn soup
Posted in farmers market, general info, market menu, ZINC New Haven on July 22nd, 2010
I thought it’d be fun to post a recipe from our market menu each week. So keep your eyes open for some fresh recipes you can try in your own kitchen! This week I posted a fantastic creamy corn soup with charred cherry peppers and yogurt. Let me know what you think. -D
A Day at the Farmer’s Market
Posted in farmers market, general info, special events on June 30th, 2010
I had such a great time at the CitySeed Wooster St Farmer’s Market this past weekend! I was making a chilled cucumber soup with a radish salad…yum. Everyone really seemed to like it-I was running back and forth to some of the stands to get more ingredients. You all know how I feel about Farm-to-Table…and you [...]
How to cook with farmers market produce
Posted in farmers market on August 21st, 2009
Now this is what I’m talking about! I found a great article in the Los Angeles Times about the complexities of cooking with produce from the farmer’s market. According to the article, improvisation is everything. I can’t disagree. Cooking from the farmers market is a bit like playing jazz (or so it seems to this [...]
The Market Menu is in the spotlight
Posted in farmers market, market menu, sustainable food on August 4th, 2009
In case you didn’t get to see Jan Ellen Spiegel’s article in the New York Times, she tagged along with me to the CitySeed Downtown Farmer’s Market to get to know the Market Menu a little more. “You’d think something as common as chicken would be causing a lot less stress for Ms. Appel, chef [...]
Happy end of summer
Posted in farmers market, new menu items, ZINC New Haven on August 21st, 2008
I really hate to see the summer leave but I do love vegetables and products that become available this time of the year. The summer markets are in full harvest. As usual we’ve changed menu and we are smack in the middle of summer freshness. I know I am repeating myself…but this is my favorite [...]
The Market Menu is here!
Posted in farmers market, new menu items on June 17th, 2008
Hi Everyone Just a quick post to remind everyone that the Market Menu [MM] officially resumes tomorrow, in tandem with CitySeed’s grand opening of the Downtown Farmer’s Market in front of City Hall. This week’s MM highlights garlic scapes, radishes, rhubarb and strawberries. Check out the menu here. Any special requests for upcoming Market Menu’s? [...]
Mmmmm…menu changes!
Posted in farmers market, new menu items, sustainable food on June 5th, 2008
Welcome spring! ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES OF THE YEAR. This is the time of the year when so much varieties of produce explodes. Old reliable that are native to the area like rhubarb, ramps, fiddleheads and shad and shad roe are among some of my favorites. When I was much younger and worked on [...]
It’s that time of the year again!
Posted in farmers market, sustainable food on May 30th, 2008
I love spring and summer. From the trees growing to the flowers blooming…and best of all…the fresh vegetables growing! I know I’ve mentioned before how I grew up in Gram’s garden. But this seeing my garden start to grow just always makes me smile. My garden isn’t the only one starting to produce either. CitySeed [...]