Join us on Tuesday, August 30th as Kitchen Zinc officially christens our new bike rack! As the biking community in New Haven continues to blossom, we wanted to do our part to support our two wheeled customers. We have partnered with The Devil’s Gear Bike Shop to officially unveil the new bike rack and start putting it to use!

The ceremony starts at 5:30 p.m. and happy hour prices have been extended all night to those in attendance!

To keep up with all things related to New Haven and the cycling community check out this great blog! We love our biking customers and their commitment to sustainability and the community.

We just posted this weeks latest market menu recipe, Kirby Cucumbers + Cantaloupe Salad with Liuzzi’s Sopressata, Great Hill Blue Cheese and Basil Vinaigrette. This inventive summer salad uses ingredients from two of our favorite local vendors, Great Hill Blue in Massachusetts and Liuzzi Cheese in North Haven, CT. Enjoy!

If you want to make this weeks market menu at home, here is the recipe for our Green Chicken Chili, enjoy!

It’s peach season! Here is another sweet recipe from last weeks market menu, Honey and Creme Fraiche Panna Cotta and Peach Soup… so good. We also found this great site that lists  the CT farms where you can even pick your own peaches for the recipe!

Nothing quite says summer like a good piece of corn on the cob. However, we ran across this article in the NY Times with some equally tasty suggestions for taking the kernels off the cob. This recipe from our market menu uses fresh kernels straight from cob to make a delicious corn bread. If you make it, let us know how it turns out!

We get a lot of customers looking for vegetarian options. The thing about always using local ingredients from the farmers market, means there is never a shortage of veggie filled options, like this Vegetable Lasagna recipe from a recent market menu! Enjoy!

The summer is going by fast, but there is still plenty of time to stop in and try our always popular market menu or have a beer and pizza on the Kitchen ZINC patio!

Our three course market menu is always full of locally inspired dishes guaranteed to bring out the foodie in you. We wanted to help you bring our dishes into your home by providing the recipes here on our blog. We hope you enjoy this sweet one, Frozen Honey Mousse!

What’s a better way to kick off the summer season than with our annual Market Menu? I think we can all agree that it’s been a very long winter, and even spring for that matter.  I have been counting down the days till I can start visiting all the farmer’s markets’ to start putting together this years menu.

Yesterday, June 15th, our first Market Menu of the season was featured. I hope you are as excited as I am. There is truly nothing better than fresh food from the market. I encourage you to come in and taste for yourself so you can see what we’ve been up to in the kitchen. Remember, from now until the fall, we will be featuring a new weekly Market Menu every Wednesday – Saturday.

Here’s what the Market Menu will be for this week:

Week of June 15 – 18
29.00 per person 

FIRST COURSE
Fresh Turmeric and Kohlrabi Soup with Stewed Tomato
Urban Oaks, New Britain, CT/ Stone Gardens, Shelton, CT

 SECOND COURSE
Slow Roasted Curried Beef Korma/ Bok Choy + Greene Beans
Four Mile River Farm, Old Lyme, CT/ Urban Oaks, New Britain, CT/
Stone Gardens, Shelton, CT

 DESSERT
Lavender Gelato with Honey
Stonewall Apiary, Hanover, CT/ Urban Oaks, New Britain, CT/
The Farmer’s Cow, Lebanon, CT

 OPTIONAL CHEESE COURSE*
(9.00)
Triple Cream Kunik + Maple Smoked Grafton Cheddar/ Local Honey/
Toasted Raisin + Walnut Bread
Nettle Meadow Farm, Thurman, NY/ Grafton Village Cheese, Grafton, VT/
Stonewall Apiary, Hanover, CT

COCKTAIL*
(11.00)
Ice Glen Vodka/ Black Currant Juice/ Mint/ Lemonade/ Gruet Sparkling Wine
Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Great Barrington, MA/ Maple Lane Farms, Preston, CT/ Jansal Valley Farm, New Bedford, MA

*not included in 29.00 prix fixe

Also on Wednesday,  I performed the “Lettuce Toss” at CitySeed’s Downtown Market with Mayor John DeStefano as an opening to their summer farmers’ market. Now that the market is officially open downtown every Wednesday, make sure you visit and pick up some of the best fresh produce around. Perhaps we will run into each other, since I will be busy picking up fresh ingredients for each weeks Market Menu. It is located on Church Street across from the Green. I was honored to be a part of this!

Just a reminder for those of you who love the outdoors – Kitchen ZINC’s patio is open! It’s been nice to see it filled on sunny days, watching guests enjoying their delicious pizza and new frozen cocktails. And for those of you who love to travel by bike, there is a bike rack conveniently located right outside our patio! Stay tuned for some upcoming surprises at Kitchen ZINC. You definitely won’t want to miss this!

Here are some upcoming events that I am participating in:

• Saturday June 18th: IFAI Food Tour at ZINC
• Saturday June 25, Wooster Square Farmers’ Market Demo at 11 am

Look forward to seeing you all at the restaurant. Let me know what you think of the Market Menu!