New York Green Markets and Summer Veggies - Good Eating!

Ah, the cool shade at the Green Market, the smell of fresh produce, and a much more reasonable price tag than the local, crappy grocery store fare.

Tomatoes will soon be coming into season, along with a variety of other late summer goodies. This is the time to begin reveling in the local Green Marketsof New York City (see below for a list)!


Here are some things to look for, and also some fun events coming up around town:

Summer squash: Lots of nice squashes are now coming into season, so try a few creative dishes, but be careful when buying! Choose young squash with tender skin. Yellow & zucchini (aka courgette) are the most delectable at this time of the year.

Note: Try Michael White’s “Agnolotti”, a traditional Piedmontese style veal ravioli, served with a summer squash ragu and scented with rosemary oil. (Fiamma Osteria http://www.nyc.com/restaurants/Fiamma.54354/editorial.aspx )


Zucchini: One can easily tire of zucchini, but stirred fried in olive oil with fresh herbs, it makes a great accompaniment to many dishes.

Eggplant: Tricky, tricky tricky, isn’t it? Look for shiny skin and firm body. Lots of people like to grill the eggplant, but I like to make a ratatouille using very ripe tomatoes, fresh red bell peppers, eggplant, zucchini, onion and fresh herbs. Oh! And some grated parma reggiano....

Tomatoes & Corn - Two New World foods that have helped change the course of Mankind, or least dinner Chez Mankind.


There are two upcoming events celebrating these fruits of Demeter:

The American Institute of Wine & Food Announces:

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at BREADTRIBECA, 301 Church Street (at Walker Street), NYC

6:30 p.m. Reception; 7:00 p.m. Tomato & Wine Chitchat; 7:30 p.m. Dinner

RESERVATIONS: (718) 229-6565

Manhattan

Bowling Green

Broadway & Battery Park Place

Thurs 8am-5pm

City Hall

Chambers & Center St

Tu, Fri 8am-3pm

Washington Market Park

Greenwich & Chambers St

Wed 8am-3pm

PS 234

Greenwich & Chamber St

Sat 8am-3pm

Federal Plaza

Broadway & Thomas St

Fri 8am-4pm

Lafayette Street

Lafayette & Spring St

Thurs 8am-5pm

July to October

Tompkins Square

7th St & Ave A

Sun 10am-5pm

St. Mark's Church

E 10th & 2nd Ave

Tues 8am-7pm

June to December

Abingdon Square

W 12th & 8th Ave

Sat 8am-3pm

May to December

Union Square

E. 17th & Bway

Mo We Fr Sa 8am-6pm

Sheffield Plaza

West 57th St & 9th Ave

Wed, Sat 8am-6pm

Verdi Square

West 72nd & Broadway

Sat 8am-5pm

June to December

IS 144

W 77th & Columbus

Sun 10am-5pm

West 97th Street

Btn Amsterdam & Columbus Ave

Fri 8am-2pm

June to December

Harlem

West 144th St & Lenox Ave

Tues 8am-3pm

July to October

175th Street

West 175th St & Broadway

Thurs 8am-6pm

July to December

Brooklyn

Borough Hall

Court & Remsen St

Tues, Sat 8am-6pm

Albee Square

Fulton & Dekalb Ave

Wed 8am-3pm

July to October

Grand Army Plaza

Entrance to Prospect Park

Sat 8am-4pm

Windsor Terrace

Prospect Park West & 15th St

inside park entrance

Wed 8am-4pm

May to November

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Nostrand & Dekalb Ave

Sat 8am-3pm

July to October

Williamsburg

Havemeyer St & Broadway

Thurs 8am-5pm

July to October

McCarren Park

Lorimer & Driggs Ave

Sat 8am-3pm

June to November

Queens

Jackson Heights

Junction Food Bazaar parking lot

Jnct Blvd & 34th Ave

Wed 8am-3pm

July to October

Bronx

Lincoln Hospital

149th St & Park Ave

Tues, Fri 8am-3pm

July to October

Poe Park

Grand Concourse & 192nd St

tues 8am-2pm

July to October

Staten Island

St. George

Borough Hall, St Marks & Hyatt Sts

Sat 8am-2pm

June to November

Tags:   AIWF, American Institute of Wine and Food, Chef Sara Jenkins, Green Markets, New York City Green Markets, Secret Tomato Lovers Society, summer squash

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