After a week of takeout lunches and quick, cobbled-together dinners, it truly seems like a luxury, on the weekends, to create a meal out of farm-fresh produce and freshly-baked breads. One of my favorite things to do, especially on summer weekends, is to wander through the Union Square Greenmarket, waiting for vegetables, fruits, herbs, cheeses, [...]
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Spoils of the Greenmarket
Grand Central Market
For months now, I’ve been lamenting the lack of gourmet food stores between my job, in Midtown, and my apartment, in Murray Hill. Sometimes, whether I’m having guests or just feeling indulgent, I want nice bread and cheese to bring home–except that all of the shops that come to mind are downtown. Imagine, [...]
An Edible Gift From Paris (no plane ticket required!)
Poilane, one of Paris’s most famous bakeries, is a must-stop when visiting the City of Lights. For me, it’s a destination in itself, right up there with Laduree and Chanel. In the cozy little bakery in the Saint-Germain, you point to which loaf, or portion of a loaf, you’d like, and the no-nonsense [...]
5 Boroughs Ice Cream
I had been curious to try the new 5 Boroughs Ice Cream flavors after reading about them in a Daily Candy email. Serendipitously, Whole Foods was handing out samples a few days later, and the Jackson Heights mango-cardamom flavor bewitched me. Unlike most mango desserts, this one is creamy instead of sorbet-like, and [...]
Food Obsession: Halloumi Cheese
During a trip to Whole Foods last weekend, I happened upon a package of halloumi cheese. I’d read about it in Nigella Lawson’s Feast, had it in a dish at the Greek restaurant Kefi, on the Upper West Side, and had been quite curious about preparing it at home. So, I snatched it up, took [...]
