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Market Watch: Potatoes
In this time of “economic uncertainty” we should give the humble potato its due. I prefer smaller potatoes if I’m eating them whole, I think the smaller ones have a more concentrated potato flavor. Of course, the bigger ones have their uses too: french fries, mashed potatoes, hash browns, gratins, potato salads, [...]
Market Watch: Cauliflower
Just about everything at the market looked amazing today, which is funny considering it’s now November. Even cauliflower can be beautiful, especially when it’s purple. Cauliflower gets a bad rap, though it’s growing in popularity now. I like it just barely cooked through — if it is overcooked it gets mushy and [...]
Market Watch: Cabbage
Cabbage has been on my mind a lot lately, and I’m not sure why. I recently watched an old episode of the Japanese “Iron Chef,” and also saw this great looking recipe over at the Amateur Gourmet. At the market this morning one of the vendors had these perfect little heads of cabbage [...]
Papacitos: Brooklyn Goes Veg! Day 4
Tucked away among the ethnic markets and discount stores in Greenpoint is Papacitos, which purports to sell “Mexican street food in Brooklyn.” Papacitos is different than the other restaurants I visited during the Brooklyn Goes Veg! week. It is the only restaurant that I went to that was not exclusively vegetarian, and [...]
‘Snice: Brooklyn Goes Veg! Day 3
Ok, this one is a bit of a cheat — ‘Snice in Park Slope is not actually one of the restaurants participating in Brooklyn Goes Veg! However, I think the spirit of the week is to support Brooklyn’s vegetarian restaurants. Anyway, ‘Snice had three things going for it. 1) I had just [...]
Earth Tonez: Brooklyn Goes Veg! Day 2
For my second Brooklyn Goes Veg! meal I had lunch at Earth Tonez in Park Slope. It could not have been more different than my meal at Jill’s Cafe; where Jill’s was concerned with plating, and had a three course prix fixe meal, Earth Tonez served me a messy sandwich on a paper plate. [...]
