The salt breaks down the cell walls and draws out water and bitter juices.
In Season
Some know the Old Stone House as a site of the largest battle of the Revolutionary War; fewer know the site as one of the city’s only permaculture food forests.
It’s the easiest way to preserve big flavors for a thin season.
Get it while it’s good. Here are the markets you shouldn’t miss this season.
Local forager and Edible contributor Marie Viljoen shares a handful of edible flowers that we can find and eat now.
Bed-Stuy’s new café is about much more than coffee.
Along with Stone Barns, Food Not Bombs, Harlem Seeds and others, we attended CUNY FoodFEST.
Taking an unnoticed plot in Brownsville from abandoned, overgrown lot to abundant garden.
Andrew Cuomo announced what we hope will be a good step forward for connecting NY seniors and local farmers state-wide — a $1.8 million initiative to get low-income senior citizens to farmers markets.
In August all of Hudson Clove’s 22 strains of 8 varieties of garlic will be available for purchase through the website or at the New Amsterdam Market.
This year, in addition to the veggies, fruits and eggs we always get in our CSA, we signed up for a biweekly tub of Ronnybrook butter and a monthly share of “meat” from Mint Creek Farm. I put it in quotes to emphasize how little I knew about the carnivorous delights that awaited me.
